Changes in mortality, arrests, and hospitalizations in nonvoluntarily treated heroin addicts in relation to methadone treatment.

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Changes in mortality, arrests, and hospitalizations in nonvoluntarily treated heroin addicts in relation to methadone treatment.

Subst Use Misuse. 1998 Dec;33(14):2803-17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/99084790
Fugelstad A; Agren G; Romelsjo A; Center for Dependency Disorders of St. Goran's Hospital,; Stockholm, Sweden.

Abstract: This study analyzes the mortality, hospitalizations, and arrests in a cohort of severe intravenous heroin users divided into three groups: those in methadone treatment, those discharged from treatment, and those who never received treatment. The study population consists of 101 heroin users, of whom 56 were HIV-seropositive. Because of intensive drug misuse, they underwent coercive residential treatment in Stockholm during the 3-year period 1986-1988. The mortality was lower in the methadone group, and all seven deaths were related to HIV-infection. Outside the program, 24 of 29 persons died from external violence and poisoning.

Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Adult Cohort Studies Crime/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Female Heroin Dependence/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY Hospitalization/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Human HIV Infections/*MORTALITY HIV Seropositivity Male Methadone/*THERAPEUTIC USE Narcotics/*THERAPEUTIC USE Substance-Related Disorders/THERAPY Sweden/EPIDEMIOLOGY Violence
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