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Throughout the world, hundreds of thousands of people are addicted to opiates. The human, economic, and societal costs of this addiction are more than one-quarter of prison inmates are incarcerated for drug offenses and there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis among intravenous drug users. Methadone Treatment for Opioid Dependence examines various aspects of the most widely used medication for the treatment of opioid dependence. Used clinically for more than thirty years, methadone is the most common pharmacological treatment for opioid dependence. Some 115,000 people are actively enrolled in methadone programs in the United States, and estimates range as high as 250,000 worldwide. Methadone eases withdrawal symptoms and blocks the sensation of "high" if the person should take an opioid. But as the authors note, methadone treatment is more than simply the delivery of medication -- it is a combination of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments. The latter can include individual and group therapies, urine testing, education and vocation training, medical and psychiatric treatment of co-morbid conditions, and other services appropriate to the nee

Author

Eric C. Strain and Maxine L. Stitzer

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801861376

Subjects

Medical, Medicine