Methadone Rehabilitation

Ottawa overrules health officials on heroin study
Ambrose's decision relates to 21 participants in a major clinical trial, all chronic long-term addicts who had failed to respond to methadone treatment. The participants' approvals to access the heroin won't be revoked, though they can't be renewed …
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Q&A: Dr. Perry Kendall on Heroin-Assisted Treatment
It's standard treatment in Switzerland, it's standard treatment in Germany and Spain … and there's a small number of physicians in the UK who are licensed to prescribe heroin for people whose addictions haven't been managed through methadone. So this …
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Ottawa overrules health officials on Vancouver heroin replacement study
Ambrose's decision relates to 21 participants in a major clinical trial, all chronic long-term addicts who had failed to respond to methadone treatment. Their approvals to access the heroin won't be revoked, though they can't be renewed after the …
Read more on Vancouver Sun