The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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June 10, 1994
                		
                	LAAM - Long-Acting Methadone for Treatment of Heroin Addiction
					
					
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LAAM - Long-Acting Methadone for Treatment of Heroin Addiction
June 10, 1994 (Issue: 924)
					Methadone, an opioid agonist that can be taken orally, has been used for maintenance  treatment for many years in the USA (DM Novick et al, Drug Alcohol Depend, 33:235, 1993). Last year, the US Food and Drug Administration approved  the distribution...more
 
        			
        			
					
					
					
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