{"title":"Study urges adding morphine to initiation doses of methadone","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34656","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the fentanyl era, higher doses of methadone or buprenorphine are needed for many patients, researches have found. A study published last month found that initiating methadone treatment at higher doses and in combination with slow-release oral morphine improve faster attainment of therapeutic doses of morphine.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 36","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.34656","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In the fentanyl era, higher doses of methadone or buprenorphine are needed for many patients, researches have found. A study published last month found that initiating methadone treatment at higher doses and in combination with slow-release oral morphine improve faster attainment of therapeutic doses of morphine.