In the Commentary the focus is on the importance of offering treatment towards opioid addiction in a long-term and coherent fashion.
From California Evans et al have shown that the most common treatment offered towards opioid addiction was short term and standalone detoxification treatment.
Short-term detoxification leaves the patients at risk of lowered opioid tolerance and high risk of relapse, and is not considered ideal as a standalone treatment for opioid addiction.
Combination of planned sequences of treatments in a long-term perspective is encouraged, as an evidence based approach towards opioid addiction.