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Presenting a comprehensive account of the development of policies and treatments, Heroin Addiction brings together the perspectives of policy makers, practitioners and social commentators.
Accessible guide for healthcare professionals offers data on drug abuse. Updated edition includes material on gamma hydroxbutyrate and the Internet as an information resource. Also discusses LSD, OTC, cannabis, opioids, performance-enhancing drugs, and volatile substances.
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An evidence-based, concise and practical guide to the management of people with substance use disorders. Addiction Medicine, Second Edition, covers specific types of psychoactive substance and treatment options, focusing on specific groups placing addiction medicine within the broad professional and legal context.
Today's pharmaceutical services are patient-oriented rather than drug-oriented. This shift towards patient-centred care comes at a time when healthcare is delivered by an integrated team of health workers. Effective pharmacy practice requires an understanding of the social context within which pharmacy is practised, recognising the particular needs
An evidence-based, concise and practical guide to the management of people with substance use disorders. The handbook covers specific types of psychoactive substance and treatment options, focusing on specific groups placing addiction medicine within the broad professional and legal context.
Henry Printz was born in 1745 at Frankfort on Rhine, Germany, to Michael Printz and immigrated with his parents in 1749. Henry married Philippina Wicks in 1765 in Reading, Pennsylvania and she died by 1805. He next married Elizabeth Barr in 1805 in Frederick County, Virginia, and she died in 1802. He then married Elizabeth Marques in 1818 but they separated. Henry died in 1820 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.
Methadone heals, but methadone kills. Methadone is a life-saving treatment, but methadone is also a life-threatening poison. The challenge is how to confer the benefit without incurring the harm. And that is what this book is all about. Methadone is by far the most widely prescribed drug in the treatment of heroin addiction, and yet, all too often, we are clumsy in our use of this powerful drug. So how much of the observed benefit is to do with methadone itself? Does dose matter? How important is the psychosocial component of care? How can problems of poor compliance be addressed? Is supervised consumption feasible, and, if so, is it justifiable and beneficial? And what is injectable methado...