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Methadone Transition Treatment: A Treatment Model for 180-Day Methadone Detoxification
International Journal of the Addictions, 1995For those drug addicts who do not meet the United States federal government regulations for methadone maintenance, methadone detoxification remains the primary option for treatment. Studies on the effectiveness of 21-day methadone detoxification, however, report low completion rates and high relapse.
P M, Reilly +5 more
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Methadone-Nicotine Interactions in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2009Smoking 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 dose and treatment outcome
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1993Consensus on the optimal dosing of methadone in the treatment of opioid dependence has not yet been achieved, with some programs committed to low dose regimens. This paper presents outcome results for 95 opioid abusers who remained in treatment through a stable dosing period in a double-blind fixed dose clinical trial comparing the relative efficacies ...
E C, Strain +3 more
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Monitoring in Methadone Maintenance Treatment
International Journal of the Addictions, 1995Weekly 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 treatment in Spain, 1994
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1999The objective of this study was to describe the methadone treatment (MT) network in Spain, and to evaluate compliance with criteria known to influence the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). During the last 3 months of 1994, a mailed questionnaire was sent to the coordinators of all methadone treatment centers in Spain. A total of 224 centers
A, Domingo-Salvany +5 more
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Methadone for treatment of cancer pain
Current Oncology Reports, 2006Methadone is a unique mu opioid agonist, which also has delta receptor affinity and properties of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonism and monoamine reuptake inhibition. It is mainly used in the setting of uncontrolled pain or dose-limiting toxicity.
John, Bryson +3 more
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2003
Abstract The origins of methadone are generally traced back to the Second World War when the drug was synthesized as a substitute for morphine by German chemists at 1.G. Farben. After the war, in 1947, methadone was used as a medication for pain relief or as a cough suppressant.
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Abstract The origins of methadone are generally traced back to the Second World War when the drug was synthesized as a substitute for morphine by German chemists at 1.G. Farben. After the war, in 1947, methadone was used as a medication for pain relief or as a cough suppressant.
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Methadone Treatment During Pregnancy
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 1999To review the literature on methadone use by pregnant women.A search was conducted on CINAHL, MEDLINE, and PSYCHINFO under "pregnancy" and "methadone."Articles published between 1988-1998 were reviewed and chosen based upon relevance to the objective.Data were extracted and organized under the following headings: effects of methadone on pregnancy ...
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On Federal Regulation of Methadone Treatment
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1995A RECENT report from the Institute of Medicine (an affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences) provides an authoritative review of the history and consequences of federal regulation of methadone treatment. 1 It examines the assumptions that justified imposition of special restrictions on prescription of methadone and the effects of enforced ...
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Methadone Treatment of Heroin Addicts
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972ABSTRACT To the Editor.— I would like to make two comments regarding the article by Dobbs (218:1536, 1971) on problems associated with methadone programs. I would like to comment on two aspects of his article.First, there is generally little, if any, means of forcing a person participating in a methadone program to abstain from heroin.
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