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The Effect of HCV on Methadone Dose During Pregnancy. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Viral Hepat
ABSTRACT Pregnancy is a time of high patient motivation to initiate treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Hepatic drug metabolism can be altered by pregnancy and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We aimed to examine the impact of HCV during pregnancy on methadone dosing.
Boudova S   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Prisons and Drugs: A global review of incarceration, drug use and drug services. Report 12 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Prisons play an important role in drug policy. They are used to punish people who break drug laws and they also hold a large number of people who have experience of drug use and drug problems.
Brentari, C.   +3 more
core  

Psychedelic‐assisted treatment for substance use disorder: A narrative systematic review

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This is the first systematic review of the extant literature on all major psychedelic‐assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), tobacco use disorder (TUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD). We aimed to summarise the evidence for efficacy of psychedelic‐assisted treatment for AUD, TUD, and SUD; to evaluate its
Theodore Piper   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Methadone therapy on QTc interval in electrocardiogram of opioid addicted patients

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2014
Background and Objective: Methadone is a synthetic opioid which is used in opium addiction therapy and relief of acute and chronic pain. Side effects of Methadone were reported on heart and induction of Torsade De Pointes disease and increase QTc ...
Shakouri H   +5 more
doaj  

One-year survey of methadone-induced Cardiac complications

open access: yesCaspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Background: Methadone is one of the most useful opioids that can be used to achieve many therapeutic goals, and also it may be abused as an illicit drug. Methadone can cause different gastrointestinal, neurological, and cardiac complications.
seyed kazem taheri   +4 more
doaj  

An intervention to improve provider-patient interaction at methadone maintenance treatment in China. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BackgroundThis study evaluated an intervention aiming to improve methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) service providers' interaction with their patients in China.MethodsSixty-eight MMT clinics were randomized to either an intervention or a control ...
Cao, Wei   +5 more
core  

Effectiveness and safety of psychosocial interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To evaluate the effectiveness, safety and cost‐effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for cannabis use disorder (CUD). Methods A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs; PROSPERO protocol CRD42024553382) of psychosocial interventions for CUD lasting >4 sessions, delivered synchronously, to individuals with CUD aged ≥16
Monika Halicka   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying key risk factors for intentional self‐harm, including suicide, among a cohort of people prescribed opioid agonist treatment: A predictive modelling study

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims People with opioid use disorder are at increased risk of intentional self‐harm and suicide. Although risk factors are well known, most tools for identifying individuals at highest risk of these behaviours have limited clinical value.
Nicola R. Jones   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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