Karabulut Sercan
Centre of Alcohol and Substance Addiction Treatment, Ataturk State Hospital, Antalya, Türkiye.
Case Rep Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 19;2024:6359691. doi: 10.1155/2024/6359691. eCollection 2024.
In this case report, we described a patient admitted with buprenorphine/naloxone (BN) misuse, accompanied by intermittent pregabalin misuse, to self-treat the opioid withdrawal symptoms. We treated the withdrawal symptoms after cessation of BN with guanfacine extended-release (XR). To our knowledge, it has been the first case report describing guanfacine-XR in the treatment of BN misuse. Notably, our patient responded to the treatment with a decrease in withdrawal symptoms without any significant side-effect. Although it is not possible to generalize our findings with a single case report, it might be useful to mark guanfacin-XR as a potential treatment agent for opioid use disorders, including patients with synthetic opioid misuse.
在本病例报告中,我们描述了一名因滥用丁丙诺啡/纳洛酮(BN)入院的患者,该患者伴有间歇性普瑞巴林滥用,以自我治疗阿片类药物戒断症状。我们在停用BN后,使用缓释胍法辛(XR)治疗戒断症状。据我们所知,这是第一例描述缓释胍法辛治疗BN滥用的病例报告。值得注意的是,我们的患者对治疗有反应,戒断症状减轻,且无任何明显副作用。尽管仅通过一例病例报告无法推广我们的研究结果,但将缓释胍法辛标记为阿片类药物使用障碍(包括合成阿片类药物滥用患者)的潜在治疗药物可能是有用的。