OVERDOSE, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND DEATH AMONG A COHORT OF NALTREXONE-TREATED OPIOID ADDICTS

Authors
MIOTTO K MCCANN MJ RAWSON RA FROSCH D LING W
Citation
K. Miotto et al., OVERDOSE, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND DEATH AMONG A COHORT OF NALTREXONE-TREATED OPIOID ADDICTS, Drug and alcohol dependence, 45(1-2), 1997, pp. 131-134
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse",Psychiatry
Journal title
Drug and alcohol dependence → ACNP
ISSN journal
03768716
Volume
45
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
131 - 134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0376-8716(1997)45:1-2<131:OSAADA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In a study evaluating naltrexone with either an intensive psychosocial protocol or standard community treatment for opioid dependence, 13 of 81 subjects overdosed within a 12-month period of study participation . There were four fatalities, one of which was a suicide. Among the ni ne nonfatal overdoses, there were four suicide attempts. Characteristi cs of subjects and naltrexone-taking are described. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.