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Worldwide, the use of opioid analgesics is steadily increasing in non-cancer chronic pain management as well as cancer pain. Along with this trend, serious side effects such as an increase in mortality have been reported. Furthermore, more common side effects with long-term opioid therapy are tolerance, dependence, and addiction to opioids in clinical practice. Coping with withdrawal symptom is the key component in the successful treatment of opioid dependence, and buprenorphine is one of the main stay for that purpose. In this case report, we share our experience of successful treatment of opioid dependence using a buprenorphine transdermal patch in addition to appropriate pain intervention in a patient with low back pain.