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| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Buprenorphin

'Game-changer' drug to tackle addiction

'Game-changer' drug to tackle addiction

For more than 20 years, Dougie's life was a vicious cycle of drugs, crime and the death of people close to him. But for the past nine months he has been taking a medication that blocks his craving for heroin and helps him break the cycle. 

…he has been prescribed Buvidal, a new development in the treatment of addiction to opiates. (BBC, UK, 15.10.2020)

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54433312