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Plasma methadone monitoring with methadone maintenance treatment

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1994
Substantial evidence exists to support the effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), particularly with regard to reductions in intravenous drug use (Schuster, 1991) and crime (Bell et al., 1992); and to its safety and cost effectiveness compared to other (drug-free) alternatives (Glass, 1993).
K, Wolff, A W, Hay
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METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT

InPharma, 1976
TEN YEARS ago inThe Journal, we reported on the use of methadone hydrochloride to treat a small group of intractable heroin addicts. The encouraging results of this pilot experiment suggested that larger-scale maintenance programs might provide a treatment alternative for a significant number of heroin addicts. To some extent this expectation has been
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Pharmacogenomics of Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Pharmacogenomics, 2014
Methadone is the major opioid substitution therapy for opioid dependence. Dosage is highly variable and is often controlled by the patient and prescriber according to local and national policy and guidelines. Nevertheless many genetic factors have been investigated including those affecting its metabolism (CYP2B6-consistent results), efflux transport ...
Somogyi, A.   +3 more
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Methadone Maintenance Treatment

International Journal of the Addictions, 1985
This paper reviews the world literature on methadone. Methadone has been used in hundreds of thousands of patients, in disparate social, economic, cultural, and geographic situations; it has been evaluated in scores of studies. The large majority of evaluations demonstrate that opioid use, criminality, and general health status are affected positively ...
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Monitoring in Methadone Maintenance Treatment

International Journal of the Addictions, 1995
Weekly preannounced and unannounced urine testing was compared in a counterbalanced design with two random samples of clients (n = 74) from a methadone maintenance program. Results indicated no significant differences in the detected rate of positive specimens for the two types of testing.
J G, Baker, J B, Rounds, C A, Carson
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Methadone-Nicotine Interactions in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2009
Smoking is highly prevalent (85%-98%) in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients. Methadone has been shown to increase cigarette smoking in a dose-dependent manner, whereas smoking/nicotine has been shown to increase methadone self-administration and reinforcing properties.
Alexander K, Elkader   +3 more
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Methadone Maintenance: A Comparison of Methadone Treatment Subjects and Methadone Treatment Dropouts

International Journal of the Addictions, 1975
Commonly agreed upon goals in conjunction with methadone maintenance have been (1) a return to legitimate employment, (2) cessation or substantial reduction in criminal behavior, (3) reduction in the amount of time spent in drug-seeking behavior, (4) involvement with a social system in which there is a positive reinforcement for relating to people, and
W V, Williams, J, Lee
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