Search for dissertations about: "opioid maintenance treatment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words opioid maintenance treatment.

2. 1. Malmö Treatment Referral and Intervention Study (MATRIS). Studies of opioid maintenance treatment in patients referred from a needle exchange program

   Author : Martin Bråbäck; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Keywords : Opioid dependence; Methadone; Buprenorphine; opioid maintenance treatment; syringe exchange program;

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4. 2. Benzodiazepine and opioid dependence. Clinical and meta-analytical studies

   Author : Björn Axel Johansson; Kliniskt Centrum för Hälsofrämjande Vård; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psychiatry; meta-analysis; opioid dependence; RCT; naltrexone; prescribed drugs; maintenance treatment; methadone; withdrawal symptoms; benzodiazepine dependence; DSM-IV; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

   Abstract : The thesis contains 4 papers, two clinical studies and two meta-analyses. In the BZD taper study (Paper I) 21 BZD dependent (DSM-IV) patients were included for a 10-day inpatient detoxification. The average defined daily dose (DDD) was 4.7 doses. READ MORE

5. 3. Use and misuse of sedative drugs and related substances - Findings in the general population and in individuals with opioid dependence

   Author : Tove Abrahamsson; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Substance use; Sedatives; Anxiolytics; Hypnotics; Prescription drug miuse; Benzodiazepines; Z-drugs; Pregabalin; Self-assessed health; Quality of life; Opioid dependence; Opiate maintenance treatment; Mortality;

   Abstract : Background: Prescription sedatives are efficient in the treatment of anxiety and sleeping disorders, but are associated with a risk of misuse and dependence, as well as an increased risk of accidents, injuries and overdoses, both in the general population and especially in individuals with other substance misuse. The present thesis aims to investigate prescription sedative use and misuse in two kinds of samples - in the general population, with focus on its association with subjective health and quality life, and in the subpopulation of individuals with opioid dependence, with focus on treatment outcome in opioid maintenance treatment and mortality. READ MORE

6. 4. A National Swedish Methadone Program 1966-1989

   Author : Leif Grönbladh; Lars Gunne; Ulf Rydberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; heroin addiction; methadone maintenance treatment; rehabilitation; mortality; criminality and prostitution; retention; HIV-protection; treatment strategy; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : Methadone Maintenance treatment of compulsive opioid addiction was started by the study of Dole and Nyswander (1965) and has subsequently been replicated in programs throughout the world. Methadone treatment has become the most effective modality for the treatment of chronic heroin addiction. READ MORE

7. 5. Neuropeptide release in the rat dorsal horn in models of persistent pain : effects of opioids

   Author : Abdullahi Warsame Afrah; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Axotomy; Inflammation; Long term potentiation; Capsaicin; Opioids; Cholecystokinin; Substance P; Glutamate; NMDA; Spinal cord; Microdialysis; Radioimmunoassay.;

   Abstract : Nerve injury and tissue inflammation may lead to exaggerated responses to both noxious stimuli (hyperalgesia) and innocuous stimuli (allodynia). Altered release pattems of neurotransmitters in the dorsal hom of the spinal cord have been suggested to contribute to hyperalgesia and allodynia. READ MORE