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HEROIN ADDICTION AND
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Editor: Icro Maremmani, MD - Pisa, Italy, EU |
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Associate Editors: |
Thomas Clausen, MD - Oslo, Norway
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Statistical Editor: |
Mario Miccoli, PhD - Pisa, Italy, EU |
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Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems: 2002, 04, 1 (pages: 13 - 24)
Buprenorphine: Evidence for effectiveness
Pacini M., Maremmani I.
Summary: In all cases, opiate addiction is best treated by the use of opiate agonist agents. A maintenance regimen based on an opiate agonist leads to a gradual dwindling of the subjective effects due to street opiates, thanks to the blockade achieved by these agents on the receptors that are reached by heroin.
