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For many years clinicians considered the treatment of opioid dependence with pessimism. But, over the last 15 years, even as the problem of addiction has grown, we have come to know more about the physiological and psychological bases of drug dependence; and we have developed a number of new pharmacologic and psychosocial modalities of treatment. These have met with varying degrees of success and have given physicians and patients alike varying degrees of hope or encouragement.
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O’Brien, C.P., Woody, G.E. (1986). The Role of Naltrexone in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence. In: Cappell, H.D., et al. Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7743-0_7
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