Assessment of alcohol use among heroin maintenance patients by direct ethanol metabolites and self-reports
FM Wurst, N Thon, V Auwaerter, M Yegles, B Laskowska, C Halter, W Weinmann, G Wiesbeck, KM Dürsteler-MacFarland · Suchttherapie · 2009 · Heft 09
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Background: Heavy alcohol use may accelerate the progression of Hepatitis C (HCV)-related liver disease and/or may limit efforts at antiviral treatment. Since most of the patients in heroin maintenance treatment suffer from Hepatitis C infection, this study was conducted to identify alcohol intake among these patients at a Swiss Psychiatric University Clinic by self-reports and direct ethanol metabolites as biomarkers of ethanol consumption. Patients and Methods: A convenience sample of 54 patients (16 female, 38 male, median age 39.5 years) consented to participate in this study. The Alcohol Use Disorders Ident…
