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There are a range of treatment options available in Australia
to people to wish to decrease or stop their heroin
use. They include:
Abstinence
models such as therapeutic communities and outpatient
counselling and
Non-abstinence
models including the use of pharmacotherapies such
as Methadone, Buprenorphine and Naltrexone.
The aims of
these non-abstinence models are to provide appropriate medication
and encourage a reduction in harm resulting from drug use.
The treatments offered by Southcity Clinic fit within the
non-abstinence model. In light of this it is pharmacotherapy
treatment (which fits within this model) which will be discussed
here.
Click on the links to the right to find out more about the three
different types of pharmacotherapy treatment available for heroin
use.
See also Treatment
options for Heroin and other Opioid Dependence
guidelines
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