TY - JOUR T1 - Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 377 LP - 384 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.16091 VL - 84 IS - 5 AU - Vania Modesto-Lowe AU - Katie Swiezbin AU - Margaret Chaplin AU - Gabriela Hoefer Y1 - 2017/05/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/377.abstract N2 - Although methadone (an opioid agonist) and buprenorphine (a partial opioid agonist) have evidence to support their use in treating opioid use disorder, they remain misunderstood and underutilized. In this article, we outline the risks and benefits of using these drugs as maintenance therapy in opioid-dependent patients. ER -