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Heroin Dependence
Known as:
addiction heroin
, Addiction, Heroin
, Dependence, Heroin
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Strong dependence, both physiological and emotional, upon heroin.
National Institutes of Health
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Buprenorphine
Buprenorphine hydrochloride
Heroin
Heroin Abuse
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Drug Dependence
Opioid-Related Disorders
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal.
L. Amato
,
M. Davoli
,
S. Minozzi
,
E. Ferroni
,
R. Ali
,
M. Ferri
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2013
Corpus ID: 31978847
BACKGROUND The evidence of tapered methadone's efficacy in managing opioid withdrawal has been systematically evaluated in the…
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Naltrexone in the Treatment of Heroin Dependence: Relationship with Depression and Risk of Overdose
A. Ritter
Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry…
2002
Corpus ID: 23757190
Objective: This article examines the use of naltrexone in the treatment of heroin dependence. The relationship between naltrexone…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Coordinate and independent effects of heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse on T-cell E-rosette formation and antigenic marker expression.
Robert M. Donahoe
,
J. Nicholson
,
+5 authors
Arthur Falek
Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
1986
Corpus ID: 25888555
Review
1979
Review
1979
Personality characteristics of heroin addicts: a review of the empirical literature with critique--part II.
R. Craig
International Journal of the Addictions
1979
Corpus ID: 5821507
This paper is the second part of a two-part series reviewing the empirical literature on personality characteristics of heroin…
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Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The pro-heroin effects of anti-opium laws in Asia.
J. Westermeyer
Archives of General Psychiatry
1976
Corpus ID: 46251368
Over 25 years anti-opium laws were enacted by three Asian governments in countries where opium use was traditional. Within months…
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The dynamics of a heroin addiction epidemic.
R. Dupont
,
M. H. Greene
Science
1973
Corpus ID: 8806013
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Narcotic withdrawal symptoms in heroin users treated with propranolol.
H. Grosz
The Lancet
1972
Corpus ID: 42419776
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Heroin addiction and the role of methadone in its treatment.
A. Goldstein
Archives of General Psychiatry
1972
Corpus ID: 42407751
Tolerance and physical dependence, although important in the addicted state, cannot account for the central problem of addiction…
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Profile of a heroin-addiction epidemic.
R. Dupont
New England Journal of Medicine
1971
Corpus ID: 43494312
Abstract Washington, D.C., is experiencing an alarming epidemic of heroin addiction. According to current estimates there are now…
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Methadone maintenance treatment for 25,000 heroin addicts.
V. Dole
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
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…
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