title: Adherence to Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment in Opioid Dependence Syndrome: A Case Control Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Opioid Use disorders are emerging as a serious public health concern in India. Opioid substitution treatment is one of the emerging forms of treatment in this population which needs more evidence to increase its availability and address prejudices towards the same.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a case control study with retrospective design reviewing the charts of patients with opioid dependence syndrome registered between January 2005 to December 2012. Adherence to treatment was the outcome variable assessed in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The odds of the Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment (BMT) group remaining in treatment is 4.5 (P < 0.005) times more than Naltrexone Maintenance Treatment (NMT) group and 7 times (P < 0.001) more than Psychosocial intervention (PST) alone group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that these study findings will help in reducing the prejudice towards BMT and encourage further research in this field.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BMT has a better adherence rate than other treatments in opioid use disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Mrunal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bandawar
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kandasamy
authors.affiliation: Additional Professor of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prabhat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.affiliation: Professor of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Pratima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.affiliation: Professor of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benegal
keywords: Buprenorphine maintenance treatment; naltrexone maintenance treatment; opioid dependence syndrome; opioid substitution treatment