High-Dose Buprenorphine Initiation in the Emergency Department Among Patients Using Fentanyl and Other Opioids

Hannah Snyder; Brendon Chau; Mariah M Kalmin; Melissa Speener; Arianna Campbell; Aimee Moulin; Andrew A Herring

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1572

High-Dose Buprenorphine Initiation in the Emergency Department Among Patients Using Fentanyl and Other Opioids

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e231572. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1572.

Authors

Hannah Snyder^{1

2}, Brendon Chau³, Mariah M Kalmin⁴, Melissa Speener², Arianna Campbell^{2

5}, Aimee Moulin^{2

6}, Andrew A Herring^{2

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² CA Bridge Program, Public Health Institute, Oakland, California.
³ Department of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, US Acute Care Solutions at Marshall Medical Center, Placerville, California.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, Highland Hospital-Alameda Health System, Oakland, California.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study examines buprenorphine treatment initiation, response, and follow-up among patients presenting to California emergency departments (EDs) who reported fentanyl or other opioid use.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid*
Buprenorphine*
Emergency Service, Hospital
Fentanyl
Humans
Patients

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Fentanyl
Buprenorphine