Naltrexone implant promising for heroin dependence

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of heroin-dependent patients, hospitalizations due to opioid use decreased significantly following treatment with a naltrexone implant, while a similar decrease was not observed in another group of similar patients who received traditional methadone maintenance treatment.

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