Recidivism with opiate addicted patients on buprenorphine substitution treatment: Case report

Treatment Outcomes for Opiate Addicted Pregnant Women

Methadone and Buprenorphine for the Treatment of Opiate Addiction

Background: The rate of drug dependence and abuse is a growing problem in the Iran, number of opioid – dependent people is estimated at a total of 2000.000-4000.000 individuals. The aim of this study was a Comparison of Methadone and Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opiate Addiction referring to a treatment clinic of Baharan psychiatric hospital in Zahedan city. Methods: In a cross sect...

Neurobehavioural development of preschool-age children born to addicted mothers given opiate maintenance treatment with buprenorphine during pregnancy.

AIM To study the neurobehavioural development and somatic growth of children at preschool-age born to opioid-addicted mothers given opiate maintenance treatment (OMT) with buprenorphine during pregnancy. METHODS Twenty-eight children, whose 21 opiate-addicted mothers were treated with OMT during pregnancy and accepted participation to the study, went through a battery of neurobehavioural test...

Office based treatment with buprenorphine plus naloxone, or buprenorphine alone reduces opiate use and craving.

Fudala PJ, Bridge TP, Herbert S, et al. Office-based treatment of opiate addiction with a sublingual-tablet formulation of buprenorphine and naloxone. N Engl J Med 2003;349:949–58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Buprenorphine induction and stabilisation in the treatment of opiate dependence

Many early trials of buprenorphine in opiate dependence used fixed doses and slow induction protocols. However, more recent data show that subjects requiring higher doses need to be stabilised more rapidly. Analysis of ten trials suggests a relationship between days taken to reach a 6 mg buprenorphine tablet equivalent dose and retention of subjects at 4 weeks. Recent US studies show that dosag...