@article {1384,
	title = {Interactions between buprenorphine and antiretrovirals. I. The nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors efavirenz and delavirdine.},
	journal = {Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America},
	volume = {43 Suppl 4},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006 Dec 15},
	pages = {S224-34},
	abstract = {This study examined drug interactions between buprenorphine, an opioid partial agonist medication used in the treatment of opioid dependence, and the nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) efavirenz (EFV) and delavirdine (DLV). Opioid-dependent, buprenorphine/naloxone-maintained, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative volunteers (n=10 per NNRTI) participated in 24-h sessions to determine pharmacokinetics of buprenorphine and of buprenorphine with either EFV or DLV after administration of standard doses of either antiretroviral for 15 or 7 days, respectively. Opiate withdrawal symptoms, cognitive effects, and adverse events were determined before and after antiretroviral administration in opioid-dependent participants. The pharmacokinetics of NNRTIs in healthy control participants were used to determine the effect of buprenorphine on NNRTIs. EFV decreased the buprenorphine area under the concentration-time curve (P<.001). DLV increased buprenorphine concentrations (P<.001). Clinically significant consequences of these interactions were not observed. Buprenorphine did not alter antiretroviral pharmacokinetics. Adjustments of doses of either buprenorphine or EFV or DLV are not likely to be necessary when these drugs are administered for the treatment of opiate dependence and HIV disease.},
	keywords = {Adult, Area Under Curve, Benzoxazines, Buprenorphine, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Delavirdine, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Drug Interactions, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Male, Narcotic Antagonists, Opioid-Related Disorders, Oxazines, Probability, Prognosis, Reference Values, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Risk Assessment, Statistics, Nonparametric, Treatment Outcome},
	issn = {1537-6591},
	doi = {10.3109/00952990.2011.568081},
	author = {McCance-Katz, Elinore F and Moody, David E and Morse, Gene D and Friedland, Gerald and Pade, Patricia and Baker, Jennifer and Alvanzo, Anika and Smith, Patrick and Ogundele, Abayomi and Jatlow, Peter and Rainey, Petrie M}
}
