A comprehensive guide to the use of drug substitution in the treatment of opiate dependence, this handbook provides an up-to-date account of treatment research and practice in this growing area. As well as answering questions about the status of this class of interventions in terms of their demonstrated effectiveness, it also includes detailed discussions of assessment issues, appropriate dosage regimes, the role of ancillary social and psychosocial services, the use of opiate replacement therapy in prisons, optimal treatment during pregnancy, and the cost-effectiveness of this form of treatment. The 1980s and 1990s have witnessed a worldwide epidemic of heroin addiction, and countries around the world have moved to put in place opiate replacement therapy programs to deal with this problem. While most of these programs use methadone as a substitute drug of choice, most recently, buprenorphine, LAAM (levo acetyl methadol), and heroin have been employed for this purpose. This book will be of interest to medical practitioners, drug and alcohol treatment personnel, policymakers, and anyone with an interest in the management of opiate dependence.
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essential readiing in the drug field,
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This review is from: Methadone Maintenance Treatment and other Opioid Replacement Therapies (Hardcover)
This is a key book to read if you want to get to grips with the vast literature on the topic of opiate agonist maintenance. Its unusually well written and scientifically authoritative and really the best thing around on the subject at the moment
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This is an excellent review of international literature and practical guidance for anyone involved with opioid addiction, or curious about it. Includes an excellent discussion of the "moral basis" for resistance to maintenance treatments, debunking it thoroughly. A MUST READ for professionals and community members dealing with the heroin/pharmaceutical opiate epidemic.
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Methadone is obviously the most succesfull form of treatment available today hopefully this book will shed some light on a subject that many people do not understand that being adiction relapse and recovery.
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Opioid replacement therapy involves the administration of a long-acting opioid drug to an opioid dependent person, usually by a nonparenteral route of administration, for the therapeutic purposes of preventing or substantially reducing the injection of illicit opioids, such as heroin. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Opioid replacement therapy involves the administration of a long-acting opioid drug to an opioid dependent person, usually by a nonparenteral route of administration, for the therapeutic purposes of preventing or substantially reducing the injection of illicit opioids, such as heroin. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, National Institute, New South Wales, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of the American Medical Association, Research Monograph, Des Jarlais, Australian Government Publishing Service, Mental Disease, United States, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, General Accounting Office, Department of Corrective Services, American Psychiatric Association, The Netherlands, Institute of Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, National Academy Press, Archives of Internal Medicine, Journal of Drug Issues, Medical Journal of Australia, Three Cities Study, Treatment Outcome Prospective Study, United Kingdom, Australian Institute of Criminology New!
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- Clinical Pharmacology, 9e by Peter N. Bennett MD FRCP DPMSA on page 153, page 201, and page 233
- New Zealand: Yesterday and today by Margaret Mahy on page 87, and page 439
- Alcohol Abuse (Life Guides Series) by Brian R. Ward on page 54, and page 119
- A Visit to the United Kingdom by Rachael Bell on page 54, and page 166
- Drug Abuse (Life Issues) by Lynn Phillips on page 202, and page 357
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- Methadone Matters by Gillian Tober on 5 pages
- Methadone Matters: Evolving Community Methadone Treatment of Opiate Addiction by Gillian Tober on 5 pages
- Community Treatment of Drug Misuse: More than Methadone (Studies in Social & Community Psychiatry) by Nicholas Seivewright in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Treatment Approaches for Alcohol and Drug Dependence: An Introductory Guide by Tracey J. Jarvis on page 73, and page 206
- Drug Misuse and Community Pharmacy by Janie Sheridan on page 181, and Back Matter
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