Buprenorphine Outpatient Outcomes Project: can Suboxone be a viable outpatient option for heroin addiction?
Background: Opioid dependence treatment traditionally involves methadone clinics, for which dispensing schedules can be cumbersome. Buprenorphine, a partial agonist of the mu receptor and antagonist of the kappa receptor, is a potential outpatient alternative to methadone. Funded by a grant from the...
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/download/22902/pdf_1 |