Patients on buprenorphine want abstinence

“Participants often articulated a desire to be abstinent without defining exactly what they meant. Most intended to reduce their dosage of LAIB… Although participants seldom used the term ‘recovery’, almost all identified objectives consistent with current definitions of this,” Joanne Neale, Stephen Parkin and even John Strang note. This underscores Professor Neil McKeganey’s findings almost 20 years ago.