Heroin Detoxification

Authors :: Susie K. Casas
Barbara A. Russell
Richard N. Bleich
Forest S. Tennant
Source :: JAMA. 232:1019
Publication Year :: 1975
Publisher :: American Medical Association (AMA), 1975.
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)