Document 0430
 DOCN  M9550430
 TI    Opiate treatments.
 DT    9505
 AU    Johns A; Division of Addictive Behaviour, St George's Hospital Medical;
       School, London, UK.
 SO    Addiction. 1994 Nov;89(11):1551-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95144022
 AB    One of the greatest of challenges facing medicine is to devise effective
       and appropriate treatments for opiate problems. Such treatments are
       based on principles derived from the disciplines of pharmacology and
       psychology, but are also shaped by social issues and even by the views
       of practitioners. There are many misconceptions about opiate problems.
       In this review it is suggested that there are good reasons for stating
       that opiate users do change over time, treatment can also lead to change
       and psychological interventions are of great importance. However,
       current methods of opiate detoxification are of low efficacy and
       methadone maintenance, although of benefit for some, is not a panacea
       for opiate problems.
 DE    Combined Modality Therapy  Follow-Up Studies  Human  HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Methadone/THERAPEUTIC USE
       Narcotic Dependence/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Risk Factors  Substance
       Abuse, Intravenous/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Treatment Outcome
       JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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