This disabled female pt reached out to me about a week ago and her doc had just abruptly cut her oral opioids she had been taking for ~ 10yr from 90 MME/day to 30 MME/day and put a Buprenorphine patch on her the next day. This is just starting to evolve but I am going to leave this post at the top of the first page an update as things happen – STAY TUNE
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90mme to 30mme. That’s below most documentation I’ve seen mandating specific levels. I believe that 50mme was the bottom that the updated 2022 CDC Guidelines and CARA 2016 promoted. Regardless, that’s not in anyway condoning this draconian reduction and I thank you for sharing her story.
Dr. Steve, That ought to be a very interesting case! I’m looking forward to reading about it with my coffee to see how it unfolds and what happened to the poor lady
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