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Opiate Dependants’ Experiences of the Established Therapeutic Relationship in Methadone Centers: Qualitative Study [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2009
Background & Aims: Methadone maintenance therapy is one of the treatment choices for opiate users. Understanding opiate dependants’ experiences of their treatment period is important for continuing the treatment with methadone and assessing their ...
N Banazadeh, H.A Abedi, A KHeradmand
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Methadone Inhibits Viral Restriction Factors and Facilitates HIV Infection in Macrophages

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Opioid abuse alters the functions of immune cells in both in vitro and in vivo systems, including macrophages. Here, we investigated the effects of methadone, a widely used opioid receptor agonist for treatment of opiate addiction, on the expression of ...
Mei-Rong Wang, Di-Di Wu, Fan Luo, Chao-Jie Zhong, Xin Wang, Ni Zhu, Ying-Jun Wu, Hai-Tao Hu, Yong Feng, Xu Wang, Hai-Rong Xiong, Wei Hou, Wei Hou   +12 more
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Barriers to Hepatitis C Treatment among Women in Methadone Treatment: A Study from Iran, the Most Populous Persian Gulf Country [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2017
Background: Untreated Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) has been reported among many Iranian female methadone patients. However, few of them report receiving HCV treatment.
Omid Massah, Mohammad Effatpanah, Afsaneh Moradi, Mohammad Salehi, Ali Farhoudian, Zahra Karami   +5 more
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An Evaluation of the Cognitive Functioning of Individuals on Methadone Maintenance Treatment and its Relation to Treatment Adherence [PDF]

, 2009
This research assessed the cognitive functioning of several different drug and alcohol samples, with a specific focus on individuals in methadone maintenance treatment.
Yates, Susan J
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Acute toxicity of ADB‐CHMINACA ‐ a case series of patients with pronounced central nervous symptoms including the posterior reversible encephalopathic syndrome

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This report presents a series of 16 patients who were admitted to the emergency department following confirmed intake of the potent synthetic cannabinoid ADB‐CHMINACA. Methods The cases are drawn from a prospective observational study following the recreational use of synthetic cannabinoids.
Maren Hermanns‐Clausen, Michaela Sommer, Annette Zschiesche, Verena Angerer, Martin Scheu, Florian Eyer, Johannes Nadler, Volker Auwärter   +7 more
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Alcohol consumption in heroin users, methadone-substituted and codeine-substituted patients - Frequency and correlates of use [PDF]

, 2003
This retrospective study aims to determine whether there is a difference in the additional consumption of alcohol between addicts treated with methadone or dihydrocodeine (DHC) and untreated addicts injecting heroin.
Schütz, Christian G., Backmund, Markus, Soyka, Michael, Eichenlaub, Dieter, Meyer, Kirsten   +4 more
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An ETH‐LAD trip with unfavourable consequences: A case report

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Numerous analogues of the psychedelic and internationally controlled hallucinogen LSD have been described; however, only a limited number have been systematically investigated. This report presents the first case with an analytically confirmed ingestion of ETH‐LAD (6‐ethyl‐6‐nor‐lysergic acid diethylamide), the N‐ethyl derivative of LSD.
Johannes Nadler, Michaela Sommer, Annette Zschiesche, Anne Stürzebecher, Christina Grumann, Volker Auwärter, Maren Hermanns‐Clausen   +6 more
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Confidence in providing methadone maintenance treatment of primary care providers in Vietnam

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Delivering methadone treatment in community health facilities by primary care providers is a task-shifting strategy to expand access to drug use treatment, especially in rural mountainous areas.
Bich Diep Nguyen, Li Li, Chunqing Lin, Thu Trang Nguyen, Steven Shoptaw, Minh Giang Le   +5 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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Histamine and the mechanisms of nausea and vomiting: Translating the uncertain pharmacology of cyclizine

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cyclizine is a long‐established, short‐acting drug, registered for preventing motion sickness, post‐operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and ‘vomiting of known cause’. The latter is not defined but may include pregnancy and patients receiving palliative care, historically accepted without large, controlled trials.
Gareth J. Sanger, Paul L. R. Andrews
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