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==Treatment==
==Treatment==
Although [[buprenorphine]]–[[naloxone]] may be less effective than [[methadone]]<ref name="pmid15677600">{{cite journal| author=Schottenfeld RS, Chawarski MC, Pakes JR, Pantalon MV, Carroll KM, Kosten TR| title=Methadone versus buprenorphine with contingency management or performance feedback for cocaine and opioid dependence. | journal=Am J Psychiatry | year= 2005 | volume= 162 | issue= 2 | pages= 340-9 | pmid=15677600  
Opioid agonist therapy includes [[buprenorphine]] and [[methadone]]. Although [[buprenorphine]]–[[naloxone]] may be less effective than [[methadone]]<ref name="pmid15677600">{{cite journal| author=Schottenfeld RS, Chawarski MC, Pakes JR, Pantalon MV, Carroll KM, Kosten TR| title=Methadone versus buprenorphine with contingency management or performance feedback for cocaine and opioid dependence. | journal=Am J Psychiatry | year= 2005 | volume= 162 | issue= 2 | pages= 340-9 | pmid=15677600  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15677600 | doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.340 }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16246888 Review in: Evid Based Ment Health. 2005 Nov;8(4):112] <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>, it has more predictable dosing<ref name="pmid15720937">{{cite journal| author=Simoens S, Matheson C, Bond C, Inkster K, Ludbrook A| title=The effectiveness of community maintenance with methadone or buprenorphine for treating opiate dependence. | journal=Br J Gen Pract | year= 2005 | volume= 55 | issue= 511 | pages= 139-46 | pmid=15720937  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15677600 | doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.340 }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16246888 Review in: Evid Based Ment Health. 2005 Nov;8(4):112] <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>, it has more predictable dosing<ref name="pmid15720937">{{cite journal| author=Simoens S, Matheson C, Bond C, Inkster K, Ludbrook A| title=The effectiveness of community maintenance with methadone or buprenorphine for treating opiate dependence. | journal=Br J Gen Pract | year= 2005 | volume= 55 | issue= 511 | pages= 139-46 | pmid=15720937  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15720937 | pmc=PMC1463190 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>, and can be prescribed by qualifying office-based physicians.<ref name="pmid18458279">{{cite journal| author=Sullivan LE, Fiellin DA| title=Narrative review: buprenorphine for opioid-dependent patients in office practice. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2008 | volume= 148 | issue= 9 | pages= 662-70 | pmid=18458279  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15720937 | pmc=PMC1463190 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>, and can be prescribed by qualifying office-based physicians.<ref name="pmid18458279">{{cite journal| author=Sullivan LE, Fiellin DA| title=Narrative review: buprenorphine for opioid-dependent patients in office practice. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2008 | volume= 148 | issue= 9 | pages= 662-70 | pmid=18458279  

Revision as of 08:56, 14 January 2010

In medicine, opiate dependence is dependency, both both physiological and emotional, upon opioid analgesicss.[1]

Treatment

Opioid agonist therapy includes buprenorphine and methadone. Although buprenorphinenaloxone may be less effective than methadone[2], it has more predictable dosing[3], and can be prescribed by qualifying office-based physicians.[4]

Advice for the treatment of acute pain among patients on chronic methadone or buprenorphine is available.[5]

References