Toward precision prescribing for methadone: Determinants of methadone deposition.
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundDespite the World Health Organization listing methadone as an essential medication, effective dose selection is challenging, especially in racial and ethnic minority populations.
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Accidental Methadone Toxicity in a 3-Year-Old Leading to Severe Cerebellitis and Death: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in PediatricsMethadone is a synthetic opioid used to treat pain and opioid dependence. Despite its benefits, accidental ingestion of methadone in pediatric patients can lead to significant morbidity and mortality.
Jessie Pappin, Greg Hansen, Tanya Holt
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background During COVID-19, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) allowed Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) programs to relax in-person MMT requirements to reduce COVID-19 exposure.
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Canadian Family Physician, 2021 As a pharmacist who has been dispensing methadone for more than 20 years to patients in and out of Ontario provincial jails, I read the article by Raski et al in the November issue[1][1] with interest (and gratitude to one of the doctors on our team, who thoughtfully clipped this article out of ...
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Interest without uptake: A mixed-methods analysis of methadone utilization in Kyrgyz prisons.
PLoS ONE, 2022 HIV incidence continues to increase in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), in large part due to non-sterile injection drug use, especially within prisons. Therefore, medication-assisted therapy with opioid agonists is an evidence-based HIV-prevention
Amanda R Liberman +8 more
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Genome-Wide Pharmacogenomic Study on Methadone Maintenance Treatment Identifies SNP rs17180299 and Multiple Haplotypes on CYP2B6, SPON1, and GSG1L Associated with Plasma Concentrations of Methadone R- and S-enantiomers in Heroin-Dependent Patients. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2016 Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is commonly used for controlling opioid dependence, preventing withdrawal symptoms, and improving the quality of life of heroin-dependent patients.
Hsin-Chou Yang +7 more
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Psychopathology and urine toxicology in methadone patients
Mental Illness, 2015 Several studies reported high rates of psychiatric commorbidity among methadone patients. We examined the relationships of measures of psychopathology to outcomes of screening urine tests for cocaine, opiates, and benzodiazepines in a sample of 56 ...
Gamal Sadek, Zack Cernovsky, Simon Chiu
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The nature of methadone diversion in England: a Merseyside case study
Harm Reduction Journal, 2012 Background Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is a key element in treatment for opiate addiction; however concerns about the diversion of methadone remain. More current empirical data on methadone diversion are required. This research investigated the
Duffy Paul, Baldwin Helen
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Sedative and antinociceptive effects of different combinations of detomidine and methadone in standing horses [PDF]
, 2017 Objective To evaluate intravenous (IV) detomidine with methadone in horses to identify a combination which provides sedation and antinociception without adverse effects. Study design Randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded, crossover.
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021 Methadone maintenance treatment is reported as cost-effective in treatment of opioid use disorder. Estimated cost of providing methadone varies widely in different regions but there is no data regarding cost of methadone treatment in Kenya.
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