Time to include buprenorphine-naloxone combination in the WHO model list of essential medicines

Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS

doi:10.5055/jom.2013.0164

Authors

Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2013.0164

Keywords:

opioid dependence, Buprenorphine, Buprenorphine/naloxone

Abstract

No abstract

Author Biography

Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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