Pubdate: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 Source: Advertiser, The (Australia) Contact: http://www.advertiser.com.au/ Page: 22 NALTREXONE EXPERIMENT A TWO-year clinical trial of the controversial heroin replacement drug Naltrexone is to go ahead at Brisbane's Greenslopes private hospital. Queensland Health saId yesterday 150 methadone patients would take part in the study, one of four Naltrexone trials being undertaken in Australia. In the Brisbane trial, 50 patients will undergo the controversial rapid opiate detoxification. A sedated opiate detox method will also be trialed. - --- MAP posted-by: derek rea