Naltrexone maintenance therapy with pellet implantation as an aid for relapse prevention of heroin dependent individuals : a South African perspective

Naltrexone maintenance therapy with pellet implantation as an aid for relapse prevention of heroin dependent individuals : a South African perspective

Heroin use and dependency is a growing concern within South Africa, individuals face difficulty in remaining abstinent from the use of heroin due to constant relapse. The opioid antagonist known as the naltrexone pellet implant offers an alternative form of aid to relapse prevention in the recovery...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van der Walt, Hugo Denton
Other Authors: Santos, Monika Maria Lucia Freitas dos
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Abstinence
Antagonist
Heroin
Illicit substances
Interpretative phenomenology
Marlatt’s relapse prevention model
Naltrexone pellet implant
Relapse prevention
South Africa
Substance dependence
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Heroin abuse > Alternative treatment > South Africa
Heroin abuse > South Africa > Prevention
Heroin abuse > Treatment > South Africa
Naltrexone > Therapeutic use > South Africa
Opioids > Antagonists
Drug abuse > South Africa > Prevention
Drug abuse > Treatment > South Africa
Heroin abuse > Research > South Africa
Online Access:Van der Walt, Hugo Denton (2016) Naltrexone maintenance therapy with pellet implantation as an aid for relapse prevention of heroin dependent individuals : a South African perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22064>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22064

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Van der Walt, Hugo Denton (2016) Naltrexone maintenance therapy with pellet implantation as an aid for relapse prevention of heroin dependent individuals : a South African perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22064>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22064

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