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Clinical trial evaluates outpatient detoxification in prescription opioid abusers
October 23, 2013 by NewsBot
Patients addicted to prescription opioids (POs) who are taking buprenorphine (a medication used in opioid addiction treatment) may respond better to tapering of the drug over four weeks than over shorter periods when the taper is followed by naltrexone (a medication that blocks opioid strength), according to a clinical trial report by Stacey C. Sigmon, Ph.D...