Heroin detoxification during pregnancy: A systematic review and retrospective study of the management of heroin addiction in pregnancy | Zendy

K V Gilfillan | Zendy; Lisa Dannatt | Zendy; Dan J. Stein | Zendy; B Vythilingum | Zendy

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Heroin detoxification during pregnancy: A systematic review and retrospective study of the management of heroin addiction in pregnancy

Author(s) -

K V Gilfillan,

Lisa Dannatt,

Dan J. Stein,

B Vythilingum

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

south african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2078-5135

pISSN - 0256-9574

DOI - 10.7196/samj.2017.v108i2.7801

Subject(s) - methadone , medicine , heroin , pregnancy , methadone maintenance , detoxification (alternative medicine) , addiction , psychiatry , alternative medicine , drug , genetics , pathology , biology

There is general consensus that methadone maintenance is the gold standard in the management of pregnant heroin users. However, in South African state hospitals, methadone withdrawal is the routine procedure offered to these patients, as methadone maintenance programmes are unavailable in the public sector.

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