A 39-year-old man with severe opioid use disorder using illicit fentanyl daily presents to an urban emergency department requesting help. According to...

Question

A 39-year-old man with severe opioid use disorder using illicit fentanyl daily presents to an urban emergency department requesting help. According to Canadian guidance, what is the preferred first-line pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder in this setting?

Accepted Answer

Buprenorphine-naloxone as opioid agonist treatment

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Short course of immediate-release opioids with gradual taper

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Benzodiazepines to manage cravings

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Non-opioid analgesics only

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No pharmacologic therapy; refer only to abstinence-based counselling

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Opioid use disorder

A 39-year-old man with severe opioid use disorder using illicit fentanyl daily presents to an urban emergency department requesting help. According to Canadian guidance, what is the preferred first-line pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder in this setting?