...Domingos Neto; Miguel Xavier; Pedro Aguiar; Mário David; Luís Sardinha; Caldas de Almeida Estimates point to the existence of 60,000 heroin-addicted patients in Portugal. In this paper we present a study using a methodology, called sequential combined treatment, based on the following steps...

...John R M Caplehorn A 5-year follow-up of Australian methadone patients was conducted to identify factors associated with risk of premature death in a population of heroin addicts not infected with HIV. While only 93 of 227 subjects gave a history of benzodiazepine or barbiturate dependence...

.... Eland-Goossensen3 L.A.M. van de Goora H.F.L. Garretsen3 W.J. Schudelb a Institute for Addiction Research Rotterdam, b University Hospital Rotterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Key Words Psychopathology Heroin addiction Dual diagnosis Opiate Addicts in and outside Treatment...

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...E.M. Krupitsky; D.V. Masalov; T.Y. Didenko; A.M. Burakov; T.N. Romanova; E.E. Zvartau; G. Woody This case describes a heroin addict who was participating in a placebo-controlled randomized trial of naltrexone as an aid to relapse prevention. The patient tried to commit suicide by taking a heroin...

... ´a, Servicio Vasco de Salud; eProfessional Association of Ambulatory Drug Addiction Centers (PAADAC) of the Basque Country, Spain Key Words Gipsy W Ethnical groups W Heroin addiction W Naltrexone programme W Adherence to treatment W Retention rates Abstract Aims: To compare the retention in a Naltrexone...