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Buprenorphine abuse: report from India
1Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Calcutta, India.
British Journal of Addiction
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Buprenorphine has been stated a drug of low abuse potential and often used therapeutically in the management of opiate addicts. An analysis of 2 1/2 years' experience of opiate addiction cases at a de-addition clinic revealed its increasing rate of abuse, especially as a substitute for heroin.