Outpatient drug treatment centre and patterns of drug use

Autor:	Georg Kemmler, M. Ertl, M. Pavlic, Walter Rabl, S. Giacomuzzi, Y. Riemer, H. Rössler, K. Libiseller, P. Grubwieser, Hartmann Hinterhuber
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Drug Urinalysis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Addiction media_common.quotation_subject General Medicine Urine Heroin Psychiatry and Mental health Drug treatment Anesthesia medicine Morphine Pharmacology (medical) business media_common Methadone medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Pharmacopsychiatry. 38
ISSN:	1439-0795 0176-3679
DOI:	10.1055/s-2005-918688
Popis:	Aims: To establish the extent to which addicts used opioids, benzodiazepines, ethanol, cocaine and amphetamines, and to define the pattern of such use over time. Design: A retrospective analysis of data of 42.610 analyses from urinalysis screening between 2000 and 2003. Measurements: Analytical techniques used included enzyme-multiplied immunoassay and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results: Within methadone treatment a total of 23,4% and within the sublingual buprenorphine programme a total of 16,5% positive urine samples regarding additional consumption were detected (p=0.000). Benzodiazepines (63% of all methadone- and 40% of all sublingual buprenorphine positive samples; (p=0.000)) and opioids (26% of all methadone- and 21% of all sublingual buprenorphine positive samples; (p=0.000)) were most frequently detected. In both of the treatment programmes morphine abuse (63%) was higher than heroin (7%). Discussion: In summary, the present data indicate that nonprescribed drug use remains a persistent problem for patients in maintenance treatment. Most misused substances include mainly opioids and benzodiazepines. Nonprescribed morphine has replaced heroin.
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