Titre : | A Novel opioid maintenance program for prisoners: preliminary findings |
Titre traduit : | (Un nouveau programme de maintenance contre l'usage d'opioides chez des prisonniers : recherches préliminaires) |
Auteurs : | T. W. KINLOCK ; R. J. BATTJES ; R. P. SCHWARTZ ; MTC Project Team |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2002 |
Format : | 141-147 |
Note générale : |
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002, 22, (3), 141-147 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés OPIOIDES ; PRISON ; DEPENDANCE ; HEROINE ; TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCEThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Effective postincarceration treatment for individuals with preincarceration heroin dependence is urgently needed because relapse typically follows release. This article presents first-year findings from a unique 2-year pilot study of opioid agonist maintenance treatment initiated in prison and continued in the community. Incarcerated males with preincarceration heroin dependence were randomly assigned to Levo-alpha- acetylmethadol (LAAM) maintenance or control conditions 3 months before release. Approximately 92% of eligible inmates volunteered to participate; 36 of 58 subjects who were eligible and randomly assigned to LAAM maintenance successfully initiated treatment. Twenty-eight of these continued on LAAM until release; 22 (78.6%) entered community-based maintenance treatment; and 11 (50%) remained in treatment at least 6 months postrelease. Changes in LAAM's labeling because of its association with cardiac arrhythmias now makes it a second-line treatment for heroin dependence, unsuitable for treatment initiation. Nonetheless, study findings may also be applicable to methadone maintenance treatment, suggesting such treatment may be a promising means of engaging prisoners with preincarceration heroin dependence into continuing treatment. (Editor's abstract.) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 27 |
Affiliation : |
Social Res. Ctr., Friends Res. Instit., 1040 Park ave., suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201. E-mail : tkinlock@frisrc.org Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 403880 |
Centre Emetteur : | 04 CIRDD-51 |
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