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Treatment of Adolescent Opioid Dependence: No Quick Fix
TL;DR: An expert panel convened by the National Institutes of Health and an international systematic review and meta-analysis concluded that opioid agonist treatment, in the form of methadone or either of the buprenorphine preparations, is the most effective treatment for opioid dependence.
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Drug addiction. Part III. Pharmacotherapy of addiction.
TL;DR: The prospects for developing effective pharmacotherapies against addiction are bright, but ideological and social implications, as well as the conflict of interest with illegal narcotic manufacturers and distributors, may considerably hamper the progress in combating addiction.
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A 5-year evaluation of a methadone medical maintenance program
Kenneth A. Harris,Julia H. Arnsten,Herman Joseph,Joe Hecht,Ira Marion,Patti Juliana,Marc N. Gourevitch +6 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that selected patients from a socioeconomically disadvantaged population remained clinically stable and engaged in treatment in a far less intensive setting than traditional methadone maintenance.
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Evaluation of the overall program effectiveness of HIV-related intervention programs in a community in Sichuan, China.
Joseph Lau,Renfan Wang,Hongyao Chen,Jing Gu,Jianxin Zhang,Feng Cheng,Yun Zhang,Linglin Zhang,Hi Yi Tsui,Ning Wang,Zhangquan Lei,Xiaodong Zhong,Yajia Lan +12 more
TL;DR: Intervention programs may result in substantial behavioral changes in a community within a few years, and this evaluates the overall effectiveness of intervention programs among female sex workers in a Chinese community.
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Using buprenorphine short-term taper to facilitate early treatment engagement.
TL;DR: A retrospective review of a National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network trial evaluating buprenorphine-naloxone (BNX; Suboxone) short-term taper for medically managed opioid withdrawal found BNX was readily integrated into the existing treatment service.
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