Last week, the government announced a mega recapitalisation programme for PSU banks which have been reeling under the impact of rising bad loans. The total amount for the programme is a whopping Rs 2.11 lakh crore, out of which a significant Rs 1.35 lakh crore is via recap bonds. But so far, little is known with respect to the details of these bonds. One recourse is to look at how the government designed the recap bonds last time around, that is in mid 1990s when they were issued.
There was little difference in the treatment outcomes of those taking high-dose methadone or burprenorphine, with heroin addiction treatment success rates ranging from 72.7 percent for those in the methadone group to 20 percent for those patients on a low-dose of methadone.
Methadone is a synthetic opiate occasionally prescribed for chronic pain, but more often used to wean patients off of opiates like heroin. For most patients, a life-long course of methadone treatment, or maintenance therapy, is necessary to prevent relapse and return to heroin use.n both cases, clonidine is often given to help reduce the symptoms of withdrawal. 1  The more traditional tapering method usually takes 5-7 weeks. 2  Patients first rapidly reduce their use to 30 mg per day before beginning tapering at a typical rate of 5 mg per week.