Patients Receiving Opioid Maintenance Treatment in Primary Care: Successful …
Patients receiving opioid maintenance treatment in primary care: successful …
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We hypothesised that a general practitioner (GP) providing an opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) for addicted patients can achieve CHC treatment and sustained virological response rates (SVR) comparable to patients without drug dependency. Methods: …
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Global forum to discuss top issues
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Dr Al Arrayed said emerging health issues, protocols for pain management, prevention and treatment of opiate addiction, avoidance of causes of death in patients and avoidance of complications such as acute chest syndrome, stroke, renal failure and …
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Addicts, researchers say new drug trumps methadone at curbing addiction
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Two years since Nicole Kapulsky ceased her daily injections of heroin and began getting monthly injections of Vivitrol, an FDA-approved medication that prevents opiate addicts from getting high. She says she's been clean ever since, doesn't think about …
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