Roopa Sethi

Department of Addiction Psychiatry, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA

Publications

• Case Report   
  The Case for Continued Buprenorphine Utilization in High-Risk Adolescent Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
  Author(s): Dillon J. Prokop*, Iryna Salapenka and Roopa Sethi
  
  We describe a case of a 17 year old male with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and comorbid mental health diagnoses including Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. He has a history of multiple incarcerations. He was initiated on buprenorphine sublingual (SL) form almost a year ago and then subsequently relapsed to opioid use several times. Abrupt cessation of medication assisted treatment (MAT) occurred during an incarceration followed by immediate relapse upon release from jail three months later. The patient was then restarted on buprenorphine-naloxone sublingual form with plan to administer subcutaneous depot form of buprenorphine (also known as Sublocade). The SQ buprenorphine was never initiated due to denial of the injectable based off age criteria. Our case presents the barriers to medication assisted treatment in a hi.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4303/jdar/236191

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