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...