Opioid use disorder, is the continued use of an opioid that causes clinically significant distress or impairment and use of buprenorphine reduces mortality.

‘Buprenorphine, an opioid drug used to treat opioid addiction, moderate acute pain and moderate chronic pain should be administered to patients without any interruptions during treatment.’

The mortality rate for study subjects was 0.63/100 person-year [95 percent CI 0.40- 0.85], compared to 0.24/100 person-year [0.24-0.25] for other individuals of the same age range during the same time period. 




The authors encourage physicians to avoid interruption of treatment and encourage patients to remain in treatment for a sufficient amount of time.
Source-Eurekalert