Opioid substitution therapy - Time to replace the term

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9977, 2015, Pages 1508-1509

  Samet, Jeffrey H ^a,b   Fiellin, David A ^c,d  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; METHADONE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADDISON DISEASE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LETTER; NEUROBIOLOGY; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; TIME TO TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOMENCLATURE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

HUMANS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928384038     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60750-4     Document Type: Letter

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