Titre : | Heroin detoxification ; Detoxification and treating opioid dependence (Letters) (2006) |
Auteurs : | B. FAVRAT ; J. BESSON ; M. M. MILLER ; E. D. COLLINS ; H. D. KLEBER ; R. A. WHITTINGTON ; CONTRERAS J. A. ; C. J. DE JONG ; P. G. O'CONNOR |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol.295, n°8, February 22, 2006) |
Article en page(s) : | 885-888 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés DESINTOXICATION ; HEROINE ; TRAITEMENT ; CURE DE DESINTOXICATION ; OPIACES ; ANESTHESIE ; NALOXONE |
Résumé : | Dr Collins and colleagues studied anesthesia-assisted vs buprenorphine- or clonidine-assisted heroin detoxification and naltrexone induction. The article and the accompanying editorial by Dr OConnor showed that detoxification is not in itself a treatment for dependence. Clinicians have developed various accelerated methods of opioid detoxification to avoid the discomfort of withdrawal. Anesthesia-assisted detoxification has recently received considerable public and media attention. The debate on efficacy has been blurred by intensive marketing techniques used to commercialize the method, including submitting the term as a registered trademark. Randomized controlled clinical trials can help to resolve the controversies, and the study by Collins et al and that of McGregor et al. are important steps toward this goal. [...] |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
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