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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
The technique of domiciliary rapid opiate detoxification (ROD) developed in Asturias since 1994 enables patients dependent on heroin and/or methadone (or other opiates) to start antagonist maintenance with a full dose of naltrexone (50 mg) and largely recover from the acute opiate withdrawal syndrome in a few hours at home without direct medical or nursing involvement. Detailed information on 1368 procedures is presented but in Asturias, over 3000 procedures have been completed to date without any deaths or serious medical or psychiatric complications. We also describe some recent modifications to the procedure involving the use of octreotide as an antidiarrhoeal and the insertion of subcutaneous naltrexone implants to prevent early relapse. Rather than domiciliary ROD, we think the procedure is more usefully conceptualized as domiciliary rapid antagonist induction (RAI), because treatment with well-supervised naltrexone is known to be effective in reducing relapse rates. Now that controlled studies uniformly describe greatly increased rates of transfer to naltrexone maintenance treatment following RAI, compared with conventional slower withdrawal and naltrexone induction procedures, it is important that the safety, acceptability and simplicity of this 'Asturian' RAI/ROD technique become more widely known.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1355-6215
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Aftercare, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Anti-Anxiety Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Benzodiazepines, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Clonidine, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Drug Implants, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Heroin Dependence, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Home Care Services, Hospital-Based, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Methadone, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Naltrexone, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Octreotide, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Opioid-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Patient Admission, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:12006220-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
24-Hour opiate detoxification and antagonist induction at home--the 'Asturian method': a report on 1368 procedures.
pubmed:affiliation
Clínica Médico Psicológica Asturias, Gijón, Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Evaluation Studies