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- Title
A 50-year-old woman addicted to heroin: review of treatment of heroin addiction.
- Authors
O'Brien, Charles P
- Abstract
Heroin addiction is a complicated medical and psychiatric issue, with well-established as well as newer modes of treatment. The case of Ms W, a 50-year-old woman with a long history of opiate addiction who has been treated successfully with methadone for 9 years and who now would like to consider newer alternatives, illustrates the complex issues of heroin addiction. The treatment of heroin addiction as a chronic disease is reviewed, including social, medical, and cultural issues and pharmacologic treatment with methadone and the more experimental medication options of buprenorphine and naltrexone.
- Publication
JAMA, 2008, Vol 300, Issue 3, p314
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.300.1.jrr80005