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Authors: Benedikt Fischer; Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes; Peter Blanken; Christian Haasen; Jürgen Rehm; Martin T Schechter; John Strang; Wim van den Brink
Journal: J Urban Health Date: 2007-07 Impact factor: 3.671

6. Mortality in heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland 1994-2000.

Authors: Jürgen Rehm; Ulrich Frick; Christina Hartwig; Felix Gutzwiller; Patrick Gschwend; Ambros Uchtenhagen
Journal: Drug Alcohol Depend Date: 2005-02-26 Impact factor: 4.492

Review 7. An overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of opiate maintenance therapies: available evidence to inform clinical practice and research.

Authors: Laura Amato; Marina Davoli; Carlo A Perucci; Marica Ferri; Fabrizio Faggiano; Richard P Mattick
Journal: J Subst Abuse Treat Date: 2005-06

8. Cost utility analysis of co-prescribed heroin compared with methadone maintenance treatment in heroin addicts in two randomised trials.

Authors: Marcel G W Dijkgraaf; Bart P van der Zanden; Corianne A J M de Borgie; Peter Blanken; Jan M van Ree; Wim van den Brink
Journal: BMJ Date: 2005-06-04

Should heroin be prescribed to heroin misusers? Yes.

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2. Incidence of heroin use in Zurich, Switzerland: a treatment case register analysis.

3. Addiction is a brain disease, and it matters.

4. Patients receiving a prescription for diamorphine (heroin) in the United Kingdom.

Review 5. Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) a decade later: a brief update on science and politics.

6. Mortality in heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland 1994-2000.

Review 7. An overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of opiate maintenance therapies: available evidence to inform clinical practice and research.

8. Cost utility analysis of co-prescribed heroin compared with methadone maintenance treatment in heroin addicts in two randomised trials.

9. Randomised trial of heroin maintenance programme for addicts who fail in conventional drug treatments.

10. Heroin-assisted treatment for opioid dependence: randomised controlled trial.

1. Heroin prescription to misusers: Treat patients, not communities.

2. Heroin prescription to misusers: Treat addicts, not the addiction.

3. Heroin prescription to misusers: Prejudice based medicine?

4. Negotiating the Relationship Between Addiction, Ethics, and Brain Science.

Review 5. Long term outcomes of pharmacological treatments for opioid dependence: does methadone still lead the pack?