title: Buprenorphine: beyond methadone?
abstract: This month's guest authors are affiliated with the substance abuse treatment and treatment research unit of the Connecticut Mental Health Center and the department of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, where Dr. Rosen is instructor and Dr. Kosten is associate professor. They discuss a promising new treatment that may reduce abuse of cocaine by drug addicts who use intravenous heroin and may indirectly reduce risk-taking behavior associated with transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus.
authors.affiliation: Substance Abuse Treatment Unit, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven 06511.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kosten
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D002047:Buprenorphine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003042:Cocaine; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D002047:Buprenorphine; D003042:Cocaine; D008691:Methadone