Modeling buprenorphine reduction of fentanyl-induced respiratory depression

BACKGROUND Potent synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, are increasingly abused, resulting in unprecedented numbers of fatalities from respiratory depression. Treatment with the high-affinity mu-opioid receptor partial agonist buprenorphine may prevent fatalities by reducing binding of potent opioids...

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Main Authors: Erik Olofsen, Marijke Hyke Algera, Laurence Moss, Robert L. Dobbins, Geert J. Groeneveld, Monique van Velzen, Marieke Niesters, Albert Dahan, Celine M. Laffont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Clinical investigation 2022-05-01
Series:JCI Insight
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.156973