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Excess overdose mortality immediately following transfer of patients and their care as well as after cessation of opioid substitution therapy.

Karolina M BogdanowiczRobert StewartChin-Kuo ChangHitesh ShettyMizanur KhondokerEdward DayRichard D HayesSir John Strang
Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2018)
In the United Kingdom, opioid-dependent people who are transferred to an alternative treatment provider for continuation of their opioid substitution therapy experience high overdose mortality rates, with substantially higher rates during the first month (especially during the first 14 days) following transfer.
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