Treatments for Drug Addiction

Links to information about treatments for drug and substance addiction and withdrawal symptoms.

Reviewed September 2008

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Title:   Dual diagnosis
Publisher:   Mental Health Association NSW
Description:   Dual diagnosis commonly refers to co-occurring mental illness, drug addiction and/or alcoholism in various combinations.
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Guidelines for recognising, assessing and treating alcohol and cannabis abuse in primary care
Publisher:   National Health Committee (New Zealand)
Description:   Non-dependent but nonetheless harmful or hazardous levels of alcohol consumption comprise by far the greater proportion of problem drinking in this country. It has been estimated that 20 percent of New Zealanders consume alcohol at a harmful or hazardous level.
Date:   Jul 1999
Title:   Fact sheet 9 - reducing alcohol and other drugs
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Many people treat their mood problems with alcohol, tobacco smoking, cannabis and other drugs. Although these substances provide temporary relief they cause long-term problems.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Addictions and impulse control disorders
Publisher:   Mental Health Association NSW
Description:   Factsheet on ICD including drugs and alcohol, gambling, kleptomania, intermittent explosive disorder, pyromania and trichotillomania.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Inhalants: tolerance, dependence and treatment
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Tolerance can develop with regular use of inhalants.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   CHF Quality Use of Medicines Engagement with Western Australia Substance Users' Association
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF facilitated a Community Quality Use of Medicines engagement with workers and clients of the Western Australia Substance Users' Association in Perth, February 2006.
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Substance abuse: Student factsheet
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Drugs are a part of our social life and culture, especially for younger people, and are potentially harmful to physical and mental health. Women are more likely than men to use medications, but are less likely than men to use illegal drugs.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Inhalants
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   One of the ways people use drugs is by inhaling them - also called 'sniffing' or 'choofing'. Using inhalants (eg. petrol, solvents, paints) can be very dangerous.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Drug treatment for opioid dependence
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The number of Australians dependent on heroin is increasing. This is resulting in more deaths and disease. Treatment of heroin dependency usually begins with detoxification, followed by maintenance treatment. Some patients become abstinent.
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Heroin dependence - drug treatments
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Methadone is a synthetic opioid drug used as a substitute for heroin. Other medication (pharmacotherapy) treatments for heroin dependence include buprenorphine and naltrexone.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Treatments for drug dependence
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information about treatment options for drug dependence.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Treatment for amphetamine dependence and abuse
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   As amphetamines can produce feelings of euphoria, they are widely manufactured. Dependence on amphetamines is more common than cocaine and heroin dependence combined, and ending dependence on amphetamines can be as difficult as it is for cocaine and her...
Date:   Aug 2001
Title:   Drug treatment for opioid dependence
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Drug addiction is difficult to treat. There are many different ideas about treatment, but using medicines can be effective.
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Dopamine agonists for cocaine dependence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cocaine is a major drug of abuse. Cocaine dependence is a common and serious condition, which has become nowadays a substantial public health problem. There is a wide and well documented range of consequences associated to chronic use of this drug, such...
Date:   Feb 2003
Title:   Amphetamines (speed): tolerance and dependence
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Dependence on amphetamines can be psychological or physical, or both.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Cocaine: tolerance and dependence
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Regular users of cocaine may develop a 'reverse tolerance' where they experience the effects of the drug more intensely.
Date:   Mar 2007
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:   LAAM maintenance vs methadone maintenance for heroin dependence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Opiate drugs are used to help people reduce their dependence on heroin (an opiate drug). Methadone needs daily doses, but the effects do not last 24 hours for many people. A dose of LAAM (levomethadyl acetate hydrochloride) works for two or three days. ...
Date:   Feb 2002
Title:   Inpatient versus other settings for detoxification for opioid dependence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dependence on opioid drugs, such as heroin, morphine, and codeine, is a serious problem in many societies. Opioids are very difficult to quit using. The first step to quitting is detoxification, which can cause a number of painful symptoms as the drug w...
Date:   Jan 2005
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
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