Add to ORKGWith the growing public health problem of opioid misuse, addiction, and overdose, the number of patients presenting for surgery and anesthesia who may be opioid-dependent or undergoing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder is increasing. These patients may be appropriate candidates for opioid-free anesthesia. This case reports describes a patient being treated with buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid addiction who required an emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She requested that opioids not be used in her treatment plan. The patient’s pain was successfully managed with opioid-free anesthesia and she was discharged with no requirement for additional pain medications
Project Purpose: The increased popularity to prescribe buprenorphine (BUP) or buprenorphine with nal...
Naloxone administration is an important component of resuscitation attempts by emergency medical ser...
The opioid epidemic has had significant consequences across the healthcare system in the United Stat...
To combat the growing opioid epidemic, medications such as suboxone, buprenorphine, and methadone ar...
More than half of the population in the United States of America drinks alcohol regularly. Thousands...
The use of opioids in the perioperative period is associated with respiratory depression, impaired g...
Abstract Opioid free anesthesia (OFA) is gaining popularity as an anesthetic technique to enh...
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, more than 2 million Americans suffer fr...
Abstract Opioid use has risen dramatically in the past three decades. In the USA, opioid overdose ha...
Opioid addiction is an increasing problem with a higher prevalence of buprenorphine being prescribed...
Per the CDC, there were 91,799 drug overdose deaths, of which 75% of these deaths involved an opioid...
In 2016, more than 11 million people reported misuse of opioids in the previous year. In an effort t...
The increasing number of opioid users among chronic pain patients, and opioid abusers among the gene...
Opiate addiction and awareness are problems and should be of interest to our society, particularly t...
Background Due to its unique pharmacologic properties, efficacy as an analgesic, and role as a first...
Project Purpose: The increased popularity to prescribe buprenorphine (BUP) or buprenorphine with nal...
Naloxone administration is an important component of resuscitation attempts by emergency medical ser...
The opioid epidemic has had significant consequences across the healthcare system in the United Stat...
To combat the growing opioid epidemic, medications such as suboxone, buprenorphine, and methadone ar...
More than half of the population in the United States of America drinks alcohol regularly. Thousands...
The use of opioids in the perioperative period is associated with respiratory depression, impaired g...
Abstract Opioid free anesthesia (OFA) is gaining popularity as an anesthetic technique to enh...
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, more than 2 million Americans suffer fr...
Abstract Opioid use has risen dramatically in the past three decades. In the USA, opioid overdose ha...
Opioid addiction is an increasing problem with a higher prevalence of buprenorphine being prescribed...
Per the CDC, there were 91,799 drug overdose deaths, of which 75% of these deaths involved an opioid...
In 2016, more than 11 million people reported misuse of opioids in the previous year. In an effort t...
The increasing number of opioid users among chronic pain patients, and opioid abusers among the gene...
Opiate addiction and awareness are problems and should be of interest to our society, particularly t...
Background Due to its unique pharmacologic properties, efficacy as an analgesic, and role as a first...
Project Purpose: The increased popularity to prescribe buprenorphine (BUP) or buprenorphine with nal...
Naloxone administration is an important component of resuscitation attempts by emergency medical ser...
The opioid epidemic has had significant consequences across the healthcare system in the United Stat...