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Buprenorphine‐naloxone, buprenorphine, and methadone throughout pregnancy in maternal opioid use disorder

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Current WHO guidelines recommend using methadone or buprenorphine as maintenance treatments for maternal opioid use disorder. However, buprenorphine‐naloxone, with a lower abuse risk than buprenorphine monotherapy or methadone, offers a ...
Minna M. Kanervo, Sarimari J. Tupola, Eeva M. Nikkola, Krista M. Rantakari, Hanna K. Kahila   +4 more
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A review of the evidence for the effectiveness of primary prevention interventions for Hepatitis C among injecting drug users [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C (HCV) prevalence is most common amongst injecting drug users where up to 98% of the population can be infected despite a low prevalence of HIV.
Tompkins, C.N.E., Wright, N.M.J.
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Treating Homeless Opioid Dependent Patients with Buprenorphine in an Office-Based Setting [PDF]

, 2007
CONTEXT Although office-based opioid treatment with buprenorphine (OBOT-B) has been successfully implemented in primary care settings in the US, its use has not been reported in homeless patients.
Alford, Daniel P., Cheng, Debbie M., Hohl, Carole A., LaBelle, Colleen T., O'Connell, James J., Richardson, Jessica M., Samet, Jeffrey H.   +6 more
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Client Acceptability for Integrating Antiretroviral Therapy in Methadone Maintenance Therapy Clinics in Sichuan, China. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundUsing methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) clinics to deliver antiretroviral therapy (ART) has proven to be effective for promoting treatment initiation and adherence in drug users living with HIV.ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to ...
Cao, Xiaobin, Li, Li, Lin, Chunqing
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A case of drug abuse

Clinical Management Issues, 2008
Methadone maintenance is one of the well-known harm reduction strategies for public health intervention in heroin addiction. The significance of methadone treatment in preventing needle sharing, which in turn reduces the risk of HIV and HCV transmission ...
Matteo Pacini
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Evaluation of functional status among patients undergoing maintenance treatments for opioid use disorders

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Methadone and buprenorphine are the most prevalent types of opioid maintenance programs in Andalusia. The main objective is comparing the functional status of patients with pharmacological opioid maintenance treatments according to different ...
Juan J. Ruíz Ruíz, José M. Martinez Delgado, Nuria García-Marchena, The ANDOPIO Study Group   +3 more
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]

, 2016
Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M., Kraft, Walter K., Stover, Megan W.   +2 more
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Modulation of Attentional Bias to Drug and Affective Cues by Therapeutic and Neuropsychological Factors in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder on Methadone Maintenance Therapy

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Objective: Abnormal selective attention to drug cues and negative affect is observed in patients with substance dependence, and it is closely associated with drug addiction and relapse.
Wenhui Li, Jin Huang, Nan Zhang, Kathrin Weidacker, Jun Li, Valerie Voon, Chuansheng Wang, Chencheng Zhang, Chencheng Zhang, Chencheng Zhang   +9 more
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Immunogenicity persistence after four intramuscular triple-dose or standard-dose hepatitis B vaccine in patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment: A 1-year follow-up study in China

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) elicited poor response and rapid anti-HBs loss after standard hepatitis B vaccination. An optimal hepatitis B vaccination was urgent.
Xinyuan Mo, Zhaoyue Men, Linying Gao, Yizhuo Gao, Tian Yao, Yuan Liu, Yuan Yuan, Tongchuan Xue, Fuzhen Wang, Suping Wang, Keke Wang, Xiaofeng Liang, Yongliang Feng   +12 more
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QTc prolongation in methadone maintenance – the role of HCV infection

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2013
OBJECTIVES: Several studies have reported prolonged QTc intervals in patients under methadone maintenance treatment, including development of torsade-de-pointes arrhythmia and death.
Najibulah Gholami, Lukas Boesch, Luis Falcato, Rudolf Stohler, Philip Bruggmann   +4 more
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