TY  - JOUR
T1  - A 50-year-old woman addicted to heroin: Review of treatment of heroin addiction
AU  - O’Brien CP
Y1  - 2008/07/16
N1  - 10.1001/jama.300.1.jrr80005
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 314
EP  - 321
VL  - 300
IS  - 3
N2  - Heroin addiction is a complicated medical and psychiatric issue, with well-established as well as newer modes of treatment. The case of Ms W, a 50-year-old woman with a long history of opiate addiction who has been treated successfully with methadone for 9 years and who now would like to consider newer alternatives, illustrates the complex issues of heroin addiction. The treatment of heroin addiction as a chronic disease is reviewed, including social, medical, and cultural issues and pharmacologic treatment with methadone and the more experimental medication options of buprenorphine and naltrexone.
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.300.1.jrr80005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.300.1.jrr80005
ER  -