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Title:   Maintenance treatments for opiate dependent adolescent
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is difficult to draw conclusions about the use of maintenance pharmacological interventions from only two trials. Substance abuse among adolescents (13 to 18 years old) is a serious and growing problem. The most common drugs used by young people worldwide are cannabis and inhalants.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Heroin
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Heroin is an illegal opioid drug that slows down the function of the brain and central nervous system. Common slang terms for heroin include smack', horse' and hammer'. Heroin is highly addictive and its initial effects include feelings of wellbeing and relief from physical pain. Adverse effects include the risk of overdose. Treatment options for drug addiction include detoxification, individual counselling, group therapy, and medicated programs such as methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Heroin dependence - drug treatments
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Treatments for heroin dependence (addiction) include methadone, which is a synthetic opioid drug used as a substitute for heroin. Other medication (pharmacotherapy) treatments for heroin dependence include buprenorphine and naltrexone. Methadone treatment is offered through a GP (doctor) or methadone treatment service.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Buprenorphine maintenance versus placebo or methadone maintenance for opioid dependence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Buprenorphine can reduce heroin use compared with placebo, although it is less effective than methadone. Methadone is widely used as a replacement for heroin in medically-supported maintenance or detoxification programs. Two other drugs are sometimes us...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Heroin
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic gives the facts about what heroin is, what it looks like, what it does to you, and its dangers. It offers advice about what to do if you're worried about heroin use by someone you know.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Heroin dependence - methadone treatment
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Methadone is a way to deal with some of the problems associated with heroin use. It helps you to stop hanging out for heroin and can let you get on with everyday living. It is not a cure for heroin addiction. Mixing methadone with other drugs, including alcohol, can be dangerous. Subutex (buprenorphine) is another medical drug used to treat heroin dependence.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Heroin
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic gives the facts about what heroin is, what it looks like, what it does to you, and its dangers. It offers advice about what to do if you're worried about heroin use by someone you know.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   National clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid dependence
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   These Guidelines and Procedures are targeted at prescribers and dispensers of buprenorphine, especially general practitioners working in the area who have some experience in treating heroin dependence. The guidelines cover the maintenance and withdrawal programs using buprenorphine.
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Methadone: what is it?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Methadone is used as a substitute for the treatment of people dependent on heroin and other opioids.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Heroin and pregnancy
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Using heroin during pregnancy is harmful to your unborn baby.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Heroin: tolerance and dependence
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Using heroin regularly can result in physical and psychological dependence.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Heroin: withdrawal and treatment
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   If a person dependent on heroin suddenly stops taking it, withdrawal symptoms may result.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Heroin: what are the effects?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The immediate effects of heroin may last 3 to 5 hours. Find out what the long-term effects are, and what happens with a heroin overdose.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Heroin: what is it?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Heroin is one of a group of drugs derived from the opium poppy.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Buprenorphine for the management of opioid withdrawal
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dependence on opioid drugs (heroin, methadone) is a major health and social issue in many societies. Managed withdrawal from opioid dependence is an essential first step for drug-free treatment. This review of trials found that the drug buprenorphine is...
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Methadone treatment is widely used for detoxification or long-term maintenance therapy of opioid users to reduce harm and improve health and social outcomes yet relapses to illicit drug use are common. Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist that has no euph...
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Heroin maintenance for chronic heroin dependents
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Heroin users who are trying to quit are often given maintenance medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol (LAAM). Maintenance medications may help long-term heroin users resume a normal life more easily and with less c...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Methadone maintenance at different dosages for opioid dependence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People who are addicted to opioids have high risks of receiving an overdose of opioid, HIV, hepatitis B and C infections and criminal activity. This has led to a harm reduction treatment approach to drug addiction. Treatment is aimed at a reduction in t...
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Methadone maintenance therapy versus no opioid replacement therapy for opioid dependence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Methadone is the most widely used replacement for heroin in medically-supported maintenance or detoxification programs. Several non-drug detoxification and rehabilitation methods are also used to try and help people withdraw from heroin. However the rev...
Date:   Feb 2003
Title:   National heroin overdose strategy
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   The National Heroin Overdose Strategy, agreed by all jurisdictions through the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (MCDS), provides nationally agreed priorities for action aimed at preventing overdose and reducing morbidity and mortality where overdose does occur.
Date:   Jul 2001
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