Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction |
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| Editor:
| Kintz, Pascal
Marquet, Pierre |
| Series title: | Forensic Science and Medicine Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58829-031-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Humana Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $455.95 |
Book Description:
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Opiate addiction is one of the strongest drug dependencies in the world, and this timely book covers the newly emerging therapy using high dose buprenorphine as experience by clinicians and scientists who have many years of work in this field. As an alternative to methadone, buprenorphine has a safer profile (less respiratory depression and sedation) and weaker withdrawal symptoms following its discontinuation. The mainly French contributors to this book, have the unique experience of...
More DescriptionOpiate addiction is one of the strongest drug dependencies in the world, and this timely book covers the newly emerging therapy using high dose buprenorphine as experience by clinicians and scientists who have many years of work in this field. As an alternative to methadone, buprenorphine has a safer profile (less respiratory depression and sedation) and weaker withdrawal symptoms following its discontinuation. The mainly French contributors to this book, have the unique experience of using this therapy in France with their opiate addicted patients and thus provide a wealth of knowledge for other opiate treatment centres having less experience using buprenorphine.