title: [Heroin addiction treated with methadone. Experience in 50 patients].
abstract: The authors have reviewed the records of 50 heroin addicts treated with methadone, a drug which, in France, is delivered under strict and daily supervision to only few patients. This retrospective study yielded the following data: (1) the success rate of maintenance treatment with methadone exceeded 50 percent and remained the same in HIV positive patients; (2) social and environmental factors predictive of poor response to methadone were the absence of professional activity at the beginning of treatment and a painfully disturbed family context. A history of trouble with the law was not a factor of poor prognosis. These data raise the problem of importance of an early treatment which might have a strong influence on subsequent developments.
authors.affiliation: Service Hospitalo-Universitaire, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Olié
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kecskemeti
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Laqueille
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lôo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012931:Social Environment
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone
vernacular_title: Héroïnomanie traitée par méthadone. Expérience sur 50 malades.