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ReviewEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2010

The pharmacological treatment of opioid addiction--a clinical perspective.

Philipp Lobmaier, Michael Gossop, Helge Waal, Jorgen Bramness

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Review in European journal of clinical pharmacology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Philipp LobmaierDepartment of Addiction Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Aker, Oslo, Norway. p.p.lobmaier@medisin.uio.no
Michael Gossop
Helge Waal
Jorgen Bramness
University of Oslo · NOAkershus University Hospital · NONorwegian Institute of Public Health · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reviews the main pharmacotherapies that are currently being used to treat opioid addiction. Treatments include detoxification using tapered methadone, buprenorphine, adrenergic agonists such as clonidine and lofexidine, and forms of rapid detoxification. In opioid maintenance treatment (OMT), methadone is most widely used. OMT with buprenorphine, buprenorphine-naloxone combination, or other opioid agonists is also discussed. The use of the opioid antagonists naloxone (for the treatment of intoxication and overdose) and oral and sustained-release formulations of naltrexone (for relapse prevention) is also considered. Although recent advances in the neurobiology of addictions may lead to the development of new pharmacotherapies for the treatment of addictive disorders, a major challenge lies in delivering existing treatments more effectively. Pharmacotherapy of opioid addiction alone is usually insufficient, and a complete treatment should also include effective psychosocial support or other interventions. Combining pharmacotherapies with psychosocial support strategies that are tailored to meet the patients' needs represents the best way to treat opioid addiction effectively.

Indexed as

Inactivation, MetabolicAdrenergic AgonistsAnalgesics, OpioidBuprenorphineClonidineDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansMethadoneNaloxoneNaltrexoneNarcotic AntagonistsOpioid-Related DisordersSocial SupportSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeAdrenergic AgonistsAnalgesics, OpioidBuprenorphineClonidinelofexidineMethadoneNaloxoneNaltrexoneNarcotic Antagonists

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PMID20169438
OpenAlexW2094015709

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