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Opiate Detoxification Protocols: A Clinical Manual

, 1993
The purpose of any opiate detoxification protocol is to minimize or eliminate the signs and symptoms associated with opiate withdrawal, thereby decreasing the chances of relapse to opiate dependence.
Cutler, Robert, Fishbain, David A, Rosomoff, Hubert L, Rosomoff, Renee Steele   +3 more
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Characteristics of women on opioid substitution therapy in primary healthcare in Tshwane (South Africa): a retrospective observational study

BJGP Open
Background: Women who use drugs face specific challenges compared with men such as higher rates of HIV infection, unsafe injecting practices, and intimate partner violence (IPV).
Daniela S Goeieman, Robert Mash, Natasha R Gloeck, Andrew Scheibe   +3 more
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Tapentadol as a drug of abuse – A preliminary report

Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Background: Tapentadol is a dual action opioid analgesic with emerging data on abuse and diversion. Aim: This study describes tapentadol abuse, clinical presentation, and treatment patterns.
Prakrithi Shivaprakash, Lekhansh Shukla, Sourabh Joshi, Jayant Mahadevan, Arun Kandasamy, Prabhat K. Chand, Vivek Benegal, Pratima Murthy   +7 more
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Integrated exercise program in opioid agonist therapy clinics and effect on psychological distress: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BAReAktiv)

Trials
Background Substance use disorder is associated with unhealthy lifestyle choices, resulting in adverse social and health consequences. People with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist therapy, in particular, have high morbidity and reduced ...
Einar Furulund, Tesfaye Madebo, Karl Trygve Druckrey-Fiskaaen, Jørn Henrik Vold, Mette Hegland Nordbotn, Eivin Dahl, Sindre M. Dyrstad, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Lars T. Fadnes, for the ATLAS4LAR study group   +9 more
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Predictors of opiate agonist treatment retention among injection drug users referred from a needle exchange program

, 2009
Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a case management intervention on retention in opiate agonist therapy among injection drug users (IDUs) referred from a needle exchange program (NEP).
Latkin, Carl A., Cornelius, Llewellyn J., Huettner, Steve, Rapp, Charles, Bishai, David, Pu, Minya, Strathdee, Steffanie A., Ricketts, Erin P., Lloyd, Jacqueline J., Havens, Jennifer R.   +9 more
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Incidence of hepatitis C in drug injectors: the role of homelessness, opiate substitution treatment, equipment sharing, and community size

, 2009
SUMMARY A prospective cohort study estimated the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in drug injectors in South Wales (UK). In total, 286/481 eligible seronegative individuals were followed up after approximately 12 months. Dried blood spot samples were
McDonald, T, Russell, D, May, M, Walker, A, Craine, N, Nix, B, Hickman, M, Lyons, M, Smitth, J, Parry, J   +9 more
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Improving hospital-based opioid substitution therapy (iHOST): protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

NIHR Open Research
Background Opioid substitution therapy (also known as ‘opioid agonist therapy’ or ‘medication treatment of opioid use disorder’) is associated with improved health and social outcomes for people who use heroin and other illicit opioids.
Marisha Wickremsinhe, Dan Lewer, Adam Burns, Michael Brown, Rosalind Gittins, Niamh Eastwood, Vivian Hope, Adam Holland, Penny Lewthwaite, Aubrey Ko, Adrian Noctor, Ann-Marie Morris, Jenny Scott, Andrew Preston, Sedona Sweeney, Erica Smith, Magdalena Harris, Nerissa Tilouche   +17 more
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COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorder: Study Protocol for the International Society of Addiction Medicine Practice and Policy Interest Group Global Survey

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 2020
Introduction: As one of the major health problems in the present century, the COVID-19 pandemic affected all parts of the global communities and the health of substance users are potentially at a greater risk of harm.
Alexander Baldacchino, Seyed Ramin Radfar, Cornelis De Jong, Parnian Rafei, Masud Yunesian, Gilberto Gerra, Kathleen Brady, Mohsen Ebrahimi, Mehrnoosh Vahidi, Arash Khojasteh Zonoozi, Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili, Anja Busse, Elizabeth Saenz, Giovanna Campello, Kamran Niaz, Hamed Ekhtiari, Ali Farhoudian   +16 more
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Emergence of opiate substitution treatment in general practice

, 2010
In the nineteen nineties, the drug addiction treatment world took a change of direction. Until then "drug addiction" was confined to specialised approach, which treated it as the symptom of a disturbance inherent in the individual, psychological in origin.
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REDUCTION OF DAMAGE AS A STRATEGY FOR THE USE AND ABUSE OF SUBSTANCES IN MEXICO: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Ra Ximhai, 2017
Harm reduction is suggested as a paradigm shift in addressing problematic drug use, the goal of the model is to lessen the consequences of dependence.
Arodi Tizoc-Marquez, Karina Rivera-Fierro, Ulises Rieke-Campoy, Manuel Cruz-Palomares   +3 more
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