TY - JOUR
T1 - Case Series of Successful Postoperative Pain Management in Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy Patients
AU - Leighton, Barbara L.
AU - Crock, Lara W.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - Buprenorphine maintenance therapy patients frequently have severe postoperative pain due to buprenorphine-induced hyperalgesia and provider use of opioids with limited efficacy in the presence of buprenorphine. The authors report good-To-excellent pain management in 4 obstetric patients using nonopioid analgesics, regional anesthesia, continuation of buprenorphine, and use of opioids with high μ receptor affinity.
AB - Buprenorphine maintenance therapy patients frequently have severe postoperative pain due to buprenorphine-induced hyperalgesia and provider use of opioids with limited efficacy in the presence of buprenorphine. The authors report good-To-excellent pain management in 4 obstetric patients using nonopioid analgesics, regional anesthesia, continuation of buprenorphine, and use of opioids with high μ receptor affinity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85032440001&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002498
DO - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002498
M3 - Article
C2 - 29049122
AN - SCOPUS:85032440001
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 125
SP - 1779
EP - 1783
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 5
ER -