Psychosocial interventions in opiate substitution treatment services: does the evidence provide a case for optimism or nihilism? [PDF]
Addiction, 2017 Clinical guidelines from around the world recommend the delivery of psychosocial interventions as part of routine care in opiate substitution treatment (OST) programmes. However, although individual studies demonstrate benefit for structured psychosocial interventions, meta-analytical reviews find no benefit for manual-based treatments beyond 'routine ...
Ed Day, Luke Mitcheson
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P-53 * CRIMINAL HISTORY AND OUTCOME OF OPIATE SUBSTITUTIONS TREATMENT IN CANADIAN METHADONE AND SUBOXONE PATIENTS [PDF]
Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2014 Introduction. This study examines outcomes of urine tests in methadone and in suboxone patients and differences in their criminal history. Method. Criminal history data and 10 urine tests for benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates, and oxycodone were recorded for each of 103 Canadian patients (67 men, 36 women) undergoing opiate substitution treatment: 75 ...
Simon Chiu +3 more
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Commentary on Nolan et al. (2014): Opiate substitution treatment and hepatitis C virus prevention: building an evidence base? [PDF]
Addiction, 2014 Vickerman P, Page K, Maher L, Hickman M.
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Pilot study of a social network intervention for heroin users in opiate substitution treatment: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
Trials, 2013 Day E +9 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.
Saïd Megherbi
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Prevalence of Respiratory Disorders during Sleep among Subjects of Methadone Maintenance Therapy Program [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2021 Background: Respiratory disorders during sleep are considered a health problem affecting the life quality. There is some evidence indicating the higher prevalence of apnea in substance-dependent patients.
Ali Talaei +3 more
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Benzodiazepine Use in Opioid Maintenance Treatment Programme: Risks and Clinical Outcomes
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 Introduction: The co-association of benzodiazepines and opioids is associated with an increased risk of overdose, death, and poorer psychosocial prognosis.
Catarina Oliveira +7 more
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French Experience with Buprenorphine : Do Physicians Follow the Guidelines? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Opiate dependence affects about 15,479,000 people worldwide. The effectiveness of opiate substitution treatments (OST) has been widely demonstrated. Buprenorphine plays a particular role in opiate dependence care provision in France.
Morgane Guillou Landreat +5 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Individuals who use opioids have higher rates of hospitalization compared to the general population. Insufficiently treated withdrawal and pain are major factors contributing to high rates of self-initiated hospital discharges (also referred to as ...
Laura E. Labonté, Samantha Young
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Centralization of the methadone maintenance plan in a hospital pharmacy department in the Community of Madrid [PDF]
Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2020 In February 2018, Resolution 189/2018 was published in the Autonomous Community of Madrid with the objective of centralizing the procedure for the acquisition, preparation, distribution, and dispensing of methadone to Centres for the Comprehensive ...
Elena Alba Álvaro-Alonso +3 more
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