Detoxification from Heroin Using Self vs Physician Regulation of Methadone Dose
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 14 (2) , 289-298
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826087909060372
Abstract
Self-regulation of methadone dose during detoxification was compared to a fixed dose schedule. Human self-regulators tended to maintain themselves on a stable methadone dose until forced to detoxify, but used less heroin and remained in treatment longer than the control group. A longer initial period of methadone stabilization may be useful in enabling addicts to detoxify successfully.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Self-Regulated Methadone Detoxification of Heroin AddictsArchives of General Psychiatry, 1975
- Methadone on Demand as a Heroin Detoxification ProcedureInternational Journal of the Addictions, 1974
- An Improved Detoxification Technique for Heroin AddictsArchives of General Psychiatry, 1973