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- Title
Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Called on to Treat the "New" Addict.
- Authors
Mitka, Mike
- Abstract
Discusses how office-based physicians in general practice are being called to treat the so-called new heroin addict: young employed professionals in the suburbs. View that the changing socioeconomic status of those dependent on opiates means treatment needs to be delivered outside traditional settings; Focus on opiate addiction treatment drug buprenorphine; Question of whether primary care physicians want to get involved; Outlook for clinical guidelines for prescribing buprenorphine from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
- Subjects
DRUG abuse treatment; GENERAL practitioners; PEOPLE with drug addiction; BUPRENORPHINE; PROFESSIONAL employees; SUBURBS; MEDICAL practice; FAMILY medicine
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 290, Issue 6, p735
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.290.6.735