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Higher methadone dose reduces risky drug injecting behaviours among methadone clients in Myanmar
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 2021 Background: HIV prevalence rate among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Myanmar is marginally high (34.9%). HIV transmission can be reduced and prevented through harm reduction programs such as methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and needle syringe ...
Sun Tun, B. Vicknasingam, Darshan Singh
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003 Objective: To describe methadone injectors and the risk practices associated with injecting methadone in New South Wales, Australia. To assess the impact on injecting drug use and risk behaviour of the withdrawal of methadone injecting equipment from ...
Max Hopwood +5 more
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Safe storage of methadone in the home - an audit of the effectiveness of safety information giving
Harm Reduction Journal, 2005 Background Accidental poisoning by methadone occurs, particularly as a result of children ingesting a parent's methadone. Health care professionals have a responsibility to provide information and guidance to methadone users on safe storage of methadone.
McAuley Rosanna +2 more
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Methadone Withdrawal-Related Psychosis in a Patient With Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2023 Methadone withdrawal usually presents as a classical opiate withdrawal syndrome, including symptoms such as restlessness, pupillary dilation, sweating, insomnia, irritability, sneezing, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Pinho, Mauro +2 more
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Life, 2022 The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge of low-dose methadone treatment in palliative cancer care. In Sweden, methadone is quite common in specialized palliative care, where almost a tenth of patients are prescribed this drug ...
Per Fürst
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The Lancet, 2016 1 Rich JD, McKenzie M, Larney S, et al. Methadone continuation versus forced withdrawal on incarceration in a combined US prison and jail: a randomised, open-label trial. Lancet 2015; 386: 350–59. 2 Kershnar S. A defense of retributivism. Int J Appl Philos 2000; 14: 97–117. 3 Gewirtz P. Methadone maintenance for heroin addicts.
Daniel, D'Hotman +2 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022 Introduction: People with opioid use disorder (OUD) have high rates of discharge against medical advice from the hospital. Interventions for addressing these patient-directed discharges (PDDs) are lacking.
Hannah R. Tierney +5 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aim This report presents a series of 16 patients who were admitted to the emergency department following confirmed intake of the potent synthetic cannabinoid ADB‐CHMINACA. Methods The cases are drawn from a prospective observational study following the recreational use of synthetic cannabinoids.
Maren Hermanns‐Clausen +7 more
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The role of concomitant drugs in the aetiology of fatal heroin- and methadone- related overdose [PDF]
, 2008 Heroin and methadone poisoning are significant causes of death of young people in the United Kingdom. In a high proportion of these fatalities concomitant substances are also detected.
Oliver, Phillip
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Analysis of Methadone-Related Poisoning Cases
Fayixue ZazhiObjectiveTo analyze the characteristics of methadone-related poisoning cases and provide a reference for forensic identification.MethodsA total of 71 cases of methadone-related poisoning reported from 1998 to 2023 in China and 26 cases of methadone ...
LI Ze-qi +7 more
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