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Table 3 Withdrawal symptoms and craving for opioids

From: Polydrug abuse among opioid maintenance treatment patients is related to inadequate dose of maintenance treatment medicine

 

Total sample

(n = 60)

Inadequate dose

(n = 39)

Adequate dose

(n = 21)

p

SOWSa

8.8 ± 5.9 (0–24)

10.4 ± 6.1 (0–24)

5.8 ± 4.1 (0–18)

0.001

OOWSb

0.8 ± 1.4 (0–5)

1.0 ± 1.6 (0–5)

0.5 ± 0.9 (0–3)

NS

Craving for opioidsc

3.8 ± 2.7 (0–10)

4.7 ± 2.7 (1–10)

2.1 ± 1.6 (0–5)

< 0.001

  1. aThe short opiate withdrawal scale, range 0–30
  2. bThe objective rating on withdrawal symptoms, range 0–13
  3. cThe craving for opioids during the preceding 24 h on visual analog scale, range 0–10