Which substitution pharmacotherapy is most effective in treating opioid dependence?

Are levo acetyl methadol (LAAM) and buprenorphine as effective as methadone for substitution treatment of opioid dependence?

1 Drug and Alcohol Services Council, Parkside, SA.
2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: gowing.linda@saugov.sa.gov.au

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2. Ward J, Mattick RP, Hall W. Methadone maintenance treatment and other opioid replacement therapies. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1998.

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