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Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction

Pascal Kintz editor Pierre Marquet editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Humana Press Inc.

Published:12th Dec '12

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In Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction, participating physicians and toxicologists summarize and evaluate their experiences with five years of intensive buprenorphine therapy.In Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction, participating physicians and toxicologists summarize and evaluate their experiences with five years of intensive buprenorphine therapy. They cover all aspects of its use, including the pharmacology, conditions of delivery, risks from use with other psychoactive drugs, toxicology and related deaths, as well as its testing in blood, urine, tissue, and hair. Special attention is given to comparing the long-term care of opiate-dependent patients using high-dose buprenorphine vs methadone, and to explaining the differences in treatment, administration, and delivery. The authors also describe how buprenorphine is currently prescribed and monitored in France and Australia, and review all the latest advances in analytical techniques for the determination of buprenorphine and its metabolites in biological fluids and tissues.

Foreword by Albert D. Fraser
"This is a very useful and timely book in addiction medicine. . .This book details the use of buprenorphine with its risks and benefits. It draws extensively from available studies and literature, which are listed very clearly in tables. Some of the appendixes are especially useful for quick references. This is a very useful and easy to read book. It details the use of buprenorphine therapy as an alternate to methadone treatment. It also details the analytical advances in testing for buprenorphines. The book describes buprenorphine's pharmacology and current prescription practices in France. It also discusses the use of buprenorphine in various scenarios including in pregnant addicts, and provides a source of knowledge for everyone working in addiction medicine."-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"This is a further volume in the growing Forensic medicine and Science Series edited by Steve Karch. This impressive series embraces a range of forensic topics. The style is now familiar, good topic editors with a broad spectrum of specialist authors contributing within their own area of expertise...good topic editors with a broad spectrum of specialist authors contributing within their own area of expertise....worthwhile reading for anyone in contact with patients who are opiate addicted." - Nil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

ISBN: 9781468497137

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

168 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002