Safety and feasibility of intranasal heroin-assisted treatment: 4-week preliminary findings from a Swiss multicentre observational study

• Main Authors: Marc Vogel (Author), Maximilian Meyer (Author), Jean N. Westenberg (Author), Adrian Kormann (Author), Olivier Simon (Author), Roba Salim Hassan Fadlelseed (Author), Markus Kurmann (Author), Rebecca Bröer (Author), Nathalie Devaud (Author), Ulrike Sanwald (Author), Sophie Baumgartner (Author), Hannes Binder (Author), Johannes Strasser (Author), R. Michael Krausz (Author), Thilo Beck (Author), Kenneth M. Dürsteler (Author), Luis Falcato (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) is effective for individuals with severe opioid use disorder (OUD) who do not respond sufficiently to other opioid agonist treatments. It is mostly offered with injectable diacetylmorphine (DAM) or DAM tablets creating a barrier for individuals who...