What alternative drug therapies are available for heroin addiction?

What alternative drug therapies are available for heroin addiction?

Michael Jourdan (Drug Researcher) gives expert video advice on: What treatments are available for heroin addiction?; How effective is heroin addiction treatment?; How expensive is heroin treatment? and more...

There are several alternatives to treat heroin addiction besides methadone. One of them that has been very successful is treatment with buprenorphine, but there are other drugs as well. The problem is that there is a considerable drop-out rate. Another problem is that people seemingly do not stop using other drugs because they get methadone. A considerable portion of the patients in methadone programs use other drugs to top off—up the effect-- and that's not really very good. And one should think twice sometimes, whether they get the adequate dosage, or whether they get the adequate drug.