Pathways into Receiving a Prescription for Diamorphine (Heroin) for the Treatment of Opiate Dependence in the United Kingdom
@article{Metrebian2007PathwaysIR, title={Pathways into Receiving a Prescription for Diamorphine (Heroin) for the Treatment of Opiate Dependence in the United Kingdom}, author={N. Metrebian and Jeffrey Mott and Z. Carnwath and T. Carnwath and G. Stimson and L. Sell}, journal={European Addiction Research}, year={2007}, volume={13}, pages={144 - 147} }
In the UK, few doctors prescribe diamorphine for the treatment of opiate dependence to a small number of patients. A retrospective case note review of patients receiving diamorphine in 2000 was conducted in the UK to determine how and why these patients came to receive a prescription for diamorphine. Patient eligibility criteria were examined together with doctors’ stated reasons for initiating a diamorphine (heroin) prescription. Two hundred and ten sets of patients’ case notes were reviewed… CONTINUE READING
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