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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for supervised concumption facilities
1 results foundAuthor: Strong, John Title: New heroin-assisted treatment Recent evidence and current practices of supervised injectable heroin treatment in Europe and beyond Summary: Supervised injectable heroin (SIH) treatment has emerged over the last 15 years as a potentially important intensive second-line treatment for entrenched heroin addicts for whom previous orthodox treatments (i.e. oral methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) or residential rehabilitation) have produced little benefit. This treatment, by its very nature, attracts attention and controversy. Therefore, it is particularly important that there is a robust evidence base for its effectiveness and that the research evidence from international trials is brought together in one document and examined alongside the evidence from wider clinical experience in order to provide a complete picture of what we know about this treatment. We now have the results from a series of well-designed randomised clinical trials, from Europe and Canada, which have been peer reviewed and published in high-impact scientific journals, as well as steadily accumulating clinical experience of the development and provision of supervised injectable heroin treatment. All of the available findings from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in academic papers and project reports have been examined in order to gauge the efficacy (against a range of outcomes) as well as the cost and cost utility of SIH treatment. Thus, this Insights gives a historical overview of SIH, including the international policy and legislation regarding this treatment, before moving on to examine the research evidence and clinical and policy experience with this new treatment. Details: Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2012. 176p. Source: EMDCCA Insights 11: Accessed April 18, 2019 at: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/690/Heroin_Insight_335259.pdf Year: 2012 Country: International URL: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/690/Heroin_Insight_335259.pdf Shelf Number: 0 Keywords: Drug Abuse and Addiction Drug Treatment Heroin Addicts Substance Abuse Treatment Supervised Concumption Facilities |