Adjunctive Counseling During Brief and Extended Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Prescription Opioid Dependence: A 2-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial [Original Article]

December 13, 2011

Conclusions  Prescription opioid–dependent patients are most likely to reduce opioid use during buprenorphine-naloxone treatment; if tapered off buprenorphine-naloxone, even after 12 weeks of treatment, the likelihood of an unsuccessful outcome is high, even in patients receiving counseling in addition to SMM. Trial Registration  clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00316277 (Source: Archives of General Psychiatry) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please […]

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Adjunctive Counseling During Brief and Extended Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Prescription Opioid Dependence: A 2-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial [Original Article]

December 13, 2011

Conclusions  Prescription opioid–dependent patients are most likely to reduce opioid use during buprenorphine-naloxone treatment; if tapered off buprenorphine-naloxone, even after 12 weeks of treatment, the likelihood of an unsuccessful outcome is high, even in patients receiving counseling in addition to SMM. Trial Registration  clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00316277 (Source: Archives of General Psychiatry) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please […]

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Oxycontin Abuse | Statistics On Oxycontin and Oxycontin Addiction

November 16, 2011

Oxycontin Abuse Fast Facts  Oxycontin Abuse is in all the States.  Oxycontin is the ingredient oxycodone hydrochloride packaged in extended release tablets. Since the medication is  in a controlled-released form, swallowing the pill whole does not give the “high” addicts are seeking.  By crushing the pill and snorting or injecting the power oxyontin abuse has […]

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Oxycontin Therapy | Drug Addiction Counseling | Network Therapy

November 16, 2011

Oxycontin Therapy | Drug Addiction Counseling | Network Therapy  This video class  on oxycontin therapy will have interest to counselors and doctors. The general surfer may find some points of use. This is a review of a video class on Oxycontin therapy (technique) with the use of Network Therapy in the counseling of drug addiction […]

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Buprenorphine/naloxone helpful in prescription opioid dependence

November 15, 2011

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone, Reckitt-Benckiser) helps curb prescription opioid dependence, but additional counseling does little to boost success rates, according to results of a randomized controlled trial published online November 7 in Archives of General Psychiatry. (Source: Modern Medicine) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please support the DoctorsInChains.org campaign for the health workers in […]

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Suboxone is most effective in treating painkiller addiction

November 11, 2011

(McLean Hospital) Individuals addicted to prescription painkillers are more likely to succeed in treatment with the aid of the medication buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), report McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers in today’s online edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry. (Source: EurekAlert! – Social and Behavioral Science) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please support the DoctorsInChains.org campaign […]

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Painkiller abuse treated by sustained buprenorphine/naloxone

November 11, 2011

(NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse) People addicted to prescription painkillers reduce their opioid abuse when given sustained treatment with the medication buprenorphine plus naloxone, according to research published in yesterday’s Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted by NIDA, part of the NIH. (Source: EurekAlert! – Social and Behavioral Science)

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Study of adjunctive counselling during brief and extended buprenorphine-naloxone treatment for prescription opioid dependence

November 11, 2011

Source: Arch Gen Psychiatry Area: News According to research published early online in the Archives of General Psychiatry, patients who are dependent on prescription opioids are most likely to reduce their use during treatment with buprenorphine-naloxone.  This effect is short lived however and reduces after treatment is tapered; the likelihood of a successful outcome is […]

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Painkiller Abuse Treated by Sustained Buprenorphine/Naloxone

November 11, 2011

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse – Related MedlinePlus Pages: Pain Relievers, Prescription Drug Abuse (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)

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First Large-Scale Study On Treatment Of Prescription Opioid Addiction Finds Suboxone Most Effective

November 11, 2011

Individuals addicted to prescription painkillers are more likely to succeed in treatment with the aid of the medication buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), report McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers in the online edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry. “Adjunctive Counseling During Brief and Extended Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Prescription Opioid Dependence,” is the first large-scale study […]

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