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ED initiation of buprenorphine more effective than treatment referral
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30046
Subject(s) - buprenorphine , referral , emergency department , citation , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , family medicine , library science , computer science , receptor , opioid
Referral to treatment, even when done thoroughly, is not as effective as giving patients buprenorphine in the emergency department (ED), either in the hospital or with medication for induction at home, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial.