title: [The role of methadone in the treatment of opiate addicts: current findings in the literature].
abstract: We discuss the use of Methadone in the treatment of opiate addiction. Withdrawal and maintenance treatment should be considered separately. Only the latter remains controversial. Various programs exist, mainly in the USA, and the study of their characteristics could enable us to define more precisely their respective indication criteria. The integration of specific and non-concurrent maintenance programs in a diversified but coordinated health care organization for drug addicts appears as the more appropriate and realistic measure in our country. Considering the extension of HIV-infection among this population, it becomes an urgency.
authors.affiliation: Service Médico-Psychologique, Hôpital St-Pierre, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Matot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zombek
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone
vernacular_title: Place de la méthadone dans le traitement des toxicomanies aux opiacés: données actuelles de la littérature.