Ok. So you've induced your patient with opiate use disorder successfully on to buprenorphine. Nice work! But what happens if they need surgery? Should they still get treated with full agonist opioids after surgery? Will full agonist opioids even work given buprenorphine's pharmacology? In this episode we dig into how to handle pain control and medication management for patients with buprenorphine in the preoperative setting.

Ok. So you've induced your patient with opiate use disorder successfully on to buprenorphine. Nice work! But what happens if they need surgery? Should they still get treated with full agonist opioids after surgery? Will full agonist opioids even work given buprenorphine's pharmacology? In this episode we dig into how to handle pain control and medication management for patients with buprenorphine in the preoperative setting.

Ok. So you've induced your patient with opiate use disorder successfully on to buprenorphine. Nice work! But what happens if they need surgery? Should they still get treated with full agonist opioids after surgery? Will full agonist opioids even work given buprenorphine's pharmacology? In this episode we dig into how to handle pain control and medication management for patients with buprenorphine in the preoperative setting.&nbsp;

Episode 24 - How to handle buprenorphine in the perioperative setting

Addiction is killing us. Over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the last year, and over 100,000 Americans died from alcohol use in the last year. We need to include addiction medicine as a part of everyone's practice! We take topics in addiction medicine and break them down into digestible nuggets and clinical pearls that you can use at the bedside. We are trying to create an army of health care providers all over the world who want to fight back against addiction - and we hope you will join us.*This podcast was previously the Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care podcast*

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Addiction is killing us. Over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the last year, and over 100,000 Americans died from alcohol use in the last year. We need to include addiction medicine as a part of everyone's practice! We take topics in addiction medicine and break them down into digestible nuggets and clinical pearls that you can use at the bedside. We are trying to create an army of health care providers all over the world who want to fight back against addiction - and we hope you will join us.*This podcast was previously the Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care podcast*

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