Does methadone maintenance treatment based on the new national guidelines work in a primary care setting?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 491, 2003, Pages 461-467

  Keen, Jenny ^a   Oliver, Phillip ^a   Rowse, Georgina ^a   Mathers, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Heroin; Methadone maintenance treatment; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038508939     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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