Methadone Matters: Evolving Community Methadone Treatment Of Opiate Addiction
by John Strang /
2003 / English / PDF
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Methadone heals, but methadone kills. Methadone is a life-saving
treatment, but methadone is also a life-threatening poison. The
challenge is how to confer the benefit without incurring the harm.
And that is what this book is all about. Methadone is by far the
most widely prescribed drug in the treatment of heroin addiction,
and yet, all too often, we are clumsy in our use of this powerful
drug. So how much of the observed benefit is to do with methadone
itself? Does dose matter? How important is the psychosocial
component of care? How can problems of poor compliance be
addressed? Is supervised consumption feasible, and, if so, is it
justifiable and beneficial? And what is injectable methadone all
about? When is it ever prescribed, and for whom, and how? And what
about the dangers? Methadone itself can be the actual drug of
overdose. How successful have efforts been made to re-structure
methadone treatment to prevent overdose deaths? and how can the
problems of diversion to the illicit market be kept to a
minimum?
Methadone heals, but methadone kills. Methadone is a life-saving
treatment, but methadone is also a life-threatening poison. The
challenge is how to confer the benefit without incurring the harm.
And that is what this book is all about. Methadone is by far the
most widely prescribed drug in the treatment of heroin addiction,
and yet, all too often, we are clumsy in our use of this powerful
drug. So how much of the observed benefit is to do with methadone
itself? Does dose matter? How important is the psychosocial
component of care? How can problems of poor compliance be
addressed? Is supervised consumption feasible, and, if so, is it
justifiable and beneficial? And what is injectable methadone all
about? When is it ever prescribed, and for whom, and how? And what
about the dangers? Methadone itself can be the actual drug of
overdose. How successful have efforts been made to re-structure
methadone treatment to prevent overdose deaths? and how can the
problems of diversion to the illicit market be kept to a
minimum?
This multi-authored book, comprising chapters from the best of
clinicians, researchers and policymakers, is the essential guide to
increasing the relevance and effectiveness of methadone treatment.
Like it or loathe it,
This multi-authored book, comprising chapters from the best of
clinicians, researchers and policymakers, is the essential guide to
increasing the relevance and effectiveness of methadone treatment.
Like it or loathe it,Methadone Matters
Methadone Matters.
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