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Being Out of Buprenorphine Treatment Increases Death Risk

by Hannah Joy on Jul 11 2017 11:11 AM

Being Out of Buprenorphine Treatment Increases Death Risk
People with opioid use disorder, use of buprenorphine reduces mortality and periods off treatment are linked with much higher mortality rates.
A study of 713 new outpatient users of buprenorphine was conducted in France, where patients with opioid use disorder are usually treated by general practitioners in private practice with periods in and out of treatment.

The mortality rate for study subjects was 0.63/100 person-year [95 percent CI 0.40- 0.85], compared to 0.24/100 person-year [0.24-0.25] for other individuals of the same age range during the same time period.

The authors encourage physicians to avoid interruption of treatment and encourage patients to remain in treatment for a sufficient amount of time.



Source-Eurekalert


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