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- Title
Challenges in the scale-up of opioid substitution treatment in India.
- Authors
Ambekar, Atul; Murthy, Pratima; Basu, Debasish; Rao, G. Prasad; Mohan, Ashwin
- Abstract
The article discusses use of buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid consumers in India. Various topics discussed include current situation of opioid consumption in India, challenges that health care providers faced in their treatment, policy framework of the treatment and medical or scientific use of narcotic and psychotropic drugs.
- Subjects
BUPRENORPHINE; FORECASTING; LEGISLATION; NARCOTICS; POLICY sciences; SUBSTANCE abuse
- Publication
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017, Vol 59, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0019-5545
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_14_17