title: [A French experience with methadone].
abstract: Methadone chlorhydrate has been administred to opiate addicts either for a short period with a decreasing dosage as a withdrawal cure, or for longterm treatments as a basis of a maintenance program. The analysis of precise clinical criteria regarding the socio-professional states, the family-life, the general health and the psychopathological diagnosis, allows an evaluation of the success of the cure and of its elective indications. The study of the personnality of the drug-addicts shows the importance of this factor in the potential success of a methadone cure. Urinary biological controls are regularly performed. This limitations and promises of this treatment discussed form a basis of a year's experience.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010551:Personality; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone
vernacular_title: A propos d'une expérience francaise de la méthadone