Heroin use during methadone maintenance treatment: the importance of methadone dose and cocaine use.

1995172 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Diana Hartel · Montefiore Medical Center

Ellie E. Schoenbaum

Peter A. Selwyn

John D. Kline · Yeshiva University

Katherine Davenny · Yeshiva University

Robert S. Klein · Yeshiva University

Gerald Friedland · Yeshiva University

Abstract

This study confirms and extends past research showing high-dose methadone maintenance to be important to heroin abstinence. Further investigation of the independent association between heroin use and cocaine use is needed.

Topics & Keywords

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 85, Issue 1, pp. 83-88

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.85.1.83

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