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How do you approach pain management needs for patients well-established on buprenorphine/naloxone?

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Psychiatry · McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
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Buprenorphine has high affinity but low activity at mu receptors, and as a result, buprenorphine provides limited analgesia and will not likely provide adequate relief of severe pain in most patients.

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