Medication-assisted treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: a review of an effective treatment and its potential improvement for better outcomes
Opioid Use Disorder is characterized as problematic use of opioids that causes significant impairment or distress. Opioids include prescription analgesics, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and the illegal drug heroin. Opioids interact with brain receptors that are associated with pain, reward, an...
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| Language: | English |
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Appalachian State University Honors College
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Impulse: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://impulse.appstate.edu/articles/2019/medication-assisted-treatment-opioid-use-disorder-review-effective-treatment-and-its-p |