Rapastinel as a non‐opioid treatment for opioid dependence

Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics

Lumbar Sympathetic Block for resistant to treatment causalgia in patient with opioid dependence.

Abstract Background & Aim: Lumbar sympathetic block is a commonly used technique for sympathetically mediated pain in lower extrimity. Causalgia (CRPS type 2 ) is also accepted to be associated with sympathetic system activation. Treatment of this condition is difficult, especially when the patient has opioid dependency. there has not been any report regarding lower-extremity lumbar sympathet...

Traditional Chinese and Indian medicine in the treatment of opioid-dependence: a review

Objective: In this study, the current literatures on the use of herbs and herbal preparations of Traditional Chinese and Indian Medicine for the treatment of opioid addiction were reviewed. Methods: Search was done in databases such as Pub Med, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, and Google Scholar. Results: Among 18 retrieved studies, 3 studies were about asafetida extract, an approved prep...

Opioid dependence treatment and guidelines.

BACKGROUND In response to the growing incidence of opioid dependence, guidelines have been created, and new treatments are being developed to assist physicians in treating dependence and withdrawal of opioids. OBJECTIVE To review treatment modalities and guidelines utilized in opioid dependence. SUMMARY Guidelines for the treatment of opioid dependence have been developed by organizations s...

Office-based opioid dependence treatment.

BACKGROUND Opioid misuse and abuse occurring in association with the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain are not new phenomena, but their increasing prevalence in recent years is unprecedented. Advancements in pharmaceutical technologies have provided opioid-related drugs, which lack the pure mu agonist activity characteristic of the typical opioid congeners. This absent or altered mu receptor...