Heroin Assisted Treatment Annotated Bibliography
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The Swiss started heroin prescription trials in 1994, the Dutch in 1998. In the Swiss trials, injectable heroin was provided in the context of substantial mandatory psychosocial and medical treatment, with oral methadone or slow-release heroin available as needed to provide additional stabilization. In the Dutch context, injectable or inhalable heroin was provided as an adjunct to oral methadone maintenance, with standard psychosocial treatment also available. Overall, the results suggest that fears about potential risks of heroin prescription were largely unfounded and that many potential risks can be minimized through prudent measures.
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Heroin-assisted treatment for opioid dependence: randomised controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Heroin-assisted treatment has been found to be effective for people with severe opioid dependence who are not interested in or do poorly on methadone maintenance. AIMS To study heroin-assisted treatment in people on methadone who continue intravenous heroin and in those who are heroin dependent but currently not in treatment. METHOD In an open-label multicentre randomised control...
متن کاملEvaluating long-term effects of heroin-assisted treatment: the results of a 6-year follow-up.
Since January 1994, heroin-assisted treatment for opiate addicts has been available in Switzerland. This is the first report of the long-term effects of this form of treatment. The report examines subjects who entered a study involving medical prescription of opiates (Projekt zur ärztlichen Verschreibung von Betäubungsmitteln; PROVE) in Switzerland between January 1994 and March 1995 (n = 366)....
متن کاملHeroin-assisted treatment: has a controversial treatment come of age?†.
This editorial considers the findings of the systematic review of heroin-assisted treatment, with six different studies from six different countries, published in this issue. The meta-analysis focuses on supervised injected heroin and reports significant crime reduction and an overall cost-effectiveness of treatment. Despite this body of evidence, policy makers remain reluctant to develop this ...
متن کاملOutcome of long-term heroin-assisted treatment offered to chronic, treatment-resistant heroin addicts in the Netherlandsadd_2754
Aims To describe 4-year treatment retention and treatment response among chronic, treatment-resistant heroindependent patients offered long-term heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) in the Netherlands. Design Observational cohort study. Setting and intervention Out-patient treatment in specialized heroin treatment centres in six cities in the Netherlands, with methadone plus injectable or inhalable ...
متن کاملOutcome of long-term heroin-assisted treatment offered to chronic, treatment-resistant heroin addicts in the Netherlands.
AIMS To describe 4-year treatment retention and treatment response among chronic, treatment-resistant heroin-dependent patients offered long-term heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) in the Netherlands. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING AND INTERVENTION Out-patient treatment in specialized heroin treatment centres in six cities in the Netherlands, with methadone plus injectable or inhal...
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