Buprenorphine Replacement Therapy for Adolescents with Opioid Dependence: Early Experience from a Children's Hospital-Based Outpatient Treatment Program

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-482

  Levy, Sharon ^a,b   Vaughan, Brigid L ^a,b   Angulo, Michelle ^c   Knight, John R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; BUPRENORPHINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247154777     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.11.142     Document Type: Article

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