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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 +3 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aims Insomnia is a common sleep disorder, affecting up to 20% of the world population and adversely impacting productivity, health, and overall well‐being. Although pharmacologic options exist to treat insomnia, the health‐related quality of life for patients who are prescribed hypnotics is no higher than for those who are not, revealing a significant ...
Garth T. Whiteside +5 more
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Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2018 To systematically review and meta‐analyse studies of neurodevelopmental outcome of children born to mothers prescribed methadone in pregnancy.
Victoria J. Monnelly +4 more
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Toxicological Analysis of Some Drugs of Abuse in Biological Samples [PDF]
, 2015 Consumption of drugs of abuse is a scourge of modern world. Abuse, drug addiction and their consequences are one of the major current problems of European society because of the significant repercussions in individual, family, social and economic level ...
Baconi, Daniela Luiza +5 more
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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
Thomas E. Kearney, Ilene B. Anderson
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Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background With a rising prison population, a substantial portion of whom are identified as substance misusers, it is important to understand the availability of treatment pathways, their successes and areas for improvement. Given the likely importance of national factors in criminal justice and substance use service provision, we chose to ...
Kim Barnett +9 more
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Commentary on Gibson et al. (2017): Gestational age and the severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome [PDF]
, 2017 No abstract ...
Allocco +15 more
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Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.This study is related to the development of a microextraction method for the determination of 56 psychoactive substances in oral fluid. Sample clean‐up is obtained by parallel artificial liquid membrane extraction and analyzed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry.
Martina Croce +6 more
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Infant Death due to Cannabis Ingestion
Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A child died in the emergency room of a local hospital a few hours after ingesting a substance the color of cork and the consistency of earth. At home, a modest amount of resinous substance was found. At the hospital, the child exhibited alterations in walking, balance, and consciousness.
Donata Favretto +9 more
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A Novel Use of the “3-Day Rule”: Post-discharge Methadone Dosing in the Emergency Department
Western Journal of Emergency MedicineIntroduction: Methadone is a medically necessary and lifesaving medication for many patients with opioid use disorder. To adequately address these patients’ needs, methadone should be offered in the hospital, but barriers exist that limit its ...
Jenna K. Nikolaides +4 more
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