Office-based treatment in opioid dependence: A critical survey of prescription practices for opioid maintenance medications and concomitant benzodiazepines in Vienna, Austria

European Addiction Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 206-212

  Aeschbach Jachmann, Crispa ^a   Jagsch, Reinhold ^a   Winklbaur, Bernadette ^a   Matzenauer, Christian ^a   Fischer, Gabriele ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Buprenorphine; Maintenance treatment; Methadone; Morphine

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; BUPRENORPHINE; COMPENSAN; DIAZEPAM; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; SUBSTITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUSTRIA; BENZODIAZEPINES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES;

EID: 53549106623     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000141645     Document Type: Article

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