Codeine dependency needs all-guns-blazing
1st August 2015
Rising rates of over-the-counter codeine abuse are forcing drug and alcohol specialists to turn to opioid substitution treatments usually reserved for heroin users.

NSW researchers have published the first report on buprenorphine dosing for the treatment of codeine dependency, with surprising findings on the high doses needed to satisfy cravings for a supposedly weak opioid
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