Buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance therapy: a randomized double‐blind trial with 405 opioid‐dependent patients
- 25 March 2003
- Vol. 98 (4) , 441-452
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00335.x
Abstract
Aims To assess the efficacy of buprenorphine compared with methadone maintenance therapy for opioid dependence in a large sample using a flexible dosing regime and the marketed buprenorphine tablet....Keywords
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