RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Helwick, Caroline
T1 Prescription Opioid Dependence: Relapses Associated with Shorter Treatment Course
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2010
FD SAGE Publications
VO 10
IS 4
SP 13
OP 14
DO 10.1177/155989771004008
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/4/13.abstract
AB The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study found that patients who tapered off prescription opioids using buprenorphine during a 9-month period, whether initially or after a period of improvement, almost universally relapsed.