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Maintenance treatment of opiate addicts in Germany with medications containing codeine--results...
Document Type
Article
Source
Addiction. Aug1998, Vol. 93 Issue 8, p1161. 7p. 3 Charts.
Subject
*PEOPLE with drug addiction
*CODEINE
*THERAPEUTICS
Language
ISSN
0965-2140
Abstract
Presents results of a follow-up study, in which outpatient maintenance treatment of opiate addicts in Germany, with codeine-based medications, was observed. Methods employed to conduct study; Metabolic conversion of codeine to morphine; Why codeine is the preferred treatment for addicts to that of methadone; What study's findings suggests; Discussion on results.