Monday, June 16, 2008

New Drug Addiction Treatment Shows Promise

ScienceDaily — New Haven, Conn. -- Patients who receive buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction in an office--based setting are more likely than those receiving methadone treatment to be young men, new to drug use, and with no history of methadone treatment, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Approved for treating(Drug Addiction Treatment), heroin and prescription opiate pain killer abuse in 2002, office--based buprenorphine holds the promise of bringing new patients into treatment. While heroin and prescription opiate pain killer abuse has substantially increased over the years, the availability of treatment has not increased with the demand.

Along with her colleagues, Lynn Sullivan, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine, evaluated whether office--based buprenorphine treatment in a primary care clinic was associated with a different patient population receiving treatment compared to patients enrolling in methadone maintenance.

"We found that individuals seeking buprenorphine did differ from those seeking methadone along several important variables--age, sex, ethnicity, employment status, etc.," said Sullivan. " Results suggest that buprenorphine is having some success in reaching individuals who are unable or unwilling to use methadone for opioid addiction."

Demographic information and the individual's history of drug abuse(Drug Addiction Treatment) were compiled from 190 patients seeking treatment for opioid addiction.

Individuals that received buprenorphine, compared to those that sought out methadone treatment, were more likely to be male, employed, have five fewer years of opioid addiction, have lower rates of injection drug use, lower rates of hepatitis C infection and have no prior history of methadone treatment.

Other authors on the study included Marek Chawarski, Patrick G. O'Connor, Richard S. Schottenfeld and David A. Fiellin.

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Citation: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 79, 113--116 (July 2005).

== Tips Of Drug Addiction Treatment ==
*It is always easier to come off your drugs at a time when you don't have anything important to deal with. Of course, waiting for that time can kill you. '''So don't wait.'''
*Although you may not feel like doing it, exercise will ease the pain of withdrawal.
*Read Aleister Crowley's "Confessions Of A Drug Fiend" for some useful advice on stopping using drugs.
*If you suffer from hot and cold sweats, wear layers of clothing that can be removed and put back on easily.
*Take a few minutes to do some stretching, yoga or meditation to get out of the mental tape loop that may be pulling you down. Change the channel.
*Boredom is the first step to relapse so always stay occupied somehow.

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1 comment:

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