Extended-treatment with combination medication for opioid-addicted youths shows benefit

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:35 in Health & Medicine

Adolescents addicted to opioids who received continuing treatment with the combination medication buprenorphine-naloxone had lower rates of testing positive or reporting use of opioids compared to youths who went through a short-term detoxification program using the same medication, according to a study in the November 5 issue of JAMA...

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