Heroin detoxification during pregnancy: a systematic review and retrospective study of management of heroin addiction in pregnancy
Master Thesis
2012
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University of Cape Town
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There is a general consensus that methadone maintenance is the gold standard in the management of pregnant heroin users. However, in South African state hospitals, methadone withdrawal is the routine procedure offered to these patients, as methadone maintenance programmes are unavailable in the public sector.
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Gilfillan, K. 2012. Heroin detoxification during pregnancy: a systematic review and retrospective study of management of heroin addiction in pregnancy. University of Cape Town.