PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vania Modesto-Lowe
AU  - Katie Swiezbin
AU  - Margaret Chaplin
AU  - Gabriela Hoefer
TI  - Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.16091
DP  - 2017 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 377--384
VI  - 84
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/377.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/377.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2017 May 01; 84
AB  - 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.