Titre : | Buprenorphine maintenance: office-based treatment with addiction clinic support |
Titre traduit : | (Maintien à la buprénorphine : traitement ambulatoire avec le soutien d'un centre spécialisé) |
Auteurs : | R. ORTNER ; R. JAGSCH ; S. D. SCHINDLER ; A. PRIMORAC ; G. FISCHER ; GENERAL PRACTITIONER ADDICTION TEAM |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2004 |
Format : | 105-111 / fig. ; tabl. |
Note générale : |
European Addiction Research, 2004, 10, (3), 105-111 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés PRESCRIPTION MEDICALE ; OPIACES ; TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE ; BUPRENORPHINEThésaurus géographique AUTRICHE |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Introduction: Buprenorphine has already been registered in 27 European countries for maintenance therapy in opioid-dependent patients. In our office-based prescription study we applied sublingual buprenorphine, initiating the treatment at the addiction clinic with subsequent treatment at the offices of general practitioners (GPs) to evaluate its efficacy and feasibility in two different treatment settings. Methods: Sixty opioid-dependent patients were studied for a period of 15 weeks. The first 3 weeks of treatment initiation took place at the addiction clinic, followed by 12 weeks of treatment by GPs. Mean outcome measures were retention rate and additional consumption of illicit substances in addition to the evaluation of whether buprenorphine can be prescribed successfully by GPs. Results: The retention rate was 57% (n = 34). No significant differences occurred between the treatment phases at the specialized addiction unit and the GPs' offices. During the 15-week period a significant improvement in well-being and a significant reduction in craving for heroin (p |
Note de contenu : | fig. ; tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 29 |
Affiliation : |
Dept Gen. Psychiat., Univ. Hosp. Vienna Autriche. Austria. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 505891 |
Centre Emetteur : | 05 Marmottan |
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