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- Title
Long-term effects of heroin-assisted treatment in Germany.
- Authors
Verthein, Uwe; Bonorden-Kleij, Karin; Degkwitz, Peter; Dilg, Christoph; Köhler, Wilfried K; Passie, Torsten; Soyka, Michael; Tanger, Sabine; Vogel, Mario; Haasen, Christian
- Abstract
Trials in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Spain have found that heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) as maintenance treatment for opioid-dependent patients reduces illicit drug use. A German trial also found diamorphine treatment to be superior to methadone treatment. The present study describes the association between 2 years of heroin treatment and improvements in health and social stabilization, as well as illicit drug use.
- Publication
Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2008, Vol 103, Issue 6, p960
- ISSN
0965-2140
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02185.x