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L'héroïne
Demaret, Isabelle; Lemaître, André; Ansseau, Marc
2013In Revue Médicale de Liège, 68 (5-6), p. 287
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Keywords :
Héroïne; Diacétylmorphine; Traitement
Abstract :
[en] Summary : Heroin (or diacetylmorphine), a depressant of the nervous central system, is a semi-synthetic opiate. Its main adverse effect, respiratory depression, can lead to death, especially after an intravenous injection. By loss of tolerance, an overdose can be lethal following heroin use after a period of abstinence (voluntary or not). Mortality rate among heroin users is between 1 and 3%. Addiction, following a regular and continuous use, occurs in less than a quarter of persons who ever tried heroine. Heroin addicts often present with different problems (for instance, a criminal behaviour), without any obvious link with addiction. For a fraction of the addicts, addiction becomes a chronic relapsing disease, requiring a long term maintenance substitution therapy. However, relapses and sometimes continuous heroin use are frequent. For treatment resistant and severe heroin addicts, heroinassisted treatment can be a solution. Despite the numerous available therapies, heroin is considered to be the drug with the most negative effects on the user.
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
Demaret, Isabelle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Lemaître, André  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Criminologie
Ansseau, Marc ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Language :
French
Title :
L'héroïne
Alternative titles :
[en] Heroin
Publication date :
May 2013
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Special issue title :
Toxicomanies, Addictions et Dépendances
Volume :
68
Issue :
5-6
Pages :
287
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
Projet TADAM, un projet pilote de traitement assisté par diacétylmorphine
Funders :
SPF Santé - Service Public Fédéral Santé publique. Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement [BE]
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