The relationship between methadone dosage and plasma level changes with aging in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients [PDF]
Background As aging is associated with physiological changes, patients in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) may require an adequate methadone dose adjustment.
Anat Sason +3 more
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Intraoperative Low-Dose Methadone for Pediatric Posterior Spinal Fusion: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Background: Posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis causes significant postoperative pain and high opioid requirements. Methadone, with dual μ- and κ-opioid agonism and NMDA antagonism, provides long-acting analgesia and may ...
Roshni Cheema +10 more
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Rapid Methadone Metabolism in Opioid Use Disorder: A Case Report of Clinical Challenges and Individualized Treatment Approaches [PDF]
Rapid methadone metabolism in patients with opioid use disorder could complicate methadone treatment. Toxicology screenings to monitor methadone levels may show negative for methadone, even with regular adherence to a regimen.
Farhana Nazmin +3 more
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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.
Sarah Brothers +6 more
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Interest without uptake: A mixed-methods analysis of methadone utilization in Kyrgyz prisons.
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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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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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]
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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The SUMMIT trial: a field comparison of buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance treatment. [PDF]
This prospective patient-preference study examined the effectiveness in practice of methadone versus buprenorphine maintenance treatment and the beliefs of subjects regarding these drugs. A total of 361 opiate-dependent individuals (89% of those eligible,
Holland, R +5 more
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The nature of methadone diversion in England: a Merseyside case study
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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Toward precision prescribing for methadone: Determinants of methadone deposition.
BackgroundDespite the World Health Organization listing methadone as an essential medication, effective dose selection is challenging, especially in racial and ethnic minority populations.
Andrew H Talal +9 more
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