Substance Misuse: Substitution drugs (methadone and buprenorphine)

Kim Wolff

Substance Misuse: Substitution drugs (methadone and buprenorphine)

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Drug treatment services remain dominated by substitute prescribing programs for heroin (diacetylmorphine) dependent individuals. It is estimated that there are 15.6 million users of illicit opioids worldwide (WHO, 2009). North America as well as most European countries have some form of methadone or buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence and depending on the size and history of the problem; a small or large percentage of the opioid dependent population will be in treatment. Basic pharmacokinetic, risk of overdose and measurement of methadone and buprenorphine in clinical settings will be discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopaedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Editors	Jason Payne-James, Roger W. Byard, Tracey S. Corey, Carol Henderson
Place of Publication	Oxford, UK
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	436-441
Number of pages	6
Edition	2nd
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Substance Misuse: Substitution drugs (methadone and buprenorphine)

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