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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022 Background Assessing the experiences of individuals on methadone treatment is essential to help evaluate the treatment program’s effectiveness. This study aimed to explore the experiences of patients receiving methadone treatment at a clinic in Nairobi ...
Sarah Kanana Kiburi +2 more
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Interest without uptake: A mixed-methods analysis of methadone utilization in Kyrgyz prisons.
PLoS ONE, 2022 HIV incidence continues to increase in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), in large part due to non-sterile injection drug use, especially within prisons. Therefore, medication-assisted therapy with opioid agonists is an evidence-based HIV-prevention
Amanda R Liberman +8 more
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Rural and Remote Health, 2021 Context: The COVID-19 pandemic led to several changes to methadone treatment protocols at federal opioid treatment programs in the USA. Issue: Protocol changes were designed to reduce transmission of COVID-19 while allowing for continuity of care, but
Jamey Lister, Holly Lister
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2019 Background This study was to characterize the Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) in Shanghai, China, and to explore factors associated with the decline of patients in MMT during 2005–2016. Methods Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in
Lei Zhang +11 more
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The nature of methadone diversion in England: a Merseyside case study
Harm Reduction Journal, 2012 Background Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is a key element in treatment for opiate addiction; however concerns about the diversion of methadone remain. More current empirical data on methadone diversion are required. This research investigated the
Duffy Paul, Baldwin Helen
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Perceived barriers to methadone maintenance treatment among Iranian opioid users
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018 Background Opioid use is a severe problem in Iran. Despite methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs being one of the most important treatment strategies for reducing individual and public harms associated with opioid use, a large proportion of ...
Maryam Khazaee-Pool +5 more
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Retrospective analysis of low-dose methadone and QTc prolongation in chronic pain patients [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 BackgroundMethadone is a synthetic opioid that is widely used for the treatment of chronic pain. The association between methadone treatment and QT interval prolongation or which can lead to torsades de pointes has been confirmed with larger studies on ...
Billy Huh, Chan-Hong Park
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Is the promise of methadone Kenya's solution to managing HIV and addiction? A mixed-method mathematical modelling and qualitative study. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Promoted globally as an evidence-based intervention in the prevention of HIV and treatment of heroin addiction among people who inject drugs (PWID), opioid substitution treatment (OST) can help control emerging HIV epidemics ...
Guise, Andy +9 more
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Methadone Treatment at Forty [PDF]
Science & Practice Perspectives, 2005 In the view of a clinician who has been providing methadone therapy since its inception 40 years ago, the status of the treatment today reflects the culmination of two trends: an increase in understanding, skills, and standards on the one hand, and a deterioration of patients' health on the other.
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major public health concern in the USA, resulting in high rates of overdose and other negative outcomes. Methadone, an OUD treatment, has been shown to be effective in reducing the risk of overdose and improving ...
Stephanie D Nichols +7 more
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