Comparison of buprenorphine and methadone in the treatment of opioid dependence. Swiss multicentre study

European Addiction Research

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 13-18

  Uehlinger, Claude ^a   Déglon, Jean Jacques ^a   Livoti, Santino ^a   Petitjean, Sylvie ^a   Waldvogel, Doris ^a   Ladewig, Dieter ^a  

^a Centre Psychosocial   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Clinical trial; Drug addiction; Methadone; Substitution therapy

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPIATE ADDICTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SWITZERLAND; URINALYSIS; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; BUPRENORPHINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031756059     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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