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11602923

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
Traditional indications for the prescription of opioids to addicts are continuous opioid abuse despite qualified addiction treatment or temporary substitution treatment, if temporarily detoxification is not possible due to external circumstances. These criteria are demonstrated by an historical example, the treatment of the opioid addicted Swiss author Friedrich Glauser (1896-1938). From a modern public health perspective, however, opioid abuse is mainly conceptualised as risk behaviour with aversive consequences for the individual abuser and the public. These consequences should be reduced by prescription of hygienically safe heroin. In this concept, the failure of former addiction treatment is not a necessary condition for heroin prescription. Difficulties in reaching an agreement about indications for heroin prescription are partially results of inherent contradictions between an individual centered traditional medical concept and a public health concept about the goals of opioid addiction treatment.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0720-4299
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
468-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
[The indication for heroin prescription - considerations with the historical example of the opiate addicted Swiss author Friedrich Glauser (1896 - 1938)].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Rheinische Kliniken Essen, Universität Essen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Biography, English Abstract, Case Reports, Historical Article