Aug. 23, 2005 — Anesthesia-assisted rapid detoxification from heroin offers no advantages over an approach using buprenorphine, according to the results of a randomized trial reported in the Aug.

NEW YORK, NY, August 23, 2005 – An increasingly common method of heroin detoxification under general anesthesia is ineffective and unsafe, according to a study by psychiatrists at Columbia University ...

In a first-ever randomized trial, patients at a short-term inpatient program began long-term outpatient treatment with buprenorphine before discharge, with better outcomes than detox patients. Three ...

When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one. Teens who land in emergency ...

About The Study: In this multicenter randomized clinical trial, rapid induction had higher retention than standard induction overall and in patients who tested positive for fentanyl through ...

Of the 160 adolescent residential treatment facilities they contacted, only 63 said they would allow adolescents to detox on-site. Of those 63, only 18 offered buprenorphine — the one medication ...