Bibliographic Info
GuidelineUpdate of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guidelines for mental, neurological and substance use disorders, 2015
Year of Publication2015
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
When managing people who are dependent on strong prescription opioids (i.e. morphine-like), physicians can switch to a long acting opioid (such as methadone and buprenorphine) which can be taken once daily, with supervised dispensing if necessary, either for maintenance treatment or for detoxification.