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substitution pharmacotherapy

substitution pharmacotherapy

the prescription of legal drugs to help substance abusers stop taking illegal drugs, particularly opioids, as in the prescribed substitution of methadone for heroin. Also called substitution therapy. See cross-dependence.

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