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Article de Périodique
A 50-year-old woman addicted to heroin: Review of treatment of heroin addiction (2008)
Auteur(s) :
O'BRIEN, C. P.
Année
2008
Page(s) :
314-321
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
53
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
ETUDE DE CAS
;
DESINTOXICATION
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
DEPENDANCE
;
HEROINE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
METHADONE
;
TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE
;
NALTREXONE
;
BUPRENORPHINE
;
CURE DE DESINTOXICATION
Résumé :
Heroin addiction is a complicated medical and psychiatric issue, with well-established as well as newer modes of treatment. The case of Ms W, a 50-year-old woman with a long history of opiate addiction who has been treated successfully with methadone for 9 years and who now would like to consider newer alternatives, illustrates the complex issues of heroin addiction. The treatment of heroin addiction as a chronic disease is reviewed, including social, medical, and cultural issues and pharmacologic treatment with methadone and the more experimental medication options of buprenorphine and naltrexone. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
USA