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Complaints of heroin-maintained patients: a survey of symptoms ascribed to diacetylmorphine

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2006
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Dursteler-Mac Farland, K., Stohler, R., Modovanyi, A., Rey, S., Basdekis, R., Gschwend, P., Eschmann, S., & Rehm, J. (2006). Complaints of heroin-maintained patients: a survey of symptoms ascribed to diacetylmorphine. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 81(3), 231–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.07.004

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Prescribing of injectable diacetylmorphine (DAM) for heroin dependence has raised concerns about its safety. In light of various reports by heroin-maintained patients of DAM-related adverse events, and previously established unwanted effects of opioids in pain management, we undertook a survey in February 2001 of a random sample of 132 (127 participated) of 1061 patients prescribed DAM in Switzerland at that time. The purpose was to document the prevalence rates of a list of unintended symptoms experienced and attributed to DAM by pat

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  • Dursteler-Mac Farland, K
  • Stohler, R
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  • Modovanyi, A
  • Rey, S
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  • Basdekis, R
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  • Gschwend, P
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  • Eschmann, S
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  • Rehm, Jürgen
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81

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3

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231

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239

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English

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2014-05-14

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0376-8716

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164 since deposited on 2014-05-14
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Dursteler-Mac Farland, K., Stohler, R., Modovanyi, A., Rey, S., Basdekis, R., Gschwend, P., Eschmann, S., & Rehm, J. (2006). Complaints of heroin-maintained patients: a survey of symptoms ascribed to diacetylmorphine. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 81(3), 231–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.07.004

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