A Risk-Benefit Analysis of Methadone Maintenance Treatment
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drug Safety
- Vol. 22 (3) , 179-190
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-200022030-00002
Abstract
Methadone maintenance treatment for heroin (diamorphine) addiction has been extensively researched. There is consistent evidence that while in treatment, heroin addicts are at a lower risk of death,...Keywords
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