Revisiting emergency department use of buprenorphine as a primary analgesic in nonopioid use disorder patients post-X-waiver

Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Dec;30(12):1272-1274. doi: 10.1111/acem.14749. Epub 2023 May 30.

Authors

Jamaji C Nwanaji-Enwerem^{1

2}, Liz Eneida Rivera Blanco², Emily A Kiernan², Brent W Morgan², Melissa H Gittinger², Alaina R Steck²

Affiliations

¹ Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 37119058
DOI: 10.1111/acem.14749

No abstract available

Keywords: DEA; OUD; SAMHSA; health policy; opiate.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Analgesics / therapeutic use
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Buprenorphine* / therapeutic use
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Opiate Substitution Treatment
Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy

Substances

Buprenorphine
Analgesics
Analgesics, Opioid