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Mental WellnessThis research investigated the differences in personality traits and early maladaptive schemas between patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment and healthy controls in Zahedan, Iran.
Azam Kargar, Alireza Ganjali
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Heart ViewsMethadone 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 +2 more
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Tampering by office-based methadone maintenance patients with methadone take home privileges: a pilot study [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2007 Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is among the most widely studied treatments for opiate dependence with proven benefits for patients and society. When misused, however, methadone can also be lethal.
Frank Nathan +9 more
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Methadone maintenance treatment [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 EDITOR,—Our review of methadone maintenance treatment1 elicited a range of views.2 Wolfgang Poser and colleagues correctly comment that methadone treatment protects against death due to an overdose of opiates2—an effect that we have reviewed elsewhere.3 The problem of deaths due to overdoses of diverted methadone, however, is considerable in Britain ...
Mattick, Richard +6 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022 Introduction: People with opioid use disorder (OUD) have high rates of discharge against medical advice from the hospital. Interventions for addressing these patient-directed discharges (PDDs) are lacking.
Hannah R. Tierney +5 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021 Methadone maintenance treatment is reported as cost-effective in treatment of opioid use disorder. Estimated cost of providing methadone varies widely in different regions but there is no data regarding cost of methadone treatment in Kenya.
Brenda Mogaka1 +3 more
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HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN DENGAN KEPATUHAN BEROBAT DI KLINIK PROGRAM TERAPI RUMATAN METADON DI PUSKESMAS PARAKAN KABUPATEN TEMANGGUNG [PDF]
Pharmaciana, 2016 Psycho active substance abuse is a common problem throughout the world, and it is associated with the increase of mortality and morbidity. One of substitution therapy program is methadone maintenance therapy program.
Sari Dwi Martiani, Heni Lutfi Yati
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Evaluation of the sexual performance in male drug abusers under treatment with methadone and buprenorphine in 2021 [PDF]
Fiyz̤, 2023 Background: Sexual dysfunction is a common complication of methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) and buprenorphine maintenance therapy (BMT). The aim of this study was to evaluate of sexual function in addicted men under treatment with methadone and ...
Afshin Ahmadvand +2 more
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Dose of methadone and positive urinary morphine test in patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) [PDF]
مجله پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز, 2022 Background. Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) is a well-known approach in treatment of Opioid Use Disorders and reduction of harm in these patients.
Arash Mohagheghi, Farzaneh Naghdi
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2019 Background This study was to characterize the Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) in Shanghai, China, and to explore factors associated with the decline of patients in MMT during 2005–2016. Methods Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in
Lei Zhang +11 more
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