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Methadone Maintenance Treatment Versus Methadone Maintenance Treatment Plus Auricular Acupuncture

Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2013
This study intended to (1) describe the baseline patient satisfaction level and preferred coping strategies and (2) assess patient satisfaction and coping mechanisms pre- and postintervention. Patients on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in Terengganu, Malaysia, were randomized into either MMT or MMT plus auricular acupuncture (MMT + AA) groups ...
Pei Lin, Lua, Nor Samira, Talib, Zabidah, Ismail   +2 more
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Methadone Maintenance Treatment-A Reply

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1977
In 1965, Dole and Nyswander published the results of their initial experiences with using the drug methadone as a maintenance treatment for chronic heroin addicts [1]. The results were very encouraging and set off a tide of both medical and public expectations as to the ability to successfully treat what had been seen as an almost untreatable problem ...
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Alcohol Consumption during Methadone Maintenance Treatment

European Addiction Research, 2000
Alcohol consumption during methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) often becomes a problem. We investigated a group of 68 patients undergoing MMT in our care. Mean duration of MMT was 50 months. A set of risk factors for problematic alcohol use (‘alcohol indicators’) was set up consisting of patients’ account and laboratory parameters.
H, Rittmannsberger, C, Silberbauer, R, Lehner, M, Ruschak   +3 more
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Methadone maintenance treatment: An update

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 1995
Available data (this review includes old major articles and recent articles) show that, although results are heterogeneous, methadone maintenance treatments (MMTs) have a real efficiency not only to reduce illicit opiate abuse (50-80% of patients under MMT did not use heroin in the preceding month) but also to reduce criminality, HIV risks and ...
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Antidepressant Treatment in Methadone Maintenance Patients

Journal of Addictive Diseases, 1995
We review the controlled trials of antidepressant treatment in methadone patients. Several studies show antidepressant effects, but none demonstrate clear improvement in drug abuse. This is contrary to "self-medication" but rather suggests depression is either independent or substance induced.
E, Nunes, F, Quitkin, R, Brady, T, Post-Koenig   +3 more
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Knowledge and stigma regarding methadone maintenance treatment among personnel of methadone maintenance treatment and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction facilities in Israel

Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2016
Stigma attached to methadone maintenance treatment is very common. The objective of the current article is to evaluate the presence of stigma and its relation to the extent of knowledge about methadone maintenance treatment. The authors conducted a survey among methadone maintenance treatment and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction therapists
Lia, Shidlansik, Miriam, Adelson, Einat, Peles   +2 more
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Quality Improvement for Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Substance Use & Misuse, 2000
Negative community attitudes toward heroin addicts and toward methadone treatment are the major obstacles to providing good treatment. Negative attitudes find expression in inappropriate and constricting regulation of treatment, and in inadequate resources to support programs. They contribute to the ambivalence of patients in treatment.
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Counseling Issues in Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1991
This article reviews some of the issues and dilemmas faced by methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs counselors. The context in which MMT occurs sets the tone and constraints within which clinicians must find ways to be effective; negative attitudes and tensions with regulatory agencies have a strong impact.
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Withdrawal from Methadone Maintenance Treatment

European Addiction Research, 2002
Although factors associated with successful termination of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) have been well studied, the question of why certain methadone patients try to taper off methadone while others do not is still unanswered. Those patients who wish to continue MMT should of course be allowed to stay in treatment.
Arto J. Hiltunen, Calle Eklund
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Maintenance Methadone Treatment of drug Dependency

Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, 1972
An assessment is presented of a treatment program for narcotics dependency which involves the daily oral administration of methadone to act as a blocking agent by virtue of tolerance to all opiates. In every parameter, except holding a job, there was appreciable overall improvement from the time of admission to the methadone program, to its ...
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