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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of unsupervised buprenorphine-naloxone for the treatment of heroin dependence in a randomized waitlist controlled trial. Dunlop AJ, Brown AL, Oldmeadow C, Harris A, Gill A, Sadler C, Ribbons K, Attia J, Barker D…