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Bupe...There it is! Part I - Prescribing Basics | Palliative Care Educational Series (RECORDING)
  • Palliative Care
  • Buprenorphine
  • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
  • Pain Management
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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In this recorded Palliative Care Educational Series presentation, palliative care and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Janet Ho provides a comprehensive overview on the use of buprenorphine, a partial opioid agonist, for pain management and treatment of opioid use disorder. Dr. Ho begins with an overview of buprenorphine's pharmacology, including its unique properties as a partial agonist with a strong binding affinity to the mu-opioid receptor, its ceiling effect on respiratory depression, and its ability to reduce hyperalgesia and cravings. Dr.