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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2013 Jan;7(1):33–38. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e318277e92e

Table 2.

End of taper outcomes by opioid type

End of taper outcomes Heroin User (n = 426) PO only user (n = 90) p
Attended end of taper (EOT) visit
 All participants, n (%) 317 (74) 57 (63) .032
 7-day taper group, n (%) 169 (82) 33 (69) .047
 28-day taper group, n (%) 148 (68) 24 (57) .194
Attended EOT with opioid free
UDS
 All participants, n (%) 147 (35) 44 (49) .010
 7-day taper group, n (%) 85 (41) 28 (58) .030
 28-day taper group, n (%) 62 (28) 16 (38) .204
VAS
 Craving, mean (SD) 23.0 (28.9) 29.4 (34.7) .193
 Withdrawal, mean (SD) 15.8 (23.0) 23.3 (31.7) .096
COWS, mean (SD) 2.5 (3.2) 3.2 (3.9) .157
ARSW, mean (SD) 18.7 (23.8) 27.9 (32.4) .011