The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have approved the use of naltrexone for chronic treatment of opioid dependence and for drug detoxification.

Substitution therapy is the least used approach, possibly reflecting the fact that it is only relevant for opioid dependence and that it is still controversial in some regions.

It's called harm reduction, and it involves, among other things, providing clean needles and syringes, offering opioid substitution therapy and other evidence based treatments to reduce drug dependence.

Treatment of pain using opioid analgesics

Treatment of pain using opioid analgesics

Opioid analgesics may also be appropriate in many situations.

A non opioid alternative to morphine, it is also easier to use than nitrous oxide.

Real dependence on this person.

In some cases, more accurate reporting may be behind an apparent decrease in coverage, as some countries not having substitution treatment (mostly not relevant because of the low prevalence of opioid dependence in the region) went from reported high levels of coverage in 2000 2002 to 0 in 2002 2004.

The three major factors that LLDCs are dependent on their transit neighbours are dependence on transit infrastructure, dependence on political relations with neighbours, and dependence on internal peace and stability within transit neighbours.

(i) Extent of import dependence and export instability

2. Iraqi assertions of Kuwait apos s dependence

They have the people and the government with this exclusive dependency, but the problem here is that Congress has evolved a different dependence, no longer a dependence upon the people alone, increasingly a dependence upon the funders.

Too much dependence has also had an infantilizing effect.

Dependence will decline as the international trade regime improves.

Energy dependence was a major source of economic vulnerability.

It was preferable to foster enterprise rather than dependence.

Noting the Territory apos s dependence on imported agricultural provisions,

Now this is a dependence too, but it's different and conflicting from a dependence upon the people alone so long as the funders are not the people.

So, in general, dependence on Russian gas should not be feared.

Declining dependence on external sources, properly pursued, is an important development.

Moreover, the US has not shaken off its dependence on oil.

The economy seemed to have escaped its dependence on inventory accumulation.

II. THE SAVINGS CRISIS AND AFRICA apos S INCREASED EXTERNAL DEPENDENCE

Noting further the Territory apos s dependence on imported agricultural products,

Many recipients have become trapped in a damaging cycle of dependence.

And I found myself, really developing a dependence on this phone.

He took advantage of my dependence on him to betray me.

Nabucco would reach Europe via Turkey and would drastically reduce Caspian supplier countries dependence on Russia s pipelines, and the new southeastern EU members dependence on Russian gas supplies.

First, the production chain must shift from export dependence toward domestic consumption.

The first is that dependence on Middle East oil is increasingly risky.

This same short term thinking characterizes the world s dependence on fossil fuels.

One result was a deepening of North Korea s economic dependence on China.

This external dependence increases their vulnerability to external economic threats and shocks.

It perpetuates a dependence on continuous deliveries of basic aid throughout Croatia.

And now we know the difference between tipping points and path dependence.

Moreover, it would boost food supplies and reduce Afghanistan s exorbitant dependence on imports.

But Raúl Castro wants to avoid dependence on one or two countries alone.

But the element of personal dependence is a throwback to the preindustrial world.

Commodity dependence, even with the creation of considerable domestic value added, remains high.

The Arrhenius equation is a formula for the temperature dependence of reaction rates.

More political education was needed to break the psychology and culture of dependence.

The economy remained weak, however, with dependence on a few commodities, including vanilla.

Competition in fund raising is obviously accentuated by the dependence on supplementary funding.

Local governments bear a large economic burden from this dependence on the automobile.