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Complications arising from intravenous buprenorphine abuse
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Sir,
Following its introduction in the 1980s, buprenorphine (Subutex, Schering Plough) abuse has been reported worldwide.1,2 Within a year of its introduction to treat opioid dependence in Singapore in 2002, buprenorphine became the
Department of Medicine
National University Hospital
Singapore
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