FRANCE;   HAUTE-NORMANDIE
 
Eure / Haute-Normandie
Chs de Navarre
Evreaux 27000
Phone: +33-2-32317610

AHAT (Ass. Havraise d'Aide aux Toxicomanes)
97, rue Jules Siegfried
Le Havre 76600
Phone: +33-2-35193243
Fax: +33-2-35430491

ARIRT (Ass. Rouennaise d'Intervention et de Recherche en Toxicomanie) Unité Méthadone
 
The centre employs 5 professionals of which 1 doctor, 1 psychiatrist and 3 nurses. Treatment philosophy is based upon harm reduction offering detoxification and maintenance programmes. The average dose of methadone prescribed is
Currently the centre treats 55 patients, no maximum capacity of patients. There is no waiting list and no maximum duration of treatment.
 
The centre offers:
- medical care
- social assistance
- psychiatric care
- psycho-therapy
- links with alcohol dependency units and other services
 
The centre demands:
- daily attendance
- urine checks
 
Violence can get patient expelled from treatment.
 
Procedures for taking patient for a short period of time:
The centre should be informed beforehand by phone or fax.
The information necessary is:
- identity
- dose and period for which methadone is requested
- references where information can be checked
 
When visiting the patient has to bring a letter from his doctor.
There are no costs involved.
 
Procedures for patients who want to enter the programme on a permanent basis are no different.
 
address:
ARIRT Unité Méthadone
34, rue Pierre Corneille
76300 Sotteville (Rouen)
Phone: +33-2-35728282
Fax: +33-2-35721341
Contact person: JEAN PIERRE RATAJ
Hours of opening: from 11.30 till 18.00 hours