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Table 3 Prescription DAM combinations and additional long-acting slow-release opioid agonists (n = 52)

From: Safety and feasibility of intranasal heroin-assisted treatment: 4-week preliminary findings from a Swiss multicentre observational study

n (%)

Baseline

4-week follow-up

PO and IN

23 (44.2)

IN only

13 (25.0)

IV and PO and IN

7 (13.5)

IV and IN

3 (5.8)

PO only

22 (42.3)

2 (3.8)

IV and PO

8 (15.4)

2 (3.8)

IM and IN

1 (1.9)

IM and PO

5 (9.6)

1 (1.9)

IV only

8 (15.4)

0 (0.0)

IM only

3 (5.8)

0 (0.0)

No DAM

6 (11.5)

0 (0.0)

Any injected DAM

24 (46.2)

14 (27.0)

Any IN DAM

0 (0.0)

47 (90.4)

Additional methadone or levomethadone

12 (23.1)

11 (21.2)

Additional SROM

27 (51.9)

29 (55.8)

  1. IN Intranasal, IV Intravenous, IM Intramuscular, PO Oral, SROM Slow-release oral morphine