Interim Buprenorphine vs. Waiting List for Opioid Dependence
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Correlates of Nine-Month Retention following Interim Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment in Opioid Dependence: A Pilot Study
Interim medication-only treatment has been suggested for the initiation of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) in opioid-dependent subjects, but this rarely has been studied using buprenorphine instead of methadone. Following a pilot trial assessing interim buprenorphine-naloxone treatment in order to facilitate transfer into OMT, we here aimed to study retention, and potential correlates of ret...
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عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmc1610047