Perioperative Management of Patients on Buprenorphine

Key Points

• Effective perioperative management relies on integrating buprenorphine into opioid therapy plans, improving pain control.
• A comprehensive approach involves careful anesthesia selection to optimize analgesia without high opioid doses.
• Managing patients on buprenorphine requires collaboration between surgical teams and pain specialists to tailor analgesia.
• This strategy may enhance recovery and reduce complications associated with opioid use in the postoperative setting.