Prevention of suicide by naltrexone in a recently detoxified heroin addict
| Autor: | Edwin Zvartau, Evgeny Krupitsky, Romanova Tn, Masalov Dv, Burakov Am, T. Y. Didenko, George E. Woody |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Suicide Prevention medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Time Factors Medicine (miscellaneous) Relapse prevention Naltrexone law.invention Heroin Randomized controlled trial law mental disorders Medicine Humans Psychiatry Heroin addicts business.industry Heroin Dependence Heroin addiction Psychiatry and Mental health Drug Overdose business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European addiction research. 7(2) |
| ISSN: | 1022-6877 |
| Popis: | This case describes a heroin addict who was participating in a placebo-controlled randomized trial of naltrexone as an aid to relapse prevention. The patient tried to commit suicide by taking a heroin overdose after learning that he was HIV-positive. He was on naltrexone at the time and, as a result, survived what would probably have been a fatal overdose. This case demonstrates that naltrexone can have immediate as well as long-term positive effects in persons who are attempting to recover from heroin addiction. |
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