Improving drug addiction treatment in China

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1057-1063

  Tang, Yi Lang ^a,b   Hao, Wei ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Challenges; China; Drug addiction; Efficacy; HIV AIDS; Traditional Chinese medicine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; CHINESE DRUG; CLONIDINE; DIAMORPHINE; FLOS DATURAE EXTRACT; FUKANG; FUZHENGKANG; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KETAMINE; LOFEXIDINE; METHADONE; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PORIA EXTRACT; RADIX ANGELICAE SINENSIS EXTRACT; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; RADIX GLYCYRRHIZAE EXTRACT; RADIX POLYGALAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA ATRACTYLODIS MACROCEPHALAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA CORYDALIS EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE; SEMEN ZIZIPHI SPINOSAE EXTRACT; SHANGFUSHENG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEINICOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUPUNCTURE; ATTITUDE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; DETOXIFICATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUSTICE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOSURGERY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34250314447     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01849.x     Document Type: Review

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