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Addiction Medicine
Research reports from Medical University of Vienna provide new insights into addiction medicine
April 27th, 2008
In this recent article published in the journal European Addiction Research, scientists in Vienna, Austria conducted a study "To investigate the mortality rate in a cohort of 269 opioid-dependent patients and the outcome of survivors meeting DSM-IV criteria for opioid dependence. Retrospective cohort study." "Patients enrolled in synthetic opioid maintenance therapy during a time frame from 1998 to 1999 originally at the Addiction Clinic and then discharged to general practitioners. Structured interviews (Europ-ASI), urinalysis at time of interview as well as autopsy findings from deceased patients. After six mailings, information from 147 (54.6%) patients was...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-04-27)
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