Opioid dependence and management

Louisa Degenhardt; Richard P. Mattick; Amy Gibson

Opioid dependence and management

Louisa Degenhardt
, Richard P. Mattick
, Amy Gibson

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter

Abstract

Illicit opioid use, typically involving the use of heroin, is a significant health problem internationally. In many developed countries, dependent heroin users are typically daily, or near daily, injectors of heroin, and of other opioid and sedative drugs when heroin is not available. They continue to use heroin despite the significant social and health problems that it causes them, such as, being arrested for drug or property crimes, with subsequent imprisonment, exposure to blood-borne viruses and increased potential for contracting infectious diseases, and opioid overdose often requiring resuscitation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence: Efficacy, Cost-effectiveness, and Implementation Guidelines
Editors	Richard P. Mattick, Robert Ali, Nicholas Lintzeris
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	InformaHealthcare
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780203414088
ISBN (Print)	9781841844008
Publication status	Published - 2009

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Opioid dependence and management. / Degenhardt, Louisa; Mattick, Richard P.; Gibson, Amy.
Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence: Efficacy, Cost-effectiveness, and Implementation Guidelines. ed. / Richard P. Mattick; Robert Ali; Nicholas Lintzeris. 1. ed. U.K.: InformaHealthcare, 2009. p. 1-14.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter

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Opioid dependence and management

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