Buprenorphine and methadone maintenance in jail and post-release: A randomized clinical trial
Buprenorphine and methadone maintenance in jail and post-release: A randomized clinical trial
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DOI:
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.08.006
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Rosenblum, Andrew
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作者:
Magura, Stephen;Lee, Joshua D.;Rosenblum, Andrew
Buprenorphine has rarely been administered as an opioid agonist maintenance therapy in a correctional setting. This study introduced buprenorphine maintenance in a large urban jail, Rikers Island in New York City. Hero in-dependent men not enrolled in community methadone treatment and sentenced to 10-90 days in jail (N=116) were voluntarily randomly assigned either to buprenorphine or methadone maintenance, the latter being the standard of care for eligible inmates at Rikers. Boprenorphine and methadone maintenance completion rates in jail were equally high, but the buprenorphine group reported for their designated post-release treatment in the community significantly more often than did the methadone group (48% vs. 14%, p