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Methadone Treatment for Opiate-Addicted Patients. First Experiences of a Prospective Trial

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Drug Addiction and AIDS

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Methadone substitution in the treatment of opiate addiction was introduced by Dole and Nyswander (1965). 24 years later, 689 methadone treatment programs are conducted in the USA (Maany 1989). This therapy was and still is less popular in Europe, but particularly in Great Britain (Marx 1987), Sweden (Blix 1989), the Netherlands (Kooyman 1986), Austria (Pfersmann 1990), Switzerland (Uchtenhagen 1988) and Italy (Serraino and Franceschi 1989), numerous patients were treated. In Germany, the experience with methadone is rather limited and only a small number of publications exists (a.o. Elias 1990; Prütting 1990).

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Niederecker, M., Nager, D., Garwers, C., Völkl, G., Soyka, M., Hippius, H. (1991). Methadone Treatment for Opiate-Addicted Patients. First Experiences of a Prospective Trial. In: Loimer, N., Schmid, R., Springer, A. (eds) Drug Addiction and AIDS. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9173-6_24

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