Fallen Agents: Negotiations of Patient Agency in Norwegian Opioid Substitution Treatment

Substitution treatment for opioid addicts in Germany

BACKGROUND After a long and controversial debate methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) was first introduced in Germany in 1987. The number of patients in MMT--first low because of strict admission criteria--increased considerably since the 1990s up to some 65,000 at the end of 2006. In Germany each general practitioner (GP), who has completed an additional training in addiction medicine, is all...

Long term substitution treatment (maintenance treatment) of opioid dependent persons

HEALTH POLITICAL BACKGROUND Methadone substitution treatment in Germany is introduced in 1988 in the framework of a scientific pilot study in North Rhein Westphalia. Recent statistics show that by now a broad offer of substitution treatment exists. From 1 June 2002 to 31 December 2003 113,000 substitution treatments have been recorded as being started of which around 56,000 have been recorded a...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Opioid Substitution Treatment in Slovenia.

Lumbar Sympathetic Block for resistant to treatment causalgia in patient with opioid dependence.

Abstract Background & Aim: Lumbar sympathetic block is a commonly used technique for sympathetically mediated pain in lower extrimity. Causalgia (CRPS type 2 ) is also accepted to be associated with sympathetic system activation. Treatment of this condition is difficult, especially when the patient has opioid dependency. there has not been any report regarding lower-extremity lumbar sympathet...

Mitigating the risk of HIV infection with opioid substitution treatment.