Richard P. Mattick / Robert Ali / Nicholas Lintzeris (eds.)

Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Efficacy, Cost-Effectiveness and Implementation Guidelines
Herausgeber: Mattick, Richard P; Lintzeris, Nicholas; Ali, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

An up-to-date and comprehensive review of the scientific literature on opioid dependence. Utilizing evidence-based clinical guidelines, Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence systematically addresses both opioid withdrawal management and opioid maintenance therapy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9781841844008
• ISBN-10: 1841844004
• Artikelnr.: 21657374

Autorenporträt

Richard P. Mattick, Robert Ali, Nicholas Lintzeris

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction 1. Opioid dependence and management 2. Pharmacology of
opioid agonists and antagonists Part II: Outcomes for Withdrawal 3.
Services for heroin withdrawal: A review Part III: Outcomes for Maintenance
Treatment 4. Methadone maintenance treatment 5. LAAM in the treatment of
opioid dependence: A systematic review 6. The place of buprenorphine in the
management of opioid dependence 7. Treating heroin dependence with
diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) 8. Naltrexone maintenance treatment
Part IV: Outcomes from the National Evaluation of Pharmacotherapies for
Opioid Dependence (NEPOD) Project 9. Pharmacotherapies and pregnancy 10.
Politics, practice, and research into treatment of heroin addiction 11.
Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of methadone in the
maintenance treatment of opioid dependence 12. National clinical guidelines
and procedures for the use of buprenorphine in the treatment of heroin
dependence 13. Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of naltrexone
in the management of opioid dependence 14. Choosing treatments: The role of
economics in informing future decisions