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Substitution treatment for opiate dependent individuals: an international literature review [PDF]

, 2013
Since the Belgian Federal Drug policy note in 2001, a legal framework has been developed for the prescription and administration of opioid substitution treatment (OST).
Buckinx, Margaux, Vander Laenen, Freya, Smet, Valérie   +2 more
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Dihydrocodeine for detoxification and maintenance treatment in individuals with opiate use disorders [PDF]

BACKGROUND: Medical treatment and detoxification from opiate disorders includes oral administration of opioid agonists. Dihydrocodeine (DHC) substitution treatment is typically low threshold and therefore has the capacity to reach wider groups of opiate ...
Norman, I, Van Hout, MC, Siegfried, N, Parry, CD, Dada, S, Carney, T   +5 more
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Twenty years of the methadone treatment protocol in Ireland: reflections on the role of general practice

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Opioid dependence, characterised by socio economic disadvantage and significant morbidity and mortality, remains a major public health problem in Ireland. Through the methadone treatment protocol (MTP), Irish general practice has been a leader
Ide Delargy, Des Crowley, Marie Claire Van Hout   +2 more
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Correlation between sociodemographic characteristics and abuse of substitution therapy in opiate addicts [PDF]

, 2019
Ovisnost o opijatima je kronična i recidivirajuća bolest koja predstavlja ozbiljan i težak javnozdravstveni problem suvremenog društva. Karakterizira ju specifična klinička slika te etioligija i epidemiologija, a neliječena ovisnost o opijatima rezultira
Božinović, Elizabeta
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Using client's routine urinalysis records from multiple treatment systems to model five-year opioid substitution treatment outcomes. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: At global, national, and local level, the need for ongoing, timely and cost efficient, comprehensive drug treatment monitoring, and evaluation systems have clearly been well recognized.
Comiskey, Catherine M, Snel, Anne
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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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Quality of life in patients in substitution treatment [PDF]

, 2008
The opiate type of drug addiction represent a social problem in many world countries for a long time. Dependence on drugs is hardly curable but today exist time-proved ways how to reduce its negative social incidences (impact) and incidences on each ...
Kalužíková, Miroslava
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3OD – Once-daily (OD) TDF-containing HAART in HIV-1-infected former IVDU-patients receiving opiate substitution : efficacy, tolerability and adherence [PDF]

, 2008
Purpose of the study: There is a clinical need for antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens that simplify dosing and make adherence easier for specific patient groups such as former intravenous drug users (IVDU) receiving opiate substitution.
Staszewski, Schlomo, Vera, José, Lazzarin, Adriano, Ranneberg, Britta, Gallo, Lothar, Gölz, Jörg, Esser, Stefan, Mulcahy, Fiona, Körber, Andreas, Teofilo, Eugenio, Haberl, Annette Elisabeth   +10 more
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Mood disturbance and withdrawal severity in substitution treatment for opioid dependence: Their association and impact on continued illicit drug use [PDF]

, 2010
Objectives: This study explored the relationship between withdrawal severity and mood disturbance, and their links with continued illicit drug use during the first 3 months of opioid substitution treatment (ST).
Ali, R., Kettler, L, Nikic, M, Newcombe, David, Nikic, M., Ali, R, Kettler, L., Newcombe, D.   +7 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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