The Leeds Evaluation of Efficacy of Detoxification Study (LEEDS) prisons project: A randomised controlled trial comparing dihydrocodeine and buprenorphine for opiate detoxification

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sheard, Laura ^a   Wright, Nat M J ^a   El Sayeh, Hany G ^b   Adams, Clive E ^c   Li, Ryan ^d   Tompkins, Charlotte N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRISON; PRISONER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; ENGLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849125930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-4-1     Document Type: Article

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