Long-term outcomes from the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study

Highlights • Prescription opioid dependent patients were followed post-treatment for 42 months. • Long-term outcomes demonstrated clear improvement from baseline. • 61% were abstinent from illicit opioids, including 29% on agonist therapy. • Agonist therapy was associated with a greater likelihood o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2015-05, Vol.150, p.112-119
Hauptverfasser: Weiss, Roger D, Potter, Jennifer Sharpe, Griffin, Margaret L, Provost, Scott E, Fitzmaurice, Garrett M, McDermott, Katherine A, Srisarajivakul, Emily N, Dodd, Dorian R, Dreifuss, Jessica A, McHugh, R. Kathryn, Carroll, Kathleen M
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Prescription opioid dependent patients were followed post-treatment for 42 months. • Long-term outcomes demonstrated clear improvement from baseline. • 61% were abstinent from illicit opioids, including 29% on agonist therapy. • Agonist therapy was associated with a greater likelihood of Month-42 abstinence. • 10% initiated heroin use, and 10% initiated injection heroin use post-treatment.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.030