Journal article
Treatment outcomes in patients with opioid use disorder initiated by prescription: a systematic review protocol
Abstract
BackgroundIn North America, opioid use has become a public health crisis with policy makers declaring it a state of emergency. Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is a harm-reduction method used in treating opioid use disorder. While OST has shown to be successful in improving treatment outcomes, there is still a great degree of variability among patients. This cohort of patients has shifted from young males using heroin to a greater number of …
Authors
Sanger N; Bhatt M; Zielinski L; Sanger S; Shahid H; Bantoto B; Samaan MC; de Souza R; Samaan Z
Journal
Systematic Reviews, Vol. 7, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2018
DOI
10.1186/s13643-018-0682-0
ISSN
2046-4053