جزییات کتاب
Content: Section A: Introduction, Background and Scope -- Methadone: panacea or poison? / J. Strang and G. Tober -- The history of methadone and methadone prescribing / A. Preston and G. Bennett -- Methadone prescribing in the United Kingdom: what can we learn from community pharmacy surveys? / J. Sheridan -- Section B: Aspects of Clinical Practice and Variations -- Negotiating a script: the dynamics of staff/client relationships / A. Quirk ... [et al.] -- Linking psychology and pharmacology / D. Raistrick -- Assessment and outcome monitoring / J. Marsden, M. Gossop and D. Stewart -- Plasma methadone monitoring: an aid to dose assessment, monitoring compliance and exploration of drug interactions / K. Wolff -- Withdrawal from methadone and methadone for withdrawal / N. Seivewright and O. Lagundoye -- Section C: The Special Case of Injectables -- Injectable methadone: a peculiar British practice / J. Strang and J. Sheridan -- Prescribing injectable methadone: to who and for what purpose? / L. Sell -- The supervised injecting clinic: a drug clinic's experience of supervising the intravenous self-administration of prescribed methadone / M. Cummins -- Section D: The Risks -- Dependence on methadone: the danger lurking behind the prescription / G. Tober -- 'Using on top' and the problems it brings: additional drug use by methadone treatment patients / D. Best and G. Ridge -- Methadone and opioid-related deaths: changing prevalence over time / M. Farrell and W. Hall -- The play, the plot and the players: the illicit market in methadone / J. Fountain and J. Strang -- Section E: Service Delivery -- A primary care based specialist service / S. Lawrence -- A central assessment service with widely disseminated delivery in primary care / F. Watson, L. Mays and J. Bury -- A centrally co-ordinated city strategic approach / R. Watson, J. Jay and L. Gruer -- Supervised consumption of methadone in a community pharmacy / K. Roberts -- Section F: Special Cases -- A methadone programme for substance-misusing pregnant women / A. Walker and J. Walker -- Methadone use in young people / E. gilvarry, J. McCambridge and J. Witton -- Sectin G: Methadone Studies -- Methadone treatment: outcomes and variation in treatment response with NTORS / D. Stewart, M. Gossop and J. Marsden -- Rapid benefit, but what thereafter?: the rush and trickle of benefit from methadone treatment / E. Finch -- Methadone maintenance and reduction treatments: the need for clarity of goals and procedures / M. Gossop, J. Marsden and D. Stewart -- Section H: In Conclusion -- Methadone: achieving the balance / G. Tober and J. Strang.