Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment in the Correctional Setting: Use or Misuse

[摘要] Over 50 percent of the incarcerated population in the United States have a history substance abuse, and it has been noted that over 200,000 of the incarcerated population have a heroin addiction history.1 In a study by Nunn et al,1 in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia were surveyed, 55 percent of the 51 prisons in the survey prescribed methadone to the inmates and 14 percent prescribed buprenorphine. The main reason cited for not offering opiate replacement therapy (methadone or buprenorphine/naloxone) was that a “drug-free detoxification” was preferred.1

[学科分类] 精神健康和精神病学