opioid agonist treatment

ID
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ADDICTO:0000491

Curation status
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Proposed
Created
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18 Dec '20

Modified
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24 Oct '24

Parents
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Definition
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A treatment that involves providing a safer opioid agonist to a person with opioid addiction in order to reduce their psychological need for the opioid to which they are addicted.

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Synonyms
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  • Opioid agonist therapy
Fuzzy set
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No

Curator note
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No ontological definition found.

AddictO sub-ontology
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Intervention