Year-long opiate substitution for drug misusers has 85 percent chance of cutting deaths

Year-long opiate substitution for drug misusers has 85 percent chance of cutting deaths
ScienceDaily (2010-10-28) -- Giving people opiate substitution treatment to help with their drug addiction can lead to a 85 percent plus chance of reducing mortality, according to a new study.

Drug that helps adults addicted to opioid drugs also relieves withdrawal symptoms in newborns

In the October 6th online issue of Addiction, the researchers say that using buprenorphine in a dozen addicted infants was both safe and successful and reduced days of treatment by 40 percent, compared to use of morphine in 12 other infants randomized to this treatment. The difference was 23 days of treatment versus 38 days.