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Misuse of Alcohol During Opiate Substitution Treatment

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 2010
Although alcohol misuse is a common phenomenon during opiate substitution treatment, the etiologic explanations advanced for it are generally no more than speculative. To identify differences in alexithymia, self-esteem, and temperament among patients undergoing methadone or buprenorphine substitution treatment having excessive alcohol consumption ...
Charles-Edouard Rengade, Raymund Schwan
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The cost of concordance with opiate substitution treatment guidelines

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2010
The Multisite Opiate Substitution Treatment study compared four opioid substitution programs that were highly concordant with clinical practice guidelines to four programs that were less concordant. Program staff were surveyed, and consenting new patients from highly concordant (n = 164) and less-concordant programs (n = 91) were assessed.
Paul G, Barnett, Jodie A, Trafton, Keith, Humphreys   +2 more
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[Substitution Treatment for Opiate Addicts in Forensic Hospitals under the Penal System].

Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie, 2022
Opiate addiction is common among offenders, and many opiate-dependent lawbreakers are treated in the correctional system according to § 64 STGB. While substitution treatment in prisons has become common practice, substitution treatment in forensic hospitals in the traditionally abstinence-oriented prison system is controversial and also varies from ...
Michael, Soyka, Herbert, Steinböck
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In Control?: Ukrainian Opiate Substitution Treatment Patients Strive for a Voice in Their Treatment

Substance Use & Misuse, 2012
This article explores the burgeoning advocacy movement for methadone and buprenorphine treatment by patients, parents, and doctors in Ukraine, and their efforts to remake a system that infantilizes and controls patients into one where patients have a voice in their treatment.
Maria, Golovanevskaya, Leonid, Vlasenko, Roxanne, Saucier   +2 more
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Opiate substitution treatment to reduce in-prison drug injection: A natural experiment

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2013
There is emerging evidence that opiate substitution treatment (OST) in prison is associated with reduced injecting drug use (IDU). In Australia OST is available in prison for men and women in all jurisdictions except Queensland, where it is available only for women.
Kinner, Stuart A., Moore, Elizabeth, Spittal, Matthew. L., Indig, Devon   +3 more
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The Continued Care of Pregnant Women Receiving Opiate Substitution Treatment by Midwives

Substance Abuse, 2014
Background The care of pregnant women receiving opiate substitution treatment (OST) is generally provided by a variety of health care professionals. Midwives working in prenatal consultations take part in this continued care and may meet with their patients several times throughout the pregnancy, which can have a tremendous impact on monitoring.
Nassir, Messaadi, Aymeric, Pansu, Helyette, Evezard, Sévérine, Debrabant, Philippe, Deruelle, Olivier, Cottencin   +5 more
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Pharmacists’ Role in the Continued Care of Patients under Opiate Substitution Treatment

Therapies, 2013
In France, over 170 000 persons benefit from opiate substitution treatment. The treatment delivery is most often assured by community pharmacies spread out throughout the territory. The aim of this study is to better know the continued care of individuals treated by methadone or high-dose buprenorphine in community pharmacies in Lille (North of France).
Nassir, Messaadi, Aymeric, Pansu, Olivier, Cohen, Olivier, Cottencin   +3 more
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Opiate Substitution Treatment: Poisoned Bodies and the History of Substitution

Contemporary Drug Problems, 2013
The practice of substituting one drug for another has arguably become a taken-for-granted feature of contemporary responses to heroin dependency in Britain. Substitute prescribing has, however, recently come under attack from various commentators both inside and outside of the drug treatment system.
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Economic evaluation: A comparison of methadone versus buprenorphine for opiate substitution treatment

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2013
The cost of opiate substitution is usually considered lower in cost when methadone is used, as compared to that of buprenorphine, however the overall cost effectiveness of substitution programmes comparing the two drugs remains largely unknown.We evaluated the treatment cost and effectiveness of methadone and buprenorphine when used in an opiate ...
Maas, Jim, Barton, Garry, Maskrey, Vivienne, Pinto, Hayley, Holland, Richard   +4 more
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