Buprenorphine Maintenance vs. “Taper” in Chronic Pain Patients “Who also had Opioid Addictions”

Buprenorphine maintenance vs. “taper” in chronic pain patients “who also had opioid addiction”. The stated objective of this study with NIH grant support: to test the hypothesis that “… those given steady doses of buprenorphine would be more likely to adhere to the treatment protocol than those given tapering doses.” We won’t kill the suspense by revealing the outcome.

Abstract at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20824183