Alberta researchers help launch study to compare opioid treatments

Alberta researchers are set to play a key role in a newly launched national study that will compare the effectiveness of two treatments for patients who misuse prescription opioid medications.
The project by the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse will involve patients from seven sites around the country, including the opioid dependency clinics in downtown Edmonton and the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in Calgary.
The group is hoping to recruit 276 patients, including 70 in Albert