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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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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
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Forensic challenges in a case of suspected filicide, matricide, and post‐mortem dismemberment

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Familicide represents one of the most complex forms of domestic violence in forensic practice. Among intrafamilial homicides, filicide and matricide pose major medico‐legal and criminological challenges, particularly when autopsy findings are nonspecific or severely altered by post‐mortem changes.
Isabella Caristo, Rosario Barranco, Giulio Fraternali Orcioni, Domenico Coviello, Francesco Ventura   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Eight Weeks Forced Swimming Training with Methadone Supplementation on Aspartate Aminotransferase, Alanine Aminotransferase, and Alkaline Phosphatase of Rats [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 2016
Background & Objective: Narcotics abuse can induce liver disorders; nevertheless, exercises improve liver disorders. The present research aimed to review the effect of eight weeks forced swimming training with methadone supplementation on liver enzymes ...
Seyed Ali Hoseini, Abdosaleh Zar, Seyed Ali Hoseini, Ghobad Hassanpour, Maryam Kheirdeh, Mehdi Noura   +5 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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GC/MS determination of gabapentin in human plasma and vitreous humor and its application to forensic samples

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Gabapentin (GBP) is widely prescribed off‐label, and cases of misuse, abuse, self‐medication, and intentional self‐harm have been reported. This study aimed to develop and validate a simple GC‐MS method for the determination of GBP in plasma and vitreous humor (VH) and to explore the relationship between concentrations in both matrices in ...
Pamela Cabarcos‐Fernández, Inés Sánchez‐Sellero, Iván Álvarez‐Freire, María Jesús Tabernero‐Duque, Ana María Bermejo‐Barrera   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trajectories of medication for opioid use disorder and their impact on HIV testing among people who inject drugs in India: A longitudinal assessment of clinic‐based data

Addiction, Volume 120, Issue 4, Page 745-755, April 2025.
Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to identify longitudinal trajectories of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) use throughout 1 year following MOUD initiation and to examine the association of trajectory membership with HIV testing among people who inject drugs in India.
Allison M. McFall, Lakshmi Ganapathi, Mihili P. Gunaratne, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, Conjeevaram K. Vasudevan, Santhanam Anand, Sunil S. Solomon, Shruti H. Mehta, Gregory M. Lucas   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of methadone

Western Journal of Medicine, 2000
Opiate dependence is a major public health problem associated with the transmission of deadly diseases (human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], hepatitis), criminal activity, accidental overdose, hospital admissions, and death. The treatment of opiate dependence is controversial, and in most patients, a lifelong duration is probably required.1 Methadone is
I B, Anderson, T E, Kearney
openaire   +3 more sources

Psychedelic‐assisted treatment for substance use disorder: A narrative systematic review

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This is the first systematic review of the extant literature on all major psychedelic‐assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), tobacco use disorder (TUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD). We aimed to summarise the evidence for efficacy of psychedelic‐assisted treatment for AUD, TUD, and SUD; to evaluate its
Theodore Piper, Francesca Small, Sam Brown, Michael Kelleher, Luke Mitcheson, James Rucker, Allan H. Young, John Marsden   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Electrocardiographic Conundrum in a Patient on Methadone Maintenance Therapy and Cannabis Coingestion: A Case Report of a Heartbreaking Puzzle

Heart Views
Methadone is considered relatively safe when compared to other opioids. Methadone, however, can cause respiratory depression and QT prolongation. Among patients on methadone maintenance therapy, the rate of cannabis use is high.
Muhammad Adnan Zaman, Amna Amir, Lou Mastrine   +2 more
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