Opioid-Related Disorders - Rehabilitation
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The clinical efficacy and abuse potential of combination buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid dependence.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Opioid dependence is a chronic relapsing condition for which long-term opioid substitution treatment (OST) is effective. However, safety and community acceptance of OST is compromised by diversion of prescribed medication. The ... Read more...

Cocaine vaccine for the treatment of cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy trial.

29 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Cocaine dependence, which affects 2.5 million Americans annually, has no US Food and Drug Administration-approved pharmacotherapy. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the immunogenicity, safety, and efficacy of a novel cocaine vaccine to treat cocaine ... Read more...

A selection model for longitudinal binary responses subject to non-ignorable attrition.

28 Aug 2009 Longitudinal studies collect information on a sample of individuals which is followed over time to analyze the effects of individual and time-dependent characteristics on the observed response. These studies often suffer from attrition: individuals ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Opioid-Related Disorders - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The poppies of Afghanistan. 30 Oct 2009
• The clinical efficacy and abuse potential of combination buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid dependence. 29 Sep 2009
• Cocaine vaccine for the treatment of cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy trial. 29 Sep 2009
• A selection model for longitudinal binary responses subject to non-ignorable attrition. 28 Aug 2009
• Alpha2-receptor agonists for treatment and prevention of iatrogenic opioid abstinence syndrome in critically ill patients. 16 Aug 2009
• Injection of medications used in opioid substitution treatment in Australia after the introduction of a mixed partial agonist-antagonist formulation. Aug 2009
• Opioid dependence treatment: options in pharmacotherapy. 30 Jul 2009
• [Opiate substitution: the users' point of view] 29 Jul 2009
• [Opiate replacement therapy in France: assessment of the public policies] 28 Jul 2009
• [Opioid substitution therapy in France: a physician's overview] 27 Jul 2009
• [Opiate replacement therapy in France] 26 Jul 2009
• Relaxing prescribing of naloxone could save lives of drug users, expert says. 19 Jul 2009
• Relations among psychopathology, substance use, and physical pain experiences in methadone-maintained patients. 12 Jul 2009
• Methadone maintenance therapy versus no opioid replacement therapy for opioid dependence. 6 Jul 2009
• Buprenorphine adoption in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. Jul 2009
• Smokers' thoughts and worries: a study using ecological momentary assessment. 29 Jun 2009
• The risk of tramadol abuse and dependence: findings in two patients. 29 Jun 2009
• Hepatitis C treatment in pharmacotherapy services: increasing treatment uptake needs a critical view. 29 Jun 2009
• Evaluation of a training program to improve clinicians' assessment of patient stability. 29 Jun 2009
• Effect of saquinavir/ritonavir (1000/100 mg bid) on the pharmacokinetics of methadone in opiate-dependent HIV-negative patients on stable methadone maintenance therapy. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Opioid-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from abuse or mis-use of opioids.

Descriptor UI: D009293

Alternative terms: Opioid-Related Disorders; Disorder, Opioid-Related; Opiate Dependence; Dependence, Opiate; Opiate Addiction; Addiction, Opiate; Narcotic Abuse; Abuse, Narcotic; Abuses, Narcotic; Narcotic Abuses; Narcotic Dependence; Dependence, Narcotic; Narcotic Addiction; Addiction, Narcotic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.675; F03.900.675;

History Note: 98(80)

Technical Notes: hospitals, chronic disease coordinate IM with specific narcotic (IM) but note MORPHINE DEPENDENCE & HEROIN DEPENDENCE are available