Open AccessMental Symptoms and Drug Use in Maintenance Treatment with Slow-Release Oral Morphine Compared to Methadone: Results of a Randomized Crossover Study
Author(s) -
Uwe Verthein,
Thilo Beck,
Christian Haasen,
Jens Reimer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european addiction research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.862
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1421-9891
pISSN - 1022-6877
DOI - 10.1159/000368572
Subject(s) - methadone maintenance , methadone , crossover study , randomized controlled trial , morphine , medicine , drug , anesthesia , opiate , psychiatry , alternative medicine , receptor , pathology , placebo
Opioid maintenance treatment is the option of choice to stabilize opioid-dependent patients. Whilst efficacy of methadone and buprenorphine has been studied extensively, fewer data on slow-release oral morphine are available.
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