Expectations about alcohol, cocaine, and benzodiazepine abstinence following inpatient heroin withdrawal management.
CONCLUSION: Persons with opioid use disorder often do not expect to stop using other substances following withdrawal management, with very few planning cocaine cessation.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Inpatient heroin withdrawal programs need to address and educate patients about how polysubstance use complicates recovery from heroin use. (Am J Addict 2018;XX:1-7).
PMID: 30548526 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal on Addictions - Category: Addiction Authors: Kenney SR, Anderson BJ, Bailey GL, Stein MD Tags: Am J Addict Source Type: research