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Herbal Medicines for the Management of Opioid Addiction

Overview of attention for article published in CNS Drugs, August 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (80th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (71st percentile)

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Title
Herbal Medicines for the Management of Opioid Addiction
Published in
CNS Drugs, August 2012
DOI 10.2165/11596830-000000000-00000
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Authors

Jeanine Ward, Christopher Rosenbaum, Christina Hernon, Christopher R. McCurdy, Edward W. Boyer

Abstract

Striking increases in the abuse of opioids have expanded the need for pharmacotherapeutic interventions. The obstacles that confront effective treatment of opioid addiction - shortage of treatment professionals, stigma associated with treatment and the ability to maintain abstinence - have led to increased interest in alternative treatment strategies among both treatment providers and patients alike. Herbal products for opioid addiction and withdrawal, such as kratom and specific Chinese herbal medications such as WeiniCom, can complement existing treatments. Unfortunately, herbal treatments, while offering some advantages over existing evidence-based pharmacotherapies, have poorly described pharmacokinetics, a lack of supportive data derived from well controlled clinical trials, and severe toxicity, the cause for which remains poorly defined. Herbal products, therefore, require greater additional testing in rigorous clinical trials before they can expect widespread acceptance in the management of opioid addiction.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 3%
Unknown 118 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 27 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 9%
Researcher 11 9%
Student > Master 9 7%
Other 8 7%
Other 27 22%
Unknown 29 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 16 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 10%
Psychology 10 8%
Neuroscience 7 6%
Other 27 22%
Unknown 25 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2022.
All research outputs
#4,835,157
of 25,368,786 outputs
Outputs from CNS Drugs
#440
of 1,387 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#34,106
of 187,933 outputs
Outputs of similar age from CNS Drugs
#143
of 540 outputs
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