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REVIEW CONFIRMS A ROLE FOR HEROIN PRESCRIBING WHEN METHADONE FAILS
For the first time an authoritative review has combined results from all the trials to date of
long-term heroin prescribing for the management of heroin addiction. Its analyses reveal several
significant or probably significant advantages for patients previously failed by methadone.
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