The rise of buprenorphine prescribing in England: analysis of NHS regional data, 2001-03.

AIMS: Since its launch in the prescribing market in 1999 for the treatment of opiate dependence, buprenorphine has rapidly become established as an alternative to methadone treatment in the United Kingdom. In the absence of evidence of its clinical superiority over methadone, and given its high rela...

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 495 - 500
Main Authors: de Wet CJ, Reed LJ, Bearn J
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2005
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