Notes
The study was supported by Solvay Pharmaceuticals.
US physicians can prescribe buprenorphine for periods of ≤30 days; during the study the medication was largely administered on site.
Some of the researchers were affiliated with Pfizer Inc., New York, USA, and Ingenium Clinical Research, Illinois, USA.
These trials were both supported by Pfizer Inc.
Data were adjusted for age, gender, race, marital status, concomitant use of other diabetogenic agents and measures of diabetes screening.
The study was provided with financial support from Serono International SA, Switzerland, with which one of the researchers was affiliated.
Costs (2000 values) were those related to standard care within the health systems of the UK and France, as described in a previous study.
This study was supported by Astra Zeneca Germany.
A mean of ≥2 BP measurements of ≥200mm Hg systolic and/or ≥110mm Hg diastolic 6-24 hours after admission or ≥ 180mm Hg systolic and/or ≥105mm Hg diastolic 24-36 hours after admission.
The study was supported by Pfizer Global Research and Development, with which three of the researchers were affiliated. One of the researchers was affiliated with Innovus Research, Inc., Canada.
Costs (2002 values) were those associated with study drugs and rescue medication, and were assessed from a healthcare system perspective.
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Opinion and Evidence in Neurology and Psychiatry. CNS Drugs 17, 1059–1065 (2003). https://doi.org/10.2165/00023210-200317140-00005
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