Methadone dose and treatment outcome

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 105-117

  Strain, Eric C ^a   Stitzer, Maxine L ^a   Liebson, Ira A ^a   Bigelow, George E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction Severity Index; clinical trial; drug abuse treatment; methadone dosing; opioid dependence

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027504656     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(93)90052-R     Document Type: Article

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