European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD) – Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

Sunday, October 21, 2007
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Chairmen:
Icro Maremmani, MD
Pisa, Italy, EU

Marc Reisinger, MD
Brussels, Belgium, EU

1:00 PM
Predictors of Response to Treatment: Methadone vs Buprenorphine
Icro Maremmani
(Pisa,Italy,EU)

1:20 PM
The Patient’s Resistance to Methadone Treatment – the Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects
Matteo Pacini
(Pisa, Italy, EU)

1:40 PM
Infectious Diseases and Mortality in Slovenian Heroin Addicts
Barbara Lovrecic, Mercedes Lovrecic
(Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU)

2:00 PM
Psychopathology and Methadone Maintenance: The State of the Art
P.P. Pani
(Cagliari, Italy, EU)

2:20 PM
Opioid Dependence and its Relationship with Alcoholism in Young Russian Men
Lev Blagov
(Moscow, Russian Federation)

2:40 PM
From Harm Reduction to Methadone-Assisted Therapy. 12-years of Bulgarian Experience
Alexander Kantchelov
(Sofia, Bulgaria)

3:00 PM
Successful Treatment of Hepatitis C Genotype 3a in Norwegian Opioid Dependents: A Pilot Study
Aud L. Krook, Dorthe Stokka, Bernt Heger and Egil Nygaard
(Oslo, Norway)

3:20 PM
Gene Variants at Risk for Substance Use Disorders: Possible Interactions with Environmental Factors
Gilberto Gerra, A. Zaimovic, F. Brambilla, G. Frisco, and C. Donnini (Parma and Milan, Italy, EU)

3:40 PM
Opioid Dependent Pregnant Women and Pregnancy
Nina Ebner, Bernadette Winklbaur, Nina Kopf, Andjela Baewert, Kenneth Thau, and Gabriele Fischer
(Vienna, Austria, EU)

4:00 PM
Naltrexone Implants to Prevent Relapse after Inpatient Treatment for Opioid Addiction: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Nikolaj Kunoe, Philipp Lobmaier and Helge Waal
(Oslo, Norway)

4:20 PM
Medically Assisted Rehabilitation in a Slovenian Prison
Andrej Kastelic
(Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU)

4:40 PM
Patterns of Mortality after Opioid Maintenance Treatment
Thomas Clausen and Helge Waal
(Oslo, Norway)

5:00 PM
End of Forum

In collaboration with EUROPAD-Italia