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. 2023 Nov 9;23(6):195–200. doi: 10.1038/s41397-023-00319-6

Table 1.

Participant Demographics and summary.

Demographics CUD group
Gender Male 58 (55%)
Female 48 (45%)
Age  Mean ± sd 36.4 ± 8.6 years
Smoking Non-smoker 35 (35%)
Ex-smoker 10 (10%)
Current smoker 56 (55%)
Codeine Use Duration Mean ± sd 6.0 ± 6.5 years
Max daily dose Overall Mean ± sd 660 ± 487 mg/day
Range 40–2700 mg/day
PM Mean ± sd 750 ± 397 mg/day aF(3,93) = 0.88, p = 0.45
IM Mean ± sd 639 ± 508 mg/day
NM Mean ± sd 698 ± 507 mg/day
UM Mean ± sd 408 ± 175 mg/day
Treatment choice Buprenorphine  Withdrawal only 5 (5%)
 ORT 95 (91%)
Methadone  ORT 4 (4%)
ORT doses Buprenorphine ORT stabilisation doses Median, IQR 16, 8–20 mg/day
Range 2–40 mg/day
Buprenorphine ORT max doses Median, IQR 20, 16–28 mg/day
Range 2–40 mg/day
Buprenorphine withdrawal only max dosesb Median, IQR 1, 0.6–6 mg/day
Range 0.3–10 mg/day
Methadone ORT max doses Range 35–160 mg/day

ORT opioid replacement therapy, PM poor metaboliser, IM intermediate, NM normal, UM ultrarapid metaboliser.

aResult from one-way ANOVA.

bOne participant used transdermal buprenorphine patches only.