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Novel Opioid Poppy Seed Tea Requires Similar Doses of Buprenorphine to Heroin

By | January 17, 2024 |

Clinicians may not be fully aware of poppy seed tea, a novel opioid made using easily obtained unwashed poppy seeds.

Poppy seed tea has similar risks to other opioids, including the potential for death, according to research led by Scott Weiner, Bicycle Health’s director of research and emergency physician. Patients who seek treatment for poppy seed tea use will require similar doses of buprenorphine to other opioids, the case series found.

The case series, published by Bicycle Health in the Journal of Addictive Diseases, analyzed 18 cases of poppy seed tea use among Bicycle Health patients.

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