The year-long study was an extension of the original study that resulted in the drug’s approval in Oct. 2010. Researchers looked at 67 previously treated patients and 47 patients who switched from placebo therapy. At the end of the trial, slightly more than half the patients were completely abstinent from opioid use.
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