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- Jacqueline Michelle Tschanz, Eduardo Bruera, and Joseph A Arthur.
- Department of Palliative Care & Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
- J Palliat Med. 2024 Oct 9.
AbstractData indicate that one in five patients with cancer might be at risk for nonmedical opioid use and its extreme form, opioid use disorder (OUD). Buprenorphine is one of the few medications available for the management of patients with co-occurring OUD and chronic pain. Care for these patients can be challenging and require the expertise of specialist clinicians with a deep understanding of addiction and cancer pain. Regrettably, these specialist clinicians may not always be available and accessible when patients are admitted to the hospital. Reports on how primary non-specialist clinicians without access to specialist addiction services navigate the care of such patients in the inpatient setting are limited. We hereby describe the care of three patients with OUD receiving buprenorphine who were hospitalized for cancer pain.
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