HEROIN ADDICTION AND
RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS

The official journal of
EUROPAD - European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association
WFTOD - World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Editor: Icro Maremmani, MD - Pisa, Italy, EU
Associate Editors:	Thomas Clausen, MD - Oslo, Norway Pier Paolo Pani, MD - Cagliari, Italy, EU Marta Torrens, MD - Barcelona, Spain, EU
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.

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HEROIN ADDICTION AND RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS

The official journal of EUROPAD - European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association WFTOD - World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Editor: Icro Maremmani, MD - Pisa, Italy, EU

Associate Editors:

Thomas Clausen, MD - Oslo, Norway Pier Paolo Pani, MD - Cagliari, Italy, EU Marta Torrens, MD - Barcelona, Spain, EU

Statistical Editor:

Mario Miccoli, PhD - Pisa, Italy, EU