Commissioning pharmacological treatments for drug users: a brief review of the evidence base
| Autor: | Jenny Keen, Philip Oliver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Drug
medicine.medical_specialty Methadone maintenance Health (social science) Evidence-based practice Psychotherapist Project commissioning business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Alternative medicine Medicine (miscellaneous) Service provider Pharmacological treatment medicine Best evidence business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 11:149-156 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3370 0968-7637 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0968763031000075906 |
| Popis: | Aims: To provide a brief review of relevant existing evidence regarding pharmacological treatment for drug users, in order to enable commissioners and service providers to make informed decisions that are evidence based wherever possible. Methods: The review process involved an examination of key reference texts and literature derived from literature searches of the standard databases and including all the relevant Cochrane Reviews. Clinical relevance was of paramount importance. Findings: There are particular problems with the evidence base regarding drug treatments which make a total reliance on treatments with an established evidence base virtually impossible. The best evidence remains that for methadone maintenance treatment but there is emerging evidence for the effectiveness of a range of other treatments. This is evidence is summarized. Conclusions: Commissioners should be aware of the strong evidence base for some treatments and relative lack of evidence for others, although less well evidence bas... |
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