Episode 903: Treating Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal

Episode 903: Treating Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal

Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Opioid overdoses that are reversed with naloxone (Narcan), a mu-opioid antagonist, can precipitate acute withdrawal in some patients

  • Treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine can also precipitate withdrawal

  • Opioid withdrawal symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and agitation

  • Buprenorphine works as a partial agonist at mu-opioid receptors, which may alleviate withdrawal symptoms

    • The preferred dose of buprenorphine is 16 mg

  • Treatment of buprenorphine-induced opioid withdrawal is additional buprenorphine

  • Adjunctive treatments may be used for other opioid withdrawal symptoms

    • Nausea with ondansetron

    • Diarrhea with loperamide

    • Agitation with hydroxyzine

References

1. Quattlebaum THN, Kiyokawa M, Murata KA. A case of buprenorphine-precipitated withdrawal managed with high-dose buprenorphine. Fam Pract. 2022;39(2):292-294. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmab073

2. Spadaro A, Long B, Koyfman A, Perrone J. Buprenorphine precipitated opioid withdrawal: Prevention and management in the ED setting. Am J Emerg Med. 2022;58:22-26. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2022.05.013

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