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2 nd Annual Essentials in Primary Care<br />

Fall Conference<br />

Friday, November 11, <strong>2011</strong><br />

Buprenorphine Transdermal System - Butrans<br />

Table 2. Adverse Events of Buprenorphine vs Placebo in Patients Being Treated for Chronic Pain<br />

With a Dose That Was Titrated to Effect<br />

Adverse Events<br />

Buprenorphine<br />

(n = 392)<br />

Placebo<br />

(n = 261)<br />

Nausea 23% 8%<br />

Dizziness 16% 8%<br />

Headache 16% 11%<br />

Application-site pruritus 15% 12%<br />

Constipation 14% 5%<br />

Somnolence 14% 5%<br />

Vomiting 11% 2%<br />

Peripheral edema 7% 3%<br />

Application-site erythema 7% 2%<br />

Dry mouth 7% 2%<br />

Application-site rash 6% 6%<br />

Fatigue 5% 1%<br />

Fall 4% 2%<br />

Hyperhidrosis 4% 1%<br />

Pruritus 4% 1%<br />

Buprenorphine Transdermal System - Butrans<br />

DOSING:<br />

• The transdermal system (patch) is applied every 7 days to the upper<br />

outer arm, upper chest, upper back, or side of the chest on either<br />

side of the body.<br />

– Application should be rotated among these 8 sites and a<br />

minimum of 3 weeks should elapse before applying a patch to<br />

the same site.<br />

– The patch should be applied to a hairless or nearly hairless skin<br />

site. The hair at the site should be clipped, not shaven.<br />

– If there are adhesion problems with the patch, the edges may be<br />

taped down with first aid tape or covered with see-through<br />

adhesive dressing (eg, Bioclusive, Tegaderm).<br />

– If the patch falls off during the 7-day dosing interval, a new patch<br />

should be applied at a different skin site.<br />

– The buprenorphine transdermal system should not be cut.<br />

Wayne Weart<br />

<strong>New</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Update</strong> Part I

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