Depot buprenorphine during COVID-19 in Australia: Opportunities and challenges

Shalini Arunogiri; Nicholas Lintzeris

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108221

Depot buprenorphine during COVID-19 in Australia: Opportunities and challenges

Shalini Arunogiri, Nicholas Lintzeris

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for traditional models of opioid use disorder treatment worldwide. Depot buprenorphine became available in Australia shortly before the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This timing provided us an opportunity to examine the utilization and uptake of depot buprenorphine, and to understand the particular benefits and implementation challenges associated with this new formulation of opioid agonist treatment.

Original language	English
Article number	108221
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume	124
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108221
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2021

Keywords

Buprenorphine
Opioid
Opioid use disorder

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