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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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Transition From Full Mu Opioid Agonists to Buprenorphine in Opioid Dependent Patients—A Critical Review

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Methadone, a full opioid agonist at the mu-, kappa-, and delta-receptor, and buprenorphine, a partial agonist at the mu receptor, are first-line medications in opioid maintenance treatment.
Michael Soyka
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Modeling Supports Combinatorial Effects Between Pharmacological and Non‐Pharmacological Interventions to Prevent Opioid‐Induced Cardiac Arrest

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Few studies have quantified the effects of non‐pharmacological interventions (e.g., rescue breathing) in the setting of community opioid overdose. We extended a previously validated model for opioid antagonists by incorporating the mechanism of rescue breathing, and quantified combinatorial effects between rescue breathing and various formulations of ...
Bradlee Thrasher, John Mann, Anik Chaturbedi, Shilpa Chakravartula, Hamed Meshkin, Affan Affan, Alexander Galluppi, Ji Young Kim, Nigar Karimli, Yue Han, Zachary Dezman, Jeffry Florian, Zhihua Li   +12 more
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Genome-Wide Pharmacogenomic Study on Methadone Maintenance Treatment Identifies SNP rs17180299 and Multiple Haplotypes on CYP2B6, SPON1, and GSG1L Associated with Plasma Concentrations of Methadone R- and S-enantiomers in Heroin-Dependent Patients. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2016
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is commonly used for controlling opioid dependence, preventing withdrawal symptoms, and improving the quality of life of heroin-dependent patients.
Hsin-Chou Yang, Shih-Kai Chu, Chieh-Liang Huang, Hsiang-Wei Kuo, Sheng-Chang Wang, Sheng-Wen Liu, Ing-Kang Ho, Yu-Li Liu   +7 more
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Sexual Inactivity in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Sexual dysfunction has been extensively studied in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients. However, little data is available regarding sexual inactivity in the MMT patient population. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and putative risk factors for sexual inactivity in the MMT patient population.
Fitri Fareez Ramli, Tg Mohd Ikhwan Tg Abu Bakar Sidik, Isa Naina Mohamed   +2 more
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The effects of mindfulness‐based interventions on emotion regulation/dysregulation in people with mental health conditions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis to examine the effects of mindfulness‐based interventions (MBIs) on emotion regulation (ER) and emotion dysregulation (ED) in people with any mental health condition. Methods Following a pre‐registered protocol (PROSPERO CRD42024618605), we searched multiple databases (Web of ...
Thomas Easdale‐Cheele, George Nash, Veronika Filobokova, Chloe Westbury, Alessio Bellato   +4 more
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Job Satisfaction Among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinic Service Providers in Jiangsu, China: A Cross-sectional Survey. [PDF]

, 2020
ObjectiveService providers' job satisfaction is critical to the stability of the work force and thereby the effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs.
Cao, Xiaobin, Chen, Guohong, Chen, Yuheng, Huan, Xiping, Li, Li, Lin, Chunqing, Liu, Xiaoyan, Luo, Sitong, McGoogan, Jennifer M, Wu, Zunyou   +9 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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Things We Do for No Reason™: Withholding opioids among patients with acute pain and opioid use disorder

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Hospitalists care for patients with acute pain who have an opioid use disorder and require pain management. Hospitalists may withhold opioids for acute pain due to a variety of reasons. However, adequate pain management in patients with opioid use disorder, including with opioids, is the standard of care. This piece explains how to best manage
Anna‐Maria South, Susan L. Calcaterra, Marlene Martin   +2 more
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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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