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Life, 2023 Methadone treatment reduces the use of heroin and withdrawal symptoms; however, methadone is an expensive medication with a narrow safety margin. We compared the retention rates, persistence of heroin use, and quality of life of a group of patients ...
Carlos Isaza +5 more
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Methadone treatment for opiate dependent patients in general practice and specialist clinic settings : outcomes at one-year follow-up [PDF]
, 2004 Few studies have investigated methadone maintenance treatment of opiate dependent patients in primary health care settings compared to specialist clinic settings.
Petitjean Gottfried, Sylvie
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Methadone switching for refractory cancer pain
BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background Methadone is commonly considered an alternative opioid treatment for refractory cancer pain. This study aims to investigate the efficacy, safety, and cost of methadone in the treatment of refractory cancer pain.
Haiying Ding +8 more
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Methadone in post-herpetic neuralgia: A pilot proof-of-concept study
Clinics, 2013 OBJECTIVE: This research was designed as a pilot proof-of-concept study to evaluate the use of low-dose methadone in post-herpetic neuralgia patients who remained refractory after first and second line post-herpetic neuralgia treatments and had ...
Manoel J. Teixeira +7 more
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Higher methadone dose reduces risky drug injecting behaviours among methadone clients in Myanmar
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 2021 Background: HIV prevalence rate among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Myanmar is marginally high (34.9%). HIV transmission can be reduced and prevented through harm reduction programs such as methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and needle syringe ...
Sun Tun, B. Vicknasingam, Darshan Singh
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Interruption of methadone treatment by imprisonment [PDF]
BMJ, 1997 Editor—The number of opiate dependent drug injectors being prescribed methadone in Glasgow has risen 10-fold in the past five years and by the end of 1996 exceeded 2200. There is increasing evidence that this is helping many people achieve substantial improvements in health, social stability, and reduced criminality.1 After several reports that ...
L, Gruer, J, Macleod
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Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsPatients receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) elicited poor response and rapid anti-HBs loss after standard hepatitis B vaccination. An optimal hepatitis B vaccination was urgent.
Xinyuan Mo +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 +7 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022 Introduction: People with opioid use disorder (OUD) have high rates of discharge against medical advice from the hospital. Interventions for addressing these patient-directed discharges (PDDs) are lacking.
Hannah R. Tierney +5 more
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Factors associated with quality of life (QOL) scores among methadone patients in Myanmar.
PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 The Drug Dependency Treatment and Research Unit (DDTRU) in Myanmar established opioid substitution with methadone in 2006. Reducing HIV transmission could be affected by eliminating the unsafe needle sharing among injecting drug uses and treatment with ...
Sun Tun +2 more
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