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Buprenorphine Maintenance Use

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

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Pathophysiology

Buprenorphine is a semisynthetic opioid used as medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder : a partial agonist at the mu receptor and an antagonist at kappa. Its high mu affinity — roughly...

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