Fentanyl assisted treatment: a possible role in the opioid overdose epidemic?

Abstract Background The current opioid overdose epidemic affecting communities across North America is increasingly driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl and its related analogues. A variety of public health interventions have been implemented and scaled up, including opioid agonist treatments (...

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Main Authors: Geoff Bardwell, Evan Wood, Rupinder Brar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13011-019-0241-2