Exploration of the benefits of methadone treatment for dual users of heroin and crack who inject or have previously injected drugs
This study explores physical health and heroin use of dual users who inject or have injected heroin and are currently in methadone treatment.
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Practitioners’ experience of working with dual users of heroin and crack in community drug services. A thematic analysis
This is a qualitative study exploring the experience of practitioners working with heroin and crack users.
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Predictors of heroin abstinence in opiate substitution therapy in heroin-only users and dual users of heroin and crack
It is known that users of both heroin and crack have poorer outcomes, however in most studies they are considered as a homogeneous group.
In this study the dual users of heroin and crack were segmented according to the frequency of the crack use. Furthermore, interactions between the frequency of crack and other possible outcome predictors were considered.
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Drug preference and treatment outcomes
In this study the dual users of heroin and crack were segmented according to the drug preference.
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Felicia Heidebrecht * Psycholoog in Den Haag & online @ Lifeinmymind 