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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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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Goldberg, David, Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Kimber, Jo, Palmateer, Norah, Rhodes, Tim   +5 more
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The challenge of perioperative pain management in opioid-tolerant patients [PDF]

, 2017
The increasing number of opioid users among chronic pain patients, and opioid abusers among the general population, makes perioperative pain management challenging for health care professionals.
Bifulco, F, Coluzzi, Flaminia, Corcione, A., Cuomo, A, Dauri, M, Leonardi, C, Melotti, Rm, Natoli, S, Romualdi, P, Savoia, G   +9 more
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Methadone treatment and patient-directed hospital discharges among patients with opioid use disorder: Observations from general medicine services at an urban, safety-net hospital

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, Christopher L. Rowe, Diana A. Coffa, Shashi Sarnaik, Phillip O. Coffin, Hannah R. Snyder   +5 more
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Intraoperative Methadone in Surgical Patients: A Review of Clinical Investigations.

Anesthesiology, 2019
This Clinical Focus Review provides an assessment of clinical investigations that have evaluated the effect of intraoperative methadone on postoperative outcomes. Postoperative pain and need for analgesics can be significantly reduced with intraoperative
G. Murphy, J. Szokol
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The experience of long-term opiate maintenance treatment and reported barriers to recovery: A qualitative systematic review [PDF]

, 2013
Background/Aim: To inform understanding of the experience of long-term opiate maintenance and identify barriers to recovery. Methods: A qualitative systematic review.
Annie Blyth, Bahna G, Ball JC, Berridge V, Caitlin Notley, Conner KO, De Maeyer J, De Maeyer J, De Maeyer J, Gibson B, Gold ML, Gossop M, Gourlay J, Higgins J, Jarvinen M, Jarvinen M, Jean Craig, McIntosh J, McKeganey N, Moher D, Neale J, Pani PP, Parsons T, Peles E, Richard Holland, Rosenbaum M, Segall A, Skinner ML, Sun AP, Vigilant LG, Vigilant LG, Vivienne Maskrey   +31 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, Bloor Roger N, Smalldridge Norman   +2 more
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Postoperative Pain and Analgesic Requirements in the First Year after Intraoperative Methadone for Complex Spine and Cardiac Surgery.

Anesthesiology, 2019
WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC The intraoperative administration of methadone is effective in reducing postoperative painPreventative analgesic interventions may provide protection against the development of persistent postoperative pain WHAT THIS
G. Murphy, M. Avram, S. Greenberg, Torin D. Shear, Mark Deshur, D. Dickerson, S. Bilimoria, J. Benson, Colleen E Maher, Gregory J Trenk, Kevin J Teister, J. Szokol   +11 more
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The injection of methadone syrup in New South Wales: patterns of use and increased harm after partial banning of injecting equipment

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, Erica Southgate, Susan Kippax, Gabriele Bammer, Geetha Isaac‐Toua, Margaret MacDonald   +5 more
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Intraoperative Methadone Use in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgical Procedures

World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2023
Background: Postoperative pain control is an important aspect in the recovery of patients. Recent literature suggests that the extended half-life of methadone may reduce overall opioid utilization in postoperative patients.
Nathan S Kau
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