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Opioids Basics of addiction (PDF 188p)

Opioids Basics of addiction (PDF 188p)

This note describes the key components of opiate addiction and its medical psychiatric consequences, benefits and limitations of methadone as apharmacotherapy for opiate dependence, Benefits and limitations of buprenorphine as a pharmacotherapy for opiate dependence, Benefits and limitations of narcotic antagonists for overdose (naloxone) and relapse prevention (naltrexone) for opiate dependence.

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