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Therapies

Volume 75, Issue 3, May–June 2020, Pages 295-297
Therapies

Letter to Editor
Medication errors involving opioid maintenance therapy

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Abbreviations

    ANSM

    French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety

    EMA

    European Medicine Agency

    FAN

    French Addictovigilance Network

    FPD

    French pharmacovigilance database

    HDB

    high-dose buprenorphine

    ME

    medication error

    OMT

    opioid maintenance therapy

    OUD

    opioid use disorder

We would like to draw attention to potential risks of medication errors (ME) involving opioid maintenance therapy (OMT). Methadone and high-dose buprenorphine (HDB) are effective treatments for opioid use disorders (OUD) and are widely

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The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

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