Validation of techniques to detect illicit heroin use in patients prescribed pharmaceutical heroin for the management of opioid dependence

S. PATERSON ; N. LINTZERIS ; T. B. MITCHELL ; CORDERO R. ; NESTOR L. ; J. STRANG | 2005
Périodique

ENGLISH : Background: The clinical implementation and evaluation of heroin substitution programmes have been confounded by the lack of objective and validated biomarkers for illicit heroin use in patients prescribed pharmaceutical heroin. This[...]

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Validity of noscapine and papaverine metabolites as markers of heroin misuse in the context of diamorphine treatment. A survey of urine samples from non-substance misusing patients prescribed diamorphine

B. TRATHEN ; S. PATERSON ; CORDERO R. ; J. LUTY | 2009
Dans Journal of Substance Use (Vol.14 n°2, 2009) Article : Périodique

ENGLISH : Background: The use of prescribed injectable diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) as a treatment for heroin dependence remains controversial. The detection of urinary morphine and 6-monoacetylmorphine as indicators of street heroin mi[...]

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