LITHUANIA
- Deliverance
- The centre employs 3 doctors, 2
nurses, 2 psychiatrists and 1 administrators.
- Treatment philosophy of this
centre is based upon harm reduction offering detoxification and maintenance programmes.
The centre treats 26 patients with a maximum capacity of 30 patients.
- The average dose of methadone
prescribed is 70 mg. There is no waiting list and no maximum duration of treatment.
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- The centre offers:
- - medical care
- - social assistance
- - psychiatric care
- - psycho-therapy
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- The centre demands:
- - daily attendance
- - urine checks
- - mandatory meetings with social
work
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- Non-attendance can get patient
expelled from treatment.
- Procedures for taking patient for
a SHORT period of TIME:
- The centre should be informed
beforehand by fax, phone or letter.
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- The information necessary is:
- - dose and period for which
methadone is requested
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- When visiting the patient has to
bring a letter from his doctor.
- The costs of 100 mg of methadone
are 1/4$ (25 ct)
Procedures for patients who want to enter the programme on a
PERMANENT BASIS are no different.
- Additional information:
- The methadone programme is conducted by the NGO, which helps and
supports drug users and HIV carriers.
- Exchange of needles and syringes is conducted by volunteers. The
centre is connected with MP in Vilnius and Klaipeda. They apply acupuncture and
psycho-therapy.
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- Address:
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- Gardino 22-10
- Druskininkai 4690
- Varena District
- Tel: +37-03352271
- Fax: +37-03354106
- Contact person: Elena Bykova
- Email: elena.bykova@is.It