Integrating the methadone patient in the traditional addiction inpatient rehabilitation program--problems and solutions

• Published in: The Mount Sinai journal of medicine Vol. 68; no. 1; p. 28
• Main Authors: Kipnis, S S, Herron, A, Perez, J, Joseph, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2001
• Subjects: Alcoholism - complications; Alcoholism - rehabilitation; Heroin Dependence - complications; Heroin Dependence - rehabilitation; Humans; Institutionalization; Methadone - therapeutic use; Narcotics - therapeutic use; New York; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; New York

Physicians have reported alcoholism and opioid addiction as co-morbid conditions since the 19th century. From the inception of methadone maintenance treatment, heroin addicts with serious alcohol conditions have enrolled in methadone maintenance programs. Programs that treat alcoholism, including th...