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Heroin on trial: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of diamorphine-prescribing as treatment for refractory heroin addiction

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2015
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Strang, J., Groshkova, T., Uchtenhagen, A., van den Brink, W., Haasen, C., Schechter, M. T., Lintzeris, N., Bell, J., Pirona, A., Oviedo-Joekes, E., Simon, R., & Metrebian, N. (2015). Heroin on trial: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of diamorphine-prescribing as treatment for refractory heroin addiction. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.149195

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BACKGROUND Supervised injectable heroin (SIH) treatment has emerged over the past 15 years as an intensive treatment for entrenched heroin users who have not responded to standard treatments such as oral methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) or residential rehabilitation. AIMS To synthesise published findings for treatment with SIH for refractory heroin-dependence through systematic review and meta-analysis, and to examine the political and scientific response to these findings. METHOD Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of SIH treatm

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  • Strang, John
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  • Groshkova, Teodora
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  • Uchtenhagen, Ambros
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  • van den Brink, Wim
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  • Haasen, Christian
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  • Schechter, Martin T
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  • Lintzeris, Nick
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  • Bell, James
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  • Pirona, Alessandro
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  • Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia
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  • Simon, Roland
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  • Metrebian, Nicola
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207

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1

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5

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2015-07

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2015-11-19

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0007-1250

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Strang, J., Groshkova, T., Uchtenhagen, A., van den Brink, W., Haasen, C., Schechter, M. T., Lintzeris, N., Bell, J., Pirona, A., Oviedo-Joekes, E., Simon, R., & Metrebian, N. (2015). Heroin on trial: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of diamorphine-prescribing as treatment for refractory heroin addiction. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.149195

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