Comparison of efficacy between buprenorphine and tramadol in the detoxification of opioid (heroin)-dependent subjects

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-34

  Chawla, Jatinder Mohan ^a   Pal, Hemraj ^b   Lal, Rakesh ^c   Jain, Raka ^c   Schooler, Nina ^a   Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh ^c  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Detoxification; Heroin; Opioids; Randomized; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEART DISEASE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ICD-10; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CHECKLIST; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BUPRENORPHINE; CHECKLIST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876078377     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2013.0145     Document Type: Article

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