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Article: Detox with buprenorphine more lasting than clonidine.(drug therapy)(Statistical data)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
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- February 1, 2006
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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Opiate addicts who go through withdrawal using buprenorphine are nine times more likely to complete their withdrawal regimen than are patients who use clonidine, a large National Institute on Drug Abuse-sponsored trial shows.
In addition, buprenorphine might be that much-sought-after key to getting more opiate abusers invested in their longer-term psychotherapy treatment, Leslie Amass, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.
The study involved 344 opiate-addicted subjects who were randomized to either a 13-day schedule of tapered withdrawal using buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone) or a ...