Managing opioid addiction with buprenorphine

Legislation has enabled physicians to treat opioid-dependent patients with an office-based maintenance program using buprenorphine, a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist. Clinical studies indicate buprenorphine effectively manages opioid addiction. Buprenorphine is more effective than placebo for man...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American family physician 2006-05, Vol.73 (9), p.1573
Hauptverfasser:	Donaher, Paul A, Welsh, Christopher
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ambulatory Care - methods Buprenorphine - therapeutic use Drug addiction Drug Prescriptions Heroin HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Methadone Narcotic Antagonists - therapeutic use Narcotics Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy Substance abuse treatment Treatment Outcome United States
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