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Opioids abuse and dependence (29)
Preventive interventions (1)
Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs
Pharmacological detoxification interventions (8)
Buprenorphine for managing opioid withdrawal
Dihydrocodeine for detoxification and maintenance treatment in individuals with opiate use disorders
Alpha-adrenergic agonists for the management of opioid withdrawal
Detoxification treatments for opiate dependent adolescents
Pharmacological therapies for management of opium withdrawal
Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal
Opioid antagonists under heavy sedation or anaesthesia for opioid withdrawal
Opioid antagonists with minimal sedation for opioid withdrawal
Pharmacological maintenance interventions (15)
Buprenorphine maintenance versus placebo or methadone maintenance for opioid dependence
Dihydrocodeine for detoxification and maintenance treatment in individuals with opiate use disorders
LAAM maintenance vs methadone maintenance for heroin dependence
Maintenance treatments for opiate -dependent adolescents
Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate-dependent pregnant women
Methadone maintenance at different dosages for opioid dependence
Methadone maintenance therapy versus no opioid replacement therapy for opioid dependence
Opioid agonist treatment for people who are dependent on pharmaceutical opioids
Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
Oral substitution treatment of injecting opioid users for prevention of HIV infection
Sustained-Release Naltrexone For Opioid Dependence
Heroin maintenance for chronic heroin-dependent individuals
Pharmacological therapies for maintenance treatments of opium dependence
Primary care versus specialty care management of opioid use disorder (protocol stage)
Supervised dosing with a long-acting opioid medication in the management of opioid dependence
Psychosocial interventions (2)
Psychosocial combined with agonist maintenance treatments versus agonist maintenance treatments alone for treatment of opioid dependence
Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification
Opioid acute intoxication interventions (0)
Other (3)
Inpatient versus other settings for detoxification for opioid dependence
QTc interval screening for cardiac risk in methadone treatment of opioid dependence
Pharmacological treatment for depression during opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence
Alcohol abuse and dependence (32)
Preventive interventions (6)
Restricting or banning alcohol advertising to reduce alcohol consumption in adults and adolescents
Universal family-based prevention programs for alcohol misuse in young people
Family-based prevention programmes for alcohol use in young people
Universal school-based prevention programs for alcohol misuse in young people
Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students
Universal multi-component prevention programs for alcohol misuse in young people
Pharmacological interventions (14)
Acamprosate for alcohol dependence
Anticonvulsants for alcohol dependence
Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal
Antidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence
Baclofen for alcohol use disorder
Baclofen for alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) for treatment of alcohol withdrawal and prevention of relapses
Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions to reduce harmful alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries
Magnesium for alcohol withdrawal
Opioid antagonists for alcohol dependence
Pharmacologic Interventions for Pregnant Women Enrolled in Alcohol Treatment
Psychotropic analgesic nitrous oxide for alcoholic withdrawal states
Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
Psychosocial interventions (10)
Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs for alcohol use disorder
Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programmes for alcohol dependence
Brief interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards
Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations
Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations
Interventions to build resilience in children of problem drinkers (protocol stage)
Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions to reduce harmful alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries
Motivational interviewing for the prevention of alcohol misuse in young adults
Psychosocial interventions for women enrolled in alcohol treatment during pregnancy.
Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users
Alcohol acute intoxication interventions (0)
Other (2)
Impact of exposure to alcohol marketing and subsequent drinking patterns among youth and young adults (protocol stage)
Managed alcohol as a harm reduction intervention for alcohol addiction in populations at high risk for substance abuse
Cocaine abuse and dependence (8)
Preventive interventions (0)
Pharmacological interventions (6)
Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence
Antidepressants for cocaine dependence and problematic cocaine use
Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence
Disulfiram for the treatment of cocaine dependence
Dopamine agonists for the treatment of cocaine dependence
Psychostimulant drugs for cocaine dependence
Psychosocial interventions (1)
Psychosocial interventions for psychostimulant misuse
Cocaine and other psychostimulants acute intoxication interventions (0)
Other (1)
Auricular acupuncture for cocaine dependence
Amphetamine and amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) abuse and dependence (3)
Preventive interventions (0)
Pharmacological interventions (2)
Treatment for amphetamine psychosis
Treatment for amphetamine withdrawal
Psychosocial interventions (1)
Cognitive-behavioural treatment for amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS)-use disorders
Amphetamine and ATS acute intoxication interventions (0)
Other (0)
Hallucinogens abuse and dependence (0)
Preventive interventions (0)
Pharmacological interventions (0)
Psychosocial interventions (0)
Other (0)
Cannabis abuse and dependence (4)
Preventive interventions (0)
Pharmacological interventions (2)
Cannabis and cannabinoids for people with multiple sclerosis
Pharmacotherapies for cannabis dependence
Psychosocial interventions (2)
Psychosocial interventions for cannabis abuse and/or dependence among persons with co-occurring cannabis use and psychotic disorders (protocol stage)
Psychosocial interventions for cannabis use disorder
Other (0)
Inhalants (1)
Preventive interventions (0)
Pharmacological interventions (1)
Treatment for inhalant dependence and abuse
Psychosocial interventions (0)
Other (0)
Iatrogenic use of prescribed drugs (0)
Preventive interventions (0)
Pharmacological interventions (0)
Psychosocial interventions (0)
Other (0)
Polydrug (16)
Preventive interventions (4)
Media campaigns for the prevention of illicit drug use in young people
Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions for preventing multiple risk behaviours relating to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in individuals aged 8 to 25 years (protocol stage)
Interventions for prevention of drug use by young people delivered in non-school settings
Universal school-based prevention for illicit drug use
Pharmacological interventions (0)
Psychosocial interventions (8)
Brief school-based interventions and behavioural outcomes for substance-using adolescents
Psychological interventions for co-occurring depression and substance use disorders
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse
Mentoring adolescents to prevent drug and alcohol use
Mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorders
Motivational interviewing for substance abuse
Psychosocial interventions for pregnant women in outpatient illicit drug treatment programs compared to other interventions
Therapeutic communities for substance related disorder
Pharmacological and/or psychosocial interventions (3)
Interventions for drug-using offenders with co-occurring mental health problems
Interventions for female drug-using offenders
Pharmacological interventions for drug-using offenders
Other (1)
Music therapy for people with substance use disorders
Otherdrug (3)
Preventive interventions (0)
Pharmacological interventions (2)
Pharmacological interventions for benzodiazepine discontinuation in chronic benzodiazepine users
Treatment for Methaqualone dependence in adults
Psychosocial interventions (1)
Psychosocial interventions for benzodiazepine harmful use, abuse or dependence
Diagnostic test (1)
Brief alcohol questionnaires for identifying hazardous, harmful and dependent alcohol use in primary care (protocol stage)