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Is Heroin-Assisted Treatment Effective for Patients with No Previous Maintenance Treatment? Results from a German Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]

, 2018
Background/Aims: Until now, the medical prescription of diamorphine (heroin) has been suggested as suitable for patients who have failed previous maintenance treatments.
Eiroá Orosa, Francisco José, Haasen, Christian, Reimer, Jens, Schäfer, Ingo, Verthein, Uwe   +4 more
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The Correlation between Methadone Dosage and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Patients on Methadone Maintenance Treatment [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2012
Background: Methadone Maintenance Treatment is a useful method for opioid dependents, which results in harm reduction and increased quality of life in opioid dependents.
Nooshin Parvaresh, Arman Masoudi, Shiva Majidi, Shahrzad Mazhari   +3 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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Genetic variants in NECTIN4 encoding an adhesion molecule are associated with continued opioid use.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Methadone is a synthetic opioid used as maintenance treatment for patients addicted to heroin. Skin irritation is one of the adverse events caused by opioid use.
Chiu-Ping Fang, Tung-Hsia Liu, Ren-Hua Chung, Hsiao-Hui Tsou, Hsiang-Wei Kuo, Sheng-Chang Wang, Chia-Chen Liu, Shu Chih Liu, Andrew C H Chen, Yu-Li Liu   +9 more
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Neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b><p></p> It is assumed within the accumulated literature that children born of pregnant opioid dependent mothers have impaired neurobehavioral function as a consequence of chronic intrauterine opioid use.<p>&
A Baldacchino, A Liberati, A Ornoy, A Sameroff, A Verdejo-Garcia, AJ Dunlop, Alex Baldacchino, American Psychiatric Association, B Hanson, BJ Cleary, Britannica, C Konijnenberg, C Konijnenberg, Colin McCowan, DE Hutchings, Dennis J Petrie, Department of Health (England) and the devolved administrations, DF Stroup, E Rotheram-Fuller, E Strauss, EK Emory, FM Wolf, GJ Demakis, H Cooper, HC Steinhausen, HE Jones, HE Jones, I Fihrer, I van Beusekom, IM Bernstein, J Cohen, J Cohen, J Keegan, J Kimber, J Prosser, JE Hunter, JN Whitham, JP Higgins, K Spiteri Cornish, Kathleen Arbuckle, KB Walhovd, KD Ersche, KK Zakzanis, L Manchikanti, L McGlone, LV Hedges, LV Hedges, LW Anderson, M Borenstein, M Borenstein, M Connock, M Farrell, M Grattan, M Pirastu, MD Lezak, MM de Cubas, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, NICE, NICHD, PS Bauman, R Bunikowski, R Cornish, R Hamilton, R King, RE Johnson, RG Orwin, RJ Sternberg, RW Hunt, S Darke, S Minozzi, S Salo, S Simeons, S Soepatmi, S Tong, Scottish Government, SL Grace, SL Hans, SL Hans, SM Petterson, SM Quinhana, SR Kandall, TB Huedo-Medina, TJ Ornstein, TS Rosen, V Moe, WH Organization, WK Lombardo   +86 more
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Neuropsychological correlates of opioid dependence and withdrawal [PDF]

, 2003
Severity of opioid dependence, and performance on two successive runs of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), were assessed in 39 right-handed male and female methadone patients who had been randomly assigned to either a recently dosed (n=21) or 24 hr
Lyvers, Michael, Yakimoff, Michael
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Effects of drug substitution programs on offending among drug‐addicts

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2009
Drug abusers are generally more involved in crime, in particular property crime, than people who are not drug abusers. Substitution programs have been developed in order to improve drug users' quality of life and to decrease their criminal involvement ...
Nicole Egli, Miriam Pina, Pernille Skovbo Christensen, Marcelo Aebi, Martin Killias   +4 more
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Liver transplant and hepatitis C in methadone maintenance therapy: a case report

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2007
Methadone maintenance therapy for the treatment of opioid dependence continues to carry a social stigma. Until recently, patients on methadone were not considered for liver transplantation.
Bourgeois James A, Craemer Elana, Lester Laura, Ransibrahmanakul Kanat, Prosser Colette C, Hancock Meredith M, Rossaro Lorenzo   +6 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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The Long-Term Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Prevention of Hepatitis C Virus Among Illicit Drug Users : A Modeling Study [PDF]

, 2014
Article Accepted Date: Oct 7, 2013 Acknowledgments: We would like to thank all MMT centers' staff in Shiraz for their cooperation in this study. Funding Support: This study was funded and supported by the Tehran University of Medical Sciences.Peer ...
Javanbakht, Mehdi, Mashayekhi, Atefeh, Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza   +2 more
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