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Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports

Buprenorphine is used to treat opioid addiction. The spectrum of complications of oral buprenorphine is not well known. We describe two cases and based on a hypothesis is proposed which suggests that the use of oral buprenorphine could be relevant to the increase of thrombotic risk.

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Autores principales: Alirezaei, Toktam, Hajimoradi, Behzad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2086
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spelling pubmed-64524642019-04-17 Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports Alirezaei, Toktam Hajimoradi, Behzad Clin Case Rep Case Reports Buprenorphine is used to treat opioid addiction. The spectrum of complications of oral buprenorphine is not well known. We describe two cases and based on a hypothesis is proposed which suggests that the use of oral buprenorphine could be relevant to the increase of thrombotic risk. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6452464/ /pubmed/30997076 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2086 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports
title Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports
title_full Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports
title_fullStr Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports
title_full_unstemmed Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports
title_short Is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? Two case reports
title_sort is thrombotic event a side effect of oral buprenorphine abuse? two case reports
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2086
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