XR-Naltrexone: Too Expensive to Help?
Naltrexone maintenance is a lot cheaper than prison. But it's a lot more expensive than methadone maintenance, which dulls some of its luster.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 20, 2015 | Public Policy | 0 |
Naltrexone maintenance is a lot cheaper than prison. But it's a lot more expensive than methadone maintenance, which dulls some of its luster.
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 9, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles | 1 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 24, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 24, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Programs | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 15, 2012 | Programs | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 27, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
First, they don’t understand why they’re in treatment, or how it could possibly benefit them. Second, they’re ticked off about having been coerced.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 15, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 2 |
Having a judge or a parole officer holding the big stick on them may be enough to get them into treatment, but it’s usually not enough motivation to get them beyond the minimum of compliance.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 4, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
It isn’t so much that we can’t address these barriers, it’s that all too often, we lack the tools.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 3, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
We mobilize legions to deal with them: Judges, law enforcement, parole officers, counselors, teachers, case managers, but their problems persist.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 19, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 1 |
Some members are talkative enough, but others participate minimally and a couple are openly hostile and challenging.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 3, 2011 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
If the clinicians view the PO as an outsider with the potential to interfere with treatment, there will be inevitable conflict.
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