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#401 Updates in Addiction Medicine - SGIM 2023

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Role of Fentanyl in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

I think that fentanyl has changed the landscape of the treatment of opioid use disorder just because it is so potent. Patients generally need higher doses of buprenorphine, often somewhere between 24 to 32 milligrams, to adequately manage their withdrawal and cravings. And I think we're seeing a lot more in terms of how do we start buprenmorphine, and there are a fentanyl as well as making sure we're adequately treating patients.

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