Hydromorphone for detoxing Heroin

[drusso]

http://www.medicaldaily.com/hydromorphone-opioid-pain-medication-heroin-heroin-addiction-380973

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[Aether2000]

It is illegal in the US to use any opioid other than methadone or buprenorphine to outpatient detoxify heroin addicts.

 

[lord_jeebus]

Word on the street is that heroin is a cost-saving way to manage hydromorphone addiction

 

[melancholy]

It is illegal in the US to use any opioid other than methadone or buprenorphine to outpatient detoxify heroin addicts.

i guess that's why they did this in canada? sounds like dilaudid injections as well

 

[Extralong]

http://www.medicaldaily.com/hydromorphone-opioid-pain-medication-heroin-heroin-addiction-380973

IMHO, sounds just like one replacement over another. I.e.