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Methadone treatment for opiate dependent patients in general practice and specialist clinic settings : outcomes at one-year follow-up [PDF]

, 2004
Few studies have investigated methadone maintenance treatment of opiate dependent patients in primary health care settings compared to specialist clinic settings.
Petitjean Gottfried, Sylvie
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Monitoring Injected Drug Use in Greece Through Syringe Residue Analysis: A Multicity Study Within the ESCAPE Network

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
A total of 2121 used syringes were analyzed in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Patras between 2022 and 2024. Distinct drug‐use patterns were observed across the three cities. Benzodiazepines, pregabalin, methadone, and fentanyl were increasingly detected in 2024.
Christina Matiaki, Anastasios Trakakis, Athanasios Theocharis, Chara Parpala, Chara Kotsailidou, Alexandros Psarianos, Emmanouil Chatzichristofis, Eleni Zagelidu, Panagiota Roussou, Nikolaos Raikos, Orthodoxia Mastrogianni   +10 more
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Confidence in providing methadone maintenance treatment of primary care providers in Vietnam

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Delivering methadone treatment in community health facilities by primary care providers is a task-shifting strategy to expand access to drug use treatment, especially in rural mountainous areas.
Bich Diep Nguyen, Li Li, Chunqing Lin, Thu Trang Nguyen, Steven Shoptaw, Minh Giang Le   +5 more
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Perceived barriers to methadone maintenance treatment among Iranian opioid users

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Opioid use is a severe problem in Iran. Despite methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs being one of the most important treatment strategies for reducing individual and public harms associated with opioid use, a large proportion of ...
Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Maryam Moeeni, Koen Ponnet, Arezoo Fallahi, Leila Jahangiri, Tahereh Pashaei   +5 more
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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 ...
Guise, Andy, Guise, Andy; id_orcid, Platt, Lucy, Cleland, Charles, Strathdee, Steffanie, Ngugi, Elizabeth, Kurth, Ann, Vickerman, Peter, Rhodes, Tim, Ndimbii, James   +9 more
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First Occurrence of Fatal Intoxication Involving Methiodone (IC‐26) in Finland; a Medicolegal Autopsy Case Report

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Methiodone (IC‐26) is a non‐fentanyl novel synthetic opioid which has recently been detected in drug seizures in Europe. There is still limited data about the drug in published toxicological case work, both in non‐fatal and fatal cases. We present a medicolegal autopsy case report on a fatal intoxication in an individual undergoing opioid ...
Lasse Pakanen, Raimo A. Ketola, Pirkko Kriikku   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraoperative Methadone Versus Non-Methadone Analgesia in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Children
Introduction: Methadone is an opioid-sparing opioid and it is increasingly used in children undergoing surgery due to its beneficial effects on postoperative pain scores, decreased opioid requirements, and fewer adverse effects compared to other opioids.
Brian Blasiole, Danielle R. Lavage, Hsing-Hua Sylvia Lin, Scott E. Licata, Sahana Sivam, Inesh Sivam, Laura M. Le, Senthilkumar Sadhasivam   +7 more
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Characterization of methadone as a β-arrestin-biased μ-opioid receptor agonist

Molecular Pain, 2016
Background Methadone is a unique µ-opioid receptor agonist. Although several researchers have insisted that the pharmacological effects of methadone are mediated through the blockade of NMDA receptor, the underlying mechanism by which methadone exerts ...
Seira Doi BS, Tomohisa Mori PhD, Naoki Uzawa MS, Takamichi Arima BA, Tomoyuki Takahashi BA, Masashi Uchida BS, Ayaka Yawata BA, Michiko Narita BS, Yasuhito Uezono PhD, Tsutomu Suzuki PhD, Minoru Narita PhD   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatalities within seven days after equine standing sedation: A prospective, multicentre study

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Information regarding mortality associated with standing procedures in horses is sparse. Objectives To report data from >12,000 standing sedations. Study Design Confidential, observational, prospective, multicentre, cohort study.
Miguel Gozalo‐Marcilla, José I. Redondo, Polly M. Taylor, Luis Domenech, Javier Doménech, Gordon Mark Johnston, Regula Bettschart‐Wolfensberger   +6 more
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Cheek tooth extraction in geriatric versus non‐geriatric horses

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Age‐related dental changes are major contributors to dental disorders in older horses, and cheek tooth extractions are often required to maintain masticatory function and oral comfort. However, limited information is available on clinical and treatment characteristics in this older patient population.
Elias Mair, Omid Nekouei, Patricia Trummer‐Schug, Rhea Haralambus, Nora Mareike Biermann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source