SPECIAL REPORT, DAY 2: Fighting Back Against Heroin's Stranglehold
SPECIAL REPORT, DAY 2: Fighting back against heroin's stranglehold
People outside addiction services think a heroin addict seeking to reform must move from abuse to detox to treatment, after which he or she will end up drug-free. … More level two GPs, who can prescribe methadone, must also be brought on board, he says.
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Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence
Objective Detoxification followed by abstinence has shown little success in reducing illicit opioid use. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) helps individuals with an opioid use disorder abstain from or decrease use of illegal or nonmedical opiates.
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