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Initiation to injectable naltrexone likelier after rapid detoxification from opioids
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30227
Subject(s) - naltrexone , detoxification (alternative medicine) , buprenorphine , medicine , regimen , opioid , pharmacology , anesthesia , alternative medicine , receptor , pathology
Results of a new study suggest that opioid‐dependent patients receiving a rapid outpatient detoxification using naltrexone are more likely to be successfully inducted to injectable naltrexone than patients receiving a standard buprenorphine only–assisted detoxification. The study's research team stated that the naltrexone‐assisted regimen offers a promising alternative to traditional methods associated with high attrition and relapse rates. Study results were published online Jan. 10 in the American Journal of Psychiatry .