Historique
Périodique
Commentary: decline in methadone-related deaths probably relates to increased supervision of methadone in UK
Auteur(s) :
ZADOR, D. ;
MAYET, S. ;
STRANG, J.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
1586-1587
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
10
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2006, 35, (6), 1586-1587
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Morgan et al. report a number of important findings, but of greatest interest to providers of drug treatment services is probably that methadone-related deaths dramatically declined from 1997 onwards. Deaths per thousand methadone treatment patient-years varied little between 12 and 13/year between 1993 and 1997 but then plunged by three-quarters between 1997 and 2004 to a low of 3.1 deaths per thousand in 2004. Furthermore, this impressive achievement occurred in the context of greatly increased expansion of methadone treatment and despite the finding that heroin-related deaths essentially continued to increase over the same time period. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
National Addiction Centre (Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley), 4 Windsor Walk, Camberwell, London SE5 8AF. Email : Deborah.Zador@slam.nhs.uk
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Cote :
A03473