title: Client variables associated with selection and outcome in a methadone tapering program.
abstract: Based on archival information on 36 methadone maintenance patients, indicators of success in a methadone tapering program were investigated. None of the variables selected for study were found to differentiate successful from unsuccessful taperers. However, patients who were offered the opportunity to participate in the tapering program had significantly fewer years of heroin use prior to their admittance to a methadone maintenance program than patients in the general methadone maintenance population. In addition, the racial composition of patients attempting to taper included significantly fewer Black patients than the racial composition of the general methadone maintenance population. Possible explanations are offered.
authors.affiliation: Nassau County Department of Drug and Alcohol Addiction, East Meadow, New York 11554.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Haggerty
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melchionda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holley
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone