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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Neumann AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3604999 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of addictive diseases 20130101 1
Patients with opioid addiction who receive prescription opioids for treatment of nonmalignant chronic pain present a therapeutic challenge. Fifty-four participants with chronic pain and opioid addiction were randomized to receive methadone or buprenorphine/naloxone. At the 6-month follow-up examination, 26 (48.1%) participants who remained in the study noted a 12.75% reduction in pain (P = 0.043), and no participants in the methadone group compared to 5 in the buprenorphine group reported illici ...[more]