Historique
Article de Périodique
Heroin detoxification ; Detoxification and treating opioid dependence (Letters) (2006)
Auteur(s) :
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
Article en page(s) :
885-888
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
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. [...]