Archive for: September 2008

High Dose Transdermal Buprenorphine for Pain

date 22 Sep 2008 | category Opioid therapy

Abstract of peer-reviewed article reporting multicenter outcomes for safety and analgesic efficacy of high-dose, transdermal buprenorphine in the treatment of chronic pain, and brief comments on same by Dr. Alex DeLuca, and with links to related discussions on the Pallimed blog.

Untreated Pain as Serious as Drug Abuse

Experts: Untreated pain as serious a problem drug abuse. By Tristan Scott of the Missoulian. With the specter of prescription drug abuse looming large, health care workers stressed Friday that untreated pain in Montana is a public health crisis commensurate to that of addiction.

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