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Is the promise of methadone Kenya's solution to managing HIV and addiction? A mixed-method mathematical modelling and qualitative study. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Promoted globally as an evidence-based intervention in the prevention of HIV and treatment of heroin addiction among people who inject drugs (PWID), opioid substitution treatment (OST) can help control emerging HIV epidemics ...
Cleland, Charles +8 more
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Alcohol consumption in heroin users, methadone-substituted and codeine-substituted patients - Frequency and correlates of use [PDF]
, 2003 This retrospective study aims to determine whether there is a difference in the additional consumption of alcohol between addicts treated with methadone or dihydrocodeine (DHC) and untreated addicts injecting heroin.
Backmund, Markus +4 more
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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 +3 more
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Maternal methadone use in pregnancy : factors associated with the development of neonatal abstinence syndrome and implications for healthcare resources [PDF]
, 2009 The objectives of this study were to investigate factors associated with the development of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and to assess the implications for healthcare resources of infants born to drug-misusing women. Design.
Dryden, C. +3 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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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.
Brenda Mogaka1 +3 more
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Methadone and Corrected QT Prolongation in Pain and Palliative Care Patients: A Case–Control Study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Methadone (ME) is commonly used in pain and palliative care (PPC) patients with refractory pain or intolerable opioid adverse effects (AEs).
Brown, Jack +3 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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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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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 +11 more
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