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OBJECTIVE: To present a survey of the structure and status of the
patients in the programme mentioned above. METHODS: The outpatient
clinic mentioned above has been carrying out a methadone detox and
maintenance programme since October 1987 and has by now the largest
number of patients in Austria. The data presented are results taken from
routine documentation. RESULTS: The following data (average values)
concerning the 99 men and 37 women treated were obtained: age at the
start of the methadone treatment: 29 years; age at first contact with
drugs: 15 years; length of opiate dependency: 12 years; in methadone
treatment: 8 months; first methadone dose: 65,25 milligrams; present-day
dose: 77,77 milligrams; HIV positive: 44% (75% men, 25% women);
polytoxicomanic addiction of the HIV positive patients at the time of
methadone adjustment: 50% (73,3% men, 26,7% women); working at the start
of methadone treatment: 21,3%; working since methadone substitution:
30,9%; previous convictions (drug abuse offenses): 64,7% (79,5% men,
20,5% women); initial drug: 69,8% hashish, 19,8% opiates, 5,9%
medicants, 0,7% solvents, 3,8% unknown; couples in treatment: 13,2%
(both are HIV infected: 33,3%, one partner is HIV infected: 22,2%, both
partners are negative: 44,5%). CONCLUSION: The programme promotes social
and occupational reintegration.
Adult Age Factors Ambulatory Care Facilities Austria Crime
Employment Female Health Promotion Health Surveys Hospitals,
Psychiatric Hospitals, University Human Male Methadone/*THERAPEUTIC
USE Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*REHABILITATION ABSTRACT