Open AccessEfficacy of buprenorphine and clonidine in opioid detoxification: A hospital- based study
Author(s) -
Neeraj Jain,
BS Chavan,
Ajeet Sidana,
Subhash Das
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_381_17
Subject(s) - buprenorphine , clonidine , detoxification (alternative medicine) , medicine , opioid , anesthesia , opiate , methadone , receptor , alternative medicine , pathology
The need for effective and accepted method for opioid detoxification is ever increasing. Sublingual buprenorphine and oral clonidine have been effective in opioid detoxification. As often, there is a great variation in the dosage of buprenorphine and clonidine prescribed by the clinicians; hence, there is a felt need to find an effective dosage for a favorable outcome of opioid detoxification.