Matching of treatment-resistant heroin-dependent patients to medical prescription of heroin or oral methadone treatment: Results from two randomized controlled trials

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Blanken, Peter ^a,e   Hendriks, Vincent M ^a,b   Koeter, Maarten W J ^c   Van Ree, Jan M ^a,d   Van Den Brink, Wim ^a,c  

^a Central Committee on the Treatment of Heroin Addicts   (Netherlands)

^b Parnassia Addiction Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heroin assisted treatment; Opiate dependence; Patient treatment matching; Pharmacotherapy; RCT

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 12744274556     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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