Rotation from methadone to buprenorphine using a micro-dosing regime in patients with opioid use disorder and serious mental illness: A case series.
Vivian C PraegerMatthew Y FreiDan PhamAdrian J PraegerDan I LubmanShalini ArunogiriPublished in: Drug and alcohol review (2024)
This retrospective case series provides evidence that the use of a micro-dosing buprenorphine induction for methadone to buprenorphine transitions, including to depot-buprenorphine, has negligible risk, is tolerated by patients with SMI and is unlikely to precipitate an exacerbation of their mental illness.