Objective: Buprenorphine (BUP) effectively suppresses non-prescription opioid use and increases treatment retention in opioid use disorder (OUD). However, short prescription length may interfere with treatment retention and recovery. We wanted to examine whether the outcomes of BUP treatment differ in high (HPL up to 4 wk) and low-prescription (LPL 1-2 wk) length groups.
Methods: We compared time to treatment discontinuation (TD), non-prescription opioid-positive urine screen, buprenorphine-negative urine screen, and self-reported non-prescription opioid use between two different cohorts of LPL (case record: June 2018 to August 2019; = 105; observation endpoint: 31 October 2019) and HPL groups (case record: June 2020 to Aug 2021; = 133; observation endpoint: 31 October 2021). We used Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and log-rank tests for between-group comparisons. We used Cox regression analysis to adjust for age, opioid potency, comorbidities, family income, and marital status.
Results: Subjects' age and buprenorphine dose were significantly lower, and the percentage of high-potency opioid users was significantly higher in the LPL group. In the unadjusted survival analysis, the median time to BUP discontinuation in the HPL was longer than that of the LPL [LPL= 22.4 ± 4.3 wk; HPL = 33.1 ± 8.5 wk; χ2(1)= 5.7; =.02]. The survival distributions of other outcomes did not differ between groups. When adjusted for covariates, neither the prescription length nor other covariates independently predicted any treatment outcome.
Conclusion: Higher prescription length might be associated with longer treatment retention. We provide preliminary evidence to support greater flexibility in BUP treatment, enhancing its scalability and attractiveness.
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