Title: Buprenorphine versus methadone use in opiate detoxification, are there other factors that should be considered?
Abstract: The recent research on the ‘comparison of methadone and buprenorphine for opiate detoxification (LEEDS trial): a randomised control trial’ raises an important point with regards to utilising buprenorphine and methadone in opiate detoxification.1
The authors quite rightly conclude equal clinical effectiveness between the two agents, …