Switching from Buprenorphine to Extended-Release Naltrexone: Does it Work? Carlat Reports

Switching from Buprenorphine to Extended-Release Naltrexone: Does it Work?

The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, Volume 7, Number 2, March 2019
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/catrv7n2/

From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, March 2019, Traumatic Brain Injury and Addiction

Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information

Topics: Buprenorphine | Naltrexone | Opioids | Research Update | Substance Use

Extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol) has had some good data, yet getting patients on it remains a challenge, because an opioid-free period is required before starting it. Understandably, practitioners get nervous when patients stabilized on buprenorphine ask to be transitioned to extended-release (XR) naltrexone.

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