Buprenorphine: Combatting Drug Abuse with a Unique Opioid

Partial table of contents:

CHEMISTRY.

Buprenorphine-Medicinal Chemistry (J. Lewis).

PRECLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY.

Update on the General Pharmacology of Buprenorphine (A. Cowan).

ASSAY, METABOLISM, AND PHARMACOKINETICS.

Analysis (R. Moore).

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND EVALUATION.

Buprenorphine in Psychiatric Disorders (D. Nutt, et al.).

STUDIES RELATING TO TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

Detoxification and Induction Onto Naltrexone (M. Rosen & T. Kosten).

PERSPECTIVE.

Buprenorphine: What Interests the National Institute on Drug Abuse?

(D. Segal & C. Schuster).

Index.