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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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Former heroin-dependent alcohol use disorder patients. prevalence, addiction history and clinical features [PDF]
, 2015 Aims: To examine the prevalence of former heroin dependence (FHA) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) patients; to compare the clinical characteristics of FHA-AUD patients versus AUD patients without any past use of heroin at alcohol treatment entry; to ...
Ceccanti, Mauro +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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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]
, 2016 Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M. +2 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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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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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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“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover”: A Qualitative Study of Methadone Patients’ Experiences of Stigma
Substance abuse : research and treatment, 2017 Introduction: Despite its efficacy and widespread use, methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) continues to be widely stigmatized. Reducing the stigma surrounding MMT will help improve the accessibility, retention, and treatment outcomes in MMT.
Julia Woo +7 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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