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Methadone Dosage and Plasma Levels, SNPs of OPRM1 Gene and Age of First Drug Use Were Associated With Outcomes of Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Frontiers in Genetics, 2018
Objective: To explore the association between methadone dosage, plasma drug concentration, SNPs of μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1), ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1 gene (ABCB1), and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) response.Method: A total ...
Sufang Peng, Haifeng Jiang, Jiang Du, Shuxing Lin, Shujun Pan, Shunying Yu, Min Zhao, Min Zhao, Min Zhao   +8 more
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Magnesium Salt, a Simple Strategy to Improve Methadone Analgesia in Chronic Pain: An Isobolographic Preclinical Study in Neuropathic Mice

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
Analgesic efficacy of methadone in cancer and chronic non-cancer pains is greater than that of other opioids, probably because of its unique pharmacokinetics properties and also because it targets glutamatergic receptors in addition to µ-opioid receptors.
Valeria González, Teresa Pelissier, Victoria Cazanga, Alejandro Hernández, Luis Constandil, Luis Constandil   +5 more
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Intravenous paracetamol does not have significant opioid‐sparing effects when used as part of a multimodal analgesic protocol in dogs undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Data evaluating paracetamol combined with NSAIDs in dogs are scarce. Results of clinical studies in dogs investigating intravenous paracetamol vary. Methods Dogs were randomised to either receive 10 mg/kg paracetamol intravenously after induction of anaesthesia and every 8 hours during hospitalisation (test) or not (control).
Robin Stallard, Julia Deutsch, Joanna Murrell   +2 more
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Optimizing methadone dose adjustment in patients with opioid use disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry
IntroductionOpioid use disorder is a cause for concern globally. This study aimed to optimize methadone dose adjustments using mixed modeling and machine learning.MethodsThis retrospective study was conducted at Taichung Veterans General Hospital between
Po-Shen Liu, Teng-Yao Kuo, I-Chun Chen, I-Chun Chen, I-Chun Chen, Shu-Wua Lee, Ting-Gang Chang, Hou-Liang Chen, Jun-Peng Chen   +8 more
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Post-mortem toxicology: A pilot study to evaluate the use of a Bayesian network to assess the likelihood of fatality [PDF]

, 2015
The challenge of interpreting post-mortem drug concentrations is well documented and relies on appropriate sample collection, knowledge of case circumstances as well as reference to published tables of data, whilst taking into account the known issues of
Bolton, Jennifer, Carlin, Michelle, Langford, Alan, Palmer, Ray   +3 more
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Medicaid Managed Care Plan Alignment With State Substance Use Disorder Treatment Coverage Requirements

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points States contract with Medicaid managed care plans to administer benefits for roughly 70 million Medicaid enrollees, yet little is known about how plan benefit policies for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment medications align with state requirements.
SAGE R. FELTUS, CHRISTINA M. ANDREWS, LAUREN PETERSON, COLLEEN M. GROGAN, AMANDA J. ABRAHAM, OLIVIA M. HINDS, MAUREEN T. STEWART   +6 more
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Evaluating the effect of chronic and continuous use of methadone on the glomerular filtration rate of patients receiving oral methadone (syrup)

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionThis study systematically examines the effects of chronic oral methadone use on the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in patients participating in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) in Qazvin City, Iran.
Valiollah Goudarzvand Chegini, Amir Mohammad Kazemifar, Amir Ershad Tavakolian, Arian Ghannadi Karimi, Arsalan Jamali Pour Sofi, Darya Ipchian, Sahand Kamali, Mehran Ebrahimi Varkiani, Zohreh Yazdi   +8 more
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Methadone Related Poisoning on the Rise in Tehran, Iran [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2014
Background: In Iran, methadone has been used for methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as well as analgesic treatment in pain clinics. Recently, there are some reports regarding accidental and intentional methadone poisonings and deaths.
Kambiz Soltaninejad, Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam, Shahin Shadnia   +2 more
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Methadone adverse reaction presenting with large increase in plasma methadone binding: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction The use of methadone as an analgesic is on the increase, but it is widely recognized that the goal of predictable and reproducible dosing is confounded by considerable variability in methadone pharmacokinetics, and unpredictable side effects
Flockhart David A, Kreutz Yvonne, Zhou Weidong, Lu Wenjie J   +3 more
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Retrospective analysis of low-dose methadone and QTc prolongation in chronic pain patients [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010
BackgroundMethadone is a synthetic opioid that is widely used for the treatment of chronic pain. The association between methadone treatment and QT interval prolongation or which can lead to torsades de pointes has been confirmed with larger studies on ...
Billy Huh, Chan-Hong Park
doaj   +1 more source