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Initiating buprenorphine treatment for hospitalized patients with opioid dependence: A case series
Joji Suzuki1, Jeffrey DeVido, Inder Kalra
1Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Background And Objectives:
Opioid dependent patients are hospitalized frequently. We aimed to determine if initiation of buprenorphine treatment during hospitalization facilitates entry into treatment following discharge.
Methods:
Retrospective case series (n = 47).
Results:
Twenty-two (46.8%) patients successfully initiated buprenorphine treatment within 2 months of discharge. Those patients obtaining a referral to a specific program were more successful in continuing treatment, but this difference did not reach statistical significance (59.1% vs 39.1%, p = 0.18).
Discussion And Conclusions:
Hospitalization may be an important opportunity to engage opioid dependent patients to initiate buprenorphine treatment.
Scientific Significance:
This study provides provisional support for utilizing buprenorphine for hospitalized patients.
