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What is Buprenorphine?

Buprenorphine is an opioid analgesic used in the management of moderate to severe pain. It is also used in the treatment of opioid dependence. Off label it is used for heroin and opioid withdrawal.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 35 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 15 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Doctor recommendation 9 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Chronic Pain Syndrome 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Neck pain 2 0
Drug Addiction 2 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 52 patients currently taking Buprenorphine

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Buprenorphine. See all 28 dosages ►

  0.3 mg weekly 1 PATCH weekly 10 mg weekly 10 mcg weekly 10 PATCH weekly 2 mg daily 20 mcg weekly 20 mg weekly 4 mg daily 30 PATCH weekly
  2 Number of Patients: 2 18 Number of Patients: 18 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Buprenorphine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 50%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 28%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 17%
Other 3   Other: 17%
Expense 1   Expense: 6%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 6%

See all 18 patients who’ve stopped taking Buprenorphine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Buprenorphine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Buprenorphine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Buprenorphine

Always
 26 90%
Usually
 3 10%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Buprenorphine

Very
 2 7%
Somewhat
 2 7%
A little
 6 21%
Not at all
 19 66%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Buprenorphine

$200+
 1 5%
$100-199
 1 5%
$50-99
 2 10%
$25-49
 3 14%
< $25
 14 67%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.