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STUDY 2005 PDF file 112Kb
Pharmacotherapies which work with men do not help women
Emerging indications from studies of disulfiram treatment of cocaine dependence and sertraline for alcohol dependence that pharmacotherapies which work for men do not always help women.
STUDY 2012 HTM file
Double-blind placebo-controlled evaluation of the PROMETATM protocol for methamphetamine dependence
The US company which owns and markets the controversial PROMETA proprietary combination of drugs for methamphetamine dependence funded a rigorous trial by independent researchers; the result was a no-better-than-placebo verdict, another negative in the search for drugs to counter stimulant dependence.
REVIEW 2012 HTM file
BAP updated guidelines: evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological management of substance abuse, harmful use, addiction and comorbidity: recommendations from BAP
Practitioner-friendly review from the British Association for Psychopharmacology on drug-based treatments for substance dependence offer authoritative, evidence-based guidance to prescribers and others; they also demonstrate the limitations of trying to cure over-use of drugs with drugs.
DOCUMENT 2015 HTM file
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) national practice guideline for the use of medications in the treatment of addiction involving opioid use
From the USA’s professional society for clinicians and allied professionals in the field of addiction medicine, comprehensive recommendations on how doctors can use medications to treat addiction to heroin and other opioids.
DOCUMENT 2017 HTM file
Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management
Last published in 2007, there is no more important document for UK clinicians involved in treating problem drug use than the so-called ‘Orange guidelines’. This major update offers detailed guidance on the range of problems, settings and patients clinicians encounter, substantially informing judgements of what constitutes good medical practice.
REVIEW 2011 HTM file
QT interval screening in methadone maintenance treatment: report of a SAMHSA expert panel
Concerned that this might on balance cause more deaths by limiting an effective treatment for opiate addiction, an expert panel convened by the US government has changed its mind on whether the risk of a fatal heart attack potentially posed by methadone justifies routine electrocardiogram screening of patients.
STUDY 2011 HTM file
Methadone maintenance, QTc and torsade de pointes: who needs an electrocardiogram and what is the prevalence of QTc prolongation?
British guidelines suggest electrocardiogram screening of methadone patients at heightened risk of a form of possibly methadone-aggravated cardiac disorder which can result in sudden death. But a London clinic found this would still mean testing most patients, with huge resource implications yet uncertain benefits.
STUDY 2010 HTM file
Onsite QTc interval screening for patients in methadone maintenance
treatment
Does the small risk of fatal heart attack potentially posed by methadone justify routine electrocardiogram screening of patients, or will this cause more deaths by limiting an effective treatment for opiate addiction? A US clinic tried it and found three at-risk patients in three years.
REVIEW 2005 PDF file 449Kb
Can we help?
Part 2 of the Manners Matter series explores the neglected parts of service delivery – how to help people get there on time. Transport and childcare are key ingredients but a helping hand does more than help carry the load; it shows that you care.
LETTER 2000 PDF file 163Kb
If longer is better for drug users, why not for drinkers?
Correspondents explore why brief interventions are so prominent in the alcohol field yet not in the drugs field and ask whether the evidence supports this divide.
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