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Heroin Dependence

Known as: addiction heroin, Addiction, Heroin, Dependence, Heroin 
Strong dependence, both physiological and emotional, upon heroin.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2013
Review
2013
BACKGROUND The evidence of tapered methadone's efficacy in managing opioid withdrawal has been systematically evaluated in the… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
  • A. Ritter
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 23757190
Objective: This article examines the use of naltrexone in the treatment of heroin dependence. The relationship between naltrexone… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
This paper is the second part of a two-part series reviewing the empirical literature on personality characteristics of heroin… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Over 25 years anti-opium laws were enacted by three Asian governments in countries where opium use was traditional. Within months… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Tolerance and physical dependence, although important in the addicted state, cannot account for the central problem of addiction… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Abstract Washington, D.C., is experiencing an alarming epidemic of heroin addiction. According to current estimates there are now… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
  • V. Dole
  • 1971
  • Corpus ID: 38645554
Methadone maintenance programs in the United States and Canada are now treating about 9,000 former heroin addicts. The data from…