Document 0477
 DOCN  M9650477
 TI    [Withdrawal in opiate addicts in an internal medicine hospital unit]
 DT    9605
 AU    Cremer GA; Boissonnas A; Service de Medecine Interne, Groupe hospitalier
       Cochin, Paris.
 SO    Bull Acad Natl Med. 1995 Oct;179(7):1335-51; discussion 1351-4. Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96151625
 AB    Withdrawal of opiates drug addicts in Internal Medicine is unusual in
       France. Four main preliminary conditions are requested: 1--Drug addict
       preparation and self motivation, 2--Inter and intra institution team
       collaboration, 3--Opening the hospital towards community agencies,
       4--Hospital staff recruited on volunteer basis. Within two years
       (1992-1993), 210 opiates drug addicts were hospitalized for withdrawal.
       Two third were males, median age was 27, median years of addiction was
       7. Thirty percent were seropositive for HIV, 70% for HCV.
       Hospitalisation lasted 7 days for heroin addicts and 10 days for
       morphin, codein or buprenorphin addicts. Successful withdrawn was
       observed for 70% patients but six months after withdrawal, only 15%
       remained abstinent.
 DE    Adult  Analgesics, Opioid  Buprenorphine  Codeine  Comparative Study
       English Abstract  Female  France  Heroin Dependence/THERAPY  Hospital
       Departments  Hospitalization  Human  Internal Medicine  Male  Morphine
       Dependence/THERAPY  Narcotic Dependence/*THERAPY  Recurrence  Time
       Factors  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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