Heroin history taking

Methadone generally lasts about one day in the body, meaning that a person in a maintenance program has to take methadone at least once a day. Federal regulations require that to be eligible for enrollment in a methadone maintenance program, potential patients must be at least 18 years of age and demonstrate that they have had at least a one-year history of heroin (or other opiate) addiction. An exception is made for patients between the ages of 16 and 18 who can document a history of at least two unsuccessful detoxification trials. 

Drug withdrawal Stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy occurred in a 44-year-old man in whom severe opioid withdrawal was precipitated 2 hours after administration of naltrexone for alcohol consumption [117 ]. He had a history of heroin use and was taking methadone 120mg/day. Stress cardiomyopathy was beheved to be the result of a marked increase in catecholamine plasma concentrations following abrupt opioid withdrawal. 

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