Medically Supervised Injections of Heroin Leads to Larger Reductions in Street Heroin Use by Chronic Heroin Addicts Say British Researchers | Before It's News

Medically Supervised Injections of Heroin Leads to Larger Reductions in Street Heroin Use by Chronic Heroin Addicts Say British Researchers | Before It's News: "Supervised administration of injectable ‘medical’ grade heroin leads to larger reductions in street heroin use in chronic heroin addicts who are failing on treatment, than does either injectable or oral methadone. The findings of the Randomised Injectable Opiate Treatment Trial (RIOTT) trial are reported in an article in the May 28th edition of Lancet, written by Professor John Strang and colleagues from the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London.

At least 5–10 per cent of heroin addicts fail to benefit from established conventional treatments but whether they are untreatable or just difficult to treat is unknown. A scientific evidence base is emerging to support the effectiveness of maintenance treatment with directly supervised medicinal heroin (diamorphine or diacetylmorphine) as a second-line treatment for chronic heroin addiction."