Gregory B. Collins, MD

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Medication-assisted treatment of opiate dependence is gaining favor

Author:: Gregory B. Collins, MD

Publish date: June 1, 2013

Recovering addicts are more likely to avoid returning to the use of opiates if they participate in a program that includes taking maintenance doses...

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Buprenorphine maintenance: A new treatment for opioid dependence

Author:: Gregory B. Collins, MD

Publish date: July 1, 2007

New regulations allow physicians who are certified in buprenorphine therapy to offer it in their offices, substantially increasing patient access t...

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Drug adjuncts for treating alcohol dependence

Author:: Gregory B. Collins, MD

Publish date: July 1, 2006

We have learned much about the neurochemical basis of alcohol dependence over the past 20 years, but we still have only a few drugs for treating it...

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New hope for impaired physicians: Helping the physician while protecting patients

Author:: Gregory B. Collins, MD

Publish date: February 1, 1998

The medical profession has greater awareness of the problem of substance abuse among physicians, and has set up programs to confront impaired physi...

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New strategies for detecting and treating problem drinking

Author:: Gregory B. Collins, MD

Publish date: January 1, 1998

Alcohol use is now seen as a continuum from total abstinence to alcohol dependence, rather than an all-or-nothing condition.