The Monitored Release of Buprenorphine: Results in the Young:

Temgesic Injection (buprenorphine), apotent analgesic agent, was given to 240 patients under 18 years of age during a year ofmonitored release.All but four had the product for the managementofmoderate or severe pain in the immediate post-operative period. Analgesia was reported as adequate or good in 90% ofthese youngpatients when it was assessed2 and 4 hours after injection. There were no reports of side-effects commonly associated with strong analgesics and particularly antagonist-analgesics such as confusion, hallucination, blurred vision, dry mouth and lightheadedness. There were no serious respiratory or cardiovascular effects..The incidences ofother events did not differ from those recorded in the much larger adult populationof almost 8,000 patients. Buprenorphine is an effective analgesic suitable for use in the young post-operative patient.