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Problematisation and regulation: bodies, risk, and recovery within the context of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome [PDF]

, 2018
Background Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is an anticipated effect of maternal drug use during pregnancy. Yet it remains a contested area of policy and practice.
Chandler, Amy, Cooper, Sarah, Cunningham-Burley, Sarah, Elliott, Lawrie, Midgley, Paula, Whittaker, Anne   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Liver transplant and hepatitis C in methadone maintenance therapy: a case report

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2007
Methadone maintenance therapy for the treatment of opioid dependence continues to carry a social stigma. Until recently, patients on methadone were not considered for liver transplantation.
Bourgeois James A, Craemer Elana, Lester Laura, Ransibrahmanakul Kanat, Prosser Colette C, Hancock Meredith M, Rossaro Lorenzo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The becoming-methadone-body: on the onto-politics of health intervention translations.

Sociology of Health and Illness, 2019
In this paper, we reflect on health intervention translations as matters of their implementation practices. Our case is methadone treatment, an intervention promoted globally for treating opioid dependence and preventing HIV among people who inject drugs.
T. Rhodes, L. Azbel, K. Lancaster, Jaimie P. Meyer   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modeling Supports Combinatorial Effects Between Pharmacological and Non‐Pharmacological Interventions to Prevent Opioid‐Induced Cardiac Arrest

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Few studies have quantified the effects of non‐pharmacological interventions (e.g., rescue breathing) in the setting of community opioid overdose. We extended a previously validated model for opioid antagonists by incorporating the mechanism of rescue breathing, and quantified combinatorial effects between rescue breathing and various formulations of ...
Bradlee Thrasher, John Mann, Anik Chaturbedi, Shilpa Chakravartula, Hamed Meshkin, Affan Affan, Alexander Galluppi, Ji Young Kim, Nigar Karimli, Yue Han, Zachary Dezman, Jeffry Florian, Zhihua Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

An evaluation of a methadone treatment programme : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]

, 1987
The evaluation of a methadone treatment programme was the main focus of this study. A posttest-only design, with a nonequivalent comparison group was used to evaluate both summative and formative aspects of the programme.
Clark, Jahna
core  

Criminal justice outcomes over 5 years after randomization to buprenorphine-naloxone or methadone treatment for opioid use disorder.

Addiction, 2019
AIMS To compare long-term criminal justice outcomes among opioid-dependent individuals randomized to receive buprenorphine or methadone. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A 5-year follow-up was conducted in 2011-14 of 303 opioid-dependent participants ...
E. Evans, Yuhui Zhu, C. Yoo, David Y. C. Huang, Y. Hser   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology: Guidelines and Consensus Statement for Palliative Surgery in Oncology

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objective Palliative surgery in oncology aims to relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and respect patient autonomy in advanced cancer. This study aimed to develop evidence‐based recommendations for safely indicating and performing palliative surgeries in Brazil, considering clinical, ethical, and multidisciplinary aspects.
Audrey Cabral Ferreira de Oliveira, Jordana Henz Hammes, Isabela Maria Alves de Almeida Oliva, Lara Andrade Mendes Mangieri, Ronald Enrique Delgado Bocanegra, Marcos Gonçalves Adriano Junior, Ana Caroline Fonseca Alves, Eliel Oliveira de Araujo, Jairo Cerqueira de Almeida Teixeira, Patricia Isabel Bahia Mendes Freire, Larissa de Jesus Almeida, Raquel Lacerda Dantas de Farias, Heládio Feitosa e Castro Neto, Alexandre Ferreira Oliveira, Reitan Ribeiro, Rodrigo Nascimento Pinheiro   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commentary on Gibson et al. (2017): Gestational age and the severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome [PDF]

, 2017
No abstract ...
Allocco, Bier, Desai, Dryden, Gibson, Hodgson, Jones, Kocherlakota, Liu, Mactier, Maeda, McGlone, McGlone, Noormohammadi, Steinhorn, Yuan   +15 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of buprenorphine and methadone on mortality: a primary care cohort study in the United Kingdom

Addiction, 2018
Aims To estimate whether opioid substitution treatment (OST) with buprenorphine or methadone is associated with a greater reduction in the risk of all‐cause mortality (ACM) and opioid drug‐related poisoning (DRP) mortality.
M. Hickman, C. Steer, K. Tilling, A. Lim, J. Marsden, T. Millar, J. Strang, Maggie Telfer, P. Vickerman, J. Macleod   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source