Sentences with phrase «problem opioid users»

The less commonly prescribed opioid substitute buprenorphine may be safer than methadone for problem opioid users, especially if used during the first month of treatment, according to a study which includes University of Manchester researchers.

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It was not long before data showed dramatic increases in the use prescription opioid medicines by teenagers, Volkow said, and set off alarm bells that «we had a problem with prescription medicines,» a 2003 discovery that was later underscored by a steep increase in overdose deaths among all users.