Guidelines for the management of hospitalized narcotics addicts

Opiate-dependent patients who are hospitalized for medical, surgical, or obstetrical reasons require proper management of their addiction to care of their presenting illness. Guidelines are offered for methadone support during hospitalization for the patient enrolled in a treatment program and for t...

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Published inAnnals of internal medicine Vol. 82; no. 6; p. 815
Main Authors Fultz, J M, Senay, E C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1975
Subjects
Analgesia
Drug Administration Schedule
Drug Combinations
Drug Interactions
Female
Heroin - pharmacology
Hospitalization
Humans
Legislation, Drug
Male
Methadone - poisoning
Methadone - therapeutic use
Morphine - therapeutic use
Physician-Patient Relations
Pregnancy
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - drug therapy
United States
United States
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Summary:Opiate-dependent patients who are hospitalized for medical, surgical, or obstetrical reasons require proper management of their addiction to care of their presenting illness. Guidelines are offered for methadone support during hospitalization for the patient enrolled in a treatment program and for the street addict. The important clinical features of withdrawal reactions are outlined, and a method is presented for establishing an initial and supportive dose of methadone for street addicts. The use of analgesics in the addicted patient, the treatment of methadone overdose, and some problems in the management of mixed-drug abuse are discussed.
ISSN:0003-4819
DOI:10.7326/0003-4819-82-6-815