Treating Perioperative and Acute Pain in Patients on Buprenorphine : Narrative Literature Review and Practice Recommendations

Opioid use disorder (OUD), a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA, can be effectively treated with buprenorphine. However, the same pharmacologic properties (e.g., high affinity, partial agonism, long half-life) that make it ideal as a treatment for OUD often cause concern among clinicians that buprenorphine will prevent effective management of acute pain with full agonist opioid analgesics. Because of this concern, many patients are asked to stop buprenorphine preoperatively or at the onset of acute pain, placing them at high risk for both relapse and a difficult transition back to buprenorphine after acute pain has resolved. The purpose of this review is to summarize the existing literature for acute pain and perioperative management in patients treated with buprenorphine for OUD and to provide practical management recommendations for generalist practitioners based on evidence and clinical experience. In short, evidence suggests that sufficient analgesia can be achieved with maintenance of buprenorphine and use of both opioid and non-opioid analgesic options for breakthrough pain. We recommend that clinicians (1) continue buprenorphine in the perioperative or acute pain period for patients with OUD; (2) use a multi-modal analgesic approach; (3) pay attention to care coordination and discharge planning when making an analgesic plan for patients with OUD treated with buprenorphine; and (4) use an individualized approach founded upon shared decision-making. Clinical examples involving mild and severe pain are discussed to highlight important management principles.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Journal of general internal medicine - 35(2020), 12 vom: 22. Dez., Seite 3635-3643

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Buresh, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Ratner, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Zgierska, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Gordin, Vitaly [VerfasserIn]
Alvanzo, Anika [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

40D3SCR4GZ
Acute pain
Analgesics, Opioid
Buprenorphine
Journal Article
Opioid use disorder
Perioperative
Review

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 05.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11606-020-06115-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314007512