Major Study Will Assess Painkiller Detox / Forbes.com, 13 July 2007
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"US researchers are launching the first large-scale national study to evaluate a treatment for addiction to prescription opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin. The study, which is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will assess the effectiveness of buprenorphine/naloxone tablets along with different types of drug counselling, in 648 patients."