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Improving clinical outcomes in treating heroin dependence: randomized, controlled trial of oral or implant naltrexone.

Hulse GK, Morris N, Arnold-Reed D, Tait RJ.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;66(10):1108-15.PMID: 19805701 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effectiveness of community treatments for heroin and crack cocaine addiction in England: a prospective, in-treatment cohort study.

Marsden J, Eastwood B, Bradbury C, Dale-Perera A, Farrell M, Hammond P, Knight J, Randhawa K, Wright C; National Drug Treatment Monitoring System Outcomes Study Group.

Lancet. 2009 Oct 10;374(9697):1262-70. Epub 2009 Oct 1.PMID: 19800681 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Heroin clinics reduce street drug use and crime, shows study.

Siva N.

BMJ. 2009 Sep 18;339:b3845. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3845. No abstract available. PMID: 19767344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Overcoming obstacles to implementing methadone maintenance therapy for prisoners: implications for policy and practice.

McKenzie M, Nunn A, Zaller ND, Bazazi AR, Rich JD.

J Opioid Manag. 2009 Jul-Aug;5(4):219-27.PMID: 19736902 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Incarceration and opioid withdrawal: the experiences of methadone patients and out-of-treatment heroin users.

Mitchell SG, Kelly SM, Brown BS, Reisinger HS, Peterson JA, Ruhf A, Agar MH, Schwartz RP.

J Psychoactive Drugs. 2009 Jun;41(2):145-52.PMID: 19705676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diacetylmorphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid addiction.

Oviedo-Joekes E, Brissette S, Marsh DC, Lauzon P, Guh D, Anis A, Schechter MT.

N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 20;361(8):777-86.PMID: 19692689 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Efficacy of prescribed injectable diacetylmorphine in the Andalusian trial: Bayesian analysis of responders and non-responders according to a multi domain outcome index.

Perea-Milla E, Ayçaguer LC, Cerdà JC, Saiz FG, Rivas-Ruiz F, Danet A, Vallecillo MR, Oviedo-Joekes E.

Trials. 2009 Aug 14;10:70.PMID: 19682360 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Proportional hazards frailty models for recurrent methadone maintenance treatment.

Nosyk B, MacNab YC, Sun H, Fischer B, Marsh DC, Schechter MT, Anis AH.

Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Sep 15;170(6):783-92. Epub 2009 Aug 11.PMID: 19671835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do pharmacological approaches that prevent opioid tolerance target different elements in the same regulatory machinery?

Garzón J, Rodríguez-Muñoz M, Sánchez-Blázquez P.

Curr Drug Abuse Rev. 2008 Jun;1(2):222-38. Review.PMID: 19630721 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Overdose deaths following previous non-fatal heroin overdose: record linkage of ambulance attendance and death registry data.

Stoové MA, Dietze PM, Jolley D.

Drug Alcohol Rev. 2009 Jul;28(4):347-52.PMID: 19594787 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The acceptability, safety, and tolerability of methadone/naloxone in a 50:1 ratio.

Bell J, Shearer J, Ryan A, Graham R, Korompay K, Rizzo S, Sindhusake D, Somogyi AA.

Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009 Jun;17(3):146-53.PMID: 19586229 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Real-time surveillance of illicit drug overdoses using poison center data.

Friedman LS.

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2009 Jul;47(6):573-9.PMID: 19566385 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Circumstances and witness characteristics associated with overdose fatality.

Bohnert AS, Tracy M, Galea S.

Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Oct;54(4):618-24. Epub 2009 Jun 21.PMID: 19540622 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Factors associated with mortality in Scottish patients receiving methadone in primary care: retrospective cohort study.

McCowan C, Kidd B, Fahey T.

BMJ. 2009 Jun 16;338:b2225. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2225.PMID: 19535400 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Frontal and cingulate gray matter volume reduction in heroin dependence: optimized voxel-based morphometry.

Liu H, Hao Y, Kaneko Y, Ouyang X, Zhang Y, Xu L, Xue Z, Liu Z.

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009 Aug;63(4):563-8. Epub 2009 Jun 15.PMID: 19531112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Scientific and political challenges in North America's first randomized controlled trial of heroin-assisted treatment for severe heroin addiction: rationale and design of the NAOMI study.

Oviedo-Joekes E, Nosyk B, Marsh DC, Guh D, Brissette S, Gartry C, Krausz M, Anis A, Schechter MT.

Clin Trials. 2009 Jun;6(3):261-71.PMID: 19528135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estimating incidence trends in regular heroin use in 26 regions of Switzerland using methadone treatment data.

Nordt C, Landolt K, Stohler R.

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2009 Jun 12;4:14.PMID: 19519920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence of problem alcohol use among patients attending primary care for methadone treatment.

Ryder N, Cullen W, Barry J, Bury G, Keenan E, Smyth BP.

BMC Fam Pract. 2009 Jun 11;10:42.PMID: 19519882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rhabdomyolysis and brain ischemic stroke in a heroin-dependent male. Invited comment.

Somala RK.

Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2009 Jul;120(1):80-1. No abstract available. PMID: 19519677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Heroin addiction in African Americans: a hypothesis-driven association study.

Levran O, Londono D, O'Hara K, Randesi M, Rotrosen J, Casadonte P, Linzy S, Ott J, Adelson M, Kreek MJ.

Genes Brain Behav. 2009 Jul;8(5):531-40. Epub 2009 Jun 20.PMID: 19500151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles