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HEROIN DEPENDENCE: INPATIENT DETOXIFICATION WITH CLONIDINE
Author(s) -
STANHOPE JOHN M.,
CURRY KENNETH H.,
NAYER RAVI
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian alcohol/drug review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0726-4550
DOI - 10.1080/09595238580000081
Subject(s) - clonidine , sedation , detoxification (alternative medicine) , sedative , anesthesia , chlordiazepoxide , heroin , medicine , chlorpromazine , psychology , psychiatry , pharmacology , drug , alternative medicine , pathology , diazepam
The traditional regime for detoxification of heroin dependence at this Clinic has been based on sedation with chlormethiazole or chlordiazepoxide, supplemented with chlorpromazine. A new regime based on clonidine has been compared with this and found superior in that fewer patients on clonidine were discharged for misbehaviour and fewer patients on clonidine required supplementary medication. Clonidine was as effective as the sedative regime in relieving most withdrawal symptoms, with the additional advantage that clients who were less sedated were more responsive to supportive counselling.