1. Heroin Detoxification
- Author
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Susie K. Casas, Barbara A. Russell, Richard N. Bleich, and Forest S. Tennant
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Dose ,Methadone hydrochloride ,business.industry ,Propoxyphene ,General Medicine ,Heroin ,Anesthesia ,Detoxification ,Propoxyphene Napsylate ,Morphine ,Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug ,Methadone - Abstract
Propoxyphene napsylate and methadone hydrochloride were each administered under double-blind conditions to 36 outpatients for 21-day heroin detoxification. The initial dosage was 24 mg/day for methadone hydrochloride and 800 mg/day for propoxyphene napsylate. At these dosages, methadone more effectively suppressed the opiate-withdrawal syndrome, and patients remained in treatment longer in the methadone group ( P ( JAMA 232:1019-1022, 1975)
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- 1975