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Dosage regimes in the prescription of heroin and other narcotics to chronic opioid addicts in switzerland – swiss national cohort study

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2004
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Gschwend, P., Rehm, J., Blattler, R., Steffen, T., Seidenberg, A., Christen, S., Burki, C., & Gutzwiller, F. (2004). Dosage regimes in the prescription of heroin and other narcotics to chronic opioid addicts in switzerland – swiss national cohort study. European Addiction Research, 10, 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1159/000073725

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AIMS: Within the guidelines of the research programme on medical prescription of narcotics for opioid addicts (PROVE), heroin, morphine, and methadone were prescribed to heavily opioid addicted individuals in Switzerland since 1994. This contribution analyses the course of dose levels during the treatment period. DESIGN: Naturalistic description of consumed dosages per day and month. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The study describes the dosages prescribed to all individuals who began outpatient treatment in the PROVE programme in Switzerl

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  • Gschwend, P
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  • Rehm, J
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  • Blattler, R
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  • Steffen, T
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  • Seidenberg, A
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  • Christen, S
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  • Burki, C
  • Gutzwiller, Felix
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10

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1

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41

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48

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Addicts, Cohort Studies, Narcotics, Switzerland, cohort study, heroin, opioid

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English

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2004

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2013-11-20

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1022-6877

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751 since deposited on 2013-11-20
745last week
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393 since deposited on 2013-11-20
392last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-13

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Gschwend, P., Rehm, J., Blattler, R., Steffen, T., Seidenberg, A., Christen, S., Burki, C., & Gutzwiller, F. (2004). Dosage regimes in the prescription of heroin and other narcotics to chronic opioid addicts in switzerland – swiss national cohort study. European Addiction Research, 10, 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1159/000073725

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