Home Initiation of Buprenorphine in Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder: A Preliminary Feasibility Study

Key Points

• To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a standardized protocol for buprenorphine initiation in adolescents with opioid use disorder.
• Descriptive study design
• Involvement of trained health care professionals
• Implementation of a standard protocol in an outpatient setting
• Buprenorphine initiation was found to be feasible in adolescents
• Standard protocols were effectively used by trained professionals

Abstract