Opiate treatments
- 1 November 1994
- Vol. 89 (11) , 1551-1558
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03757.x
Abstract
One of the greatest of challenges facing medicine is to devise effective and appropriate treatments for opiate problems. Such treatments are based on principles derived from the disciplines of pharmacology and psychology, but are also shaped by social issues and even by the views of practitioners. There are many misconceptions about opiate problems. In this review it is suggested that there are good reasons for stating that opiate users do change over time, treatment can also lead to change and psychological interventions are of great importance. However, current methods of opiate detoxification are of low efficacy and methadone maintenance, although of benefit for some, is not a panacea for opiate problems.Keywords
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