Buprenorphine : an alternative treatment for opioid dependence / editor, Jack D. Blaine.
Imprint
Rockville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse ; Washington, D.C. : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1992.
"Based on the papers and discussions from a technical review on 'Buprenorphine: An Alternative Treatment for Opioid Dependence' held on March 16-17, 1989 in Rockville, MD."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Buprenorphine : background to its development as a treatment for opiate dependence -- Behavioral pharmacology of Buprenorphine : issues relevant to its potential in treating drug abuse -- Assessment of Buprenorphine in a drug discrimination procedure in humans -- Human laboratory studies of Buprenorphine -- Primate studies of the behavioral pharmacology of Buprenorphine -- Phase II clinical trials of Buprenorphine : detoxification and induction onto Naltrexone -- Development of Buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid dependence.