Treatment of Opioid Dependence

The successor to Strain and Stitzer's Methadone Treatment for Opioid Dependence (JHUP, 1999), this expanded and updated volume reflects new developments in treatment protocols. Methadone is still the most widely used medication for the treatment of opioid dependence, and the authors provide an extensive section on methadone treatment. The authors discuss in detail counseling and psychological services, contingency treatment therapies, and the organization and operation of treatment programs. Three chapters cover the pharmacology and clinical use of buprenorphine-an opioid substitute that was recently approved for outpatient treatment programs-as well as the latest research on Naltrexone, Clonidine, and Lofexidine. The volume also includes chapters on pain and prescription opioid abuse. Two topics of high interest in the medical community-pain in persons with opioid dependence and the abuse of prescription opioids-are addressed with comprehensive reviews of the scientific literature and recommendations that can help clinicians and others interested in the issues of pain and prescription opioid abuse. This volume also covers medication-free treatment and medically supervised alternatives to opioid substitute treatments, including withdrawal. The authors explore the complicated nature of co-morbid medical disorders in patients with opioid dependence and the special treatment issues of women, adolescents, and patients under legal restrictions. The Treatment of Opioid Dependence will be a valuable resource for methadone counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and addiction counselors, as well as physicians interested in office-based buprenorphine treatment.Strain, Eric C. is the author of 'Treatment of Opioid Dependence ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780801883033 and ISBN 0801883032.