Pharmacotherapies for the treatment of opioid dependence : efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and implementation guidelines /: efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and implementation guidelines. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Richard P. Mattick, Robert Ali, Nicholas Lintzeris.
• Other Names: Mattick, Richard P (Richard Phillip); Ali, Robert; Lintzeris, Nicholas
• Contents: Opioid dependence and management / Louisa Degenhardt, Richard P. Mattick, and Amy Gibson -- Pharmacology of opioid agonists and antagonists / Andrea L. Gordon [and others] -- Services for heroin withdrawal : a review / Nicholas Lintzeris, Linda Gowing, and James Bell -- Methadone maintenance treatment / Jeff Ward, Wayne Hall, and Richard P. Mattick -- LAAM in the treatment of opioid dependence : a systematic review / Nicolas Clark, Alan Gijsbers, and Jason M. White -- The place of buprenorphine in the management of opioid dependence / Richard P. Mattick, Courtney Breen, and Amy Gibson -- Treating heroin dependence with diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) / Gabriele Bammer -- Naltrexone maintenance treatment / Amy Gibson and Alison Ritter -- Pharmacotherapies and pregnancy / Adrian Dunlop [and others] -- Politics, practice, and research into treatment of heroin addiction / James Bell -- Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of methadone in the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence / Sue Henry-Edwards [and others] -- National clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of buprenorphine in the treatment of heroin dependence / Nicholas Lintzeris [and others] -- Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of naltrexone in the management of opioid dependence -- James Bell [and others] -- Choosing treatments : the role of economics in informing future decisions / Marian Shanahan and Richard P Mattick.
• Publisher Details: New York : Informa Healthcare
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 503 pages)
• Subjects: 362.29/3; Opioid abuse -- Chemotherapy; Opioid abuse -- Treatment; Opioid abuse -- Treatment -- Cost effectiveness; Opioid-Related Disorders -- drug therapy; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Treatment Outcome; SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- Drug Dependence; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203414088
• Related ISBNs: 020341408X; 9781841844008; 1841844004
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.