The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 2019 OBJECTIVE This systematic review aims to identify, appraise and synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment or buprenorphine therapy in reducing sex- and drug-related HIV risk among African, Caribbean ...
Joseph B. Nguemo Djiometio +4 more
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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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P11 Impact of opiate substitution therapy on hepatitis C treatment oucomes for persons who inject drugs at injecting equipment provision sites in the advance HCV trial [PDF]
, 2020 Christopher J. Byrne +2 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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Hepatitis C identification and treatment in rural Pennsylvania, USA
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 The opioid epidemic in the United States has led to increases in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection especially in rural communities. It is recommended that persons who inject drugs undergo screening and treatment.
Tuesdae Stainbrook +4 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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‘Not just Methadone Tracy’: transformations in service-user identity following the introduction of hepatitis C treatment into Australian opiate substitution settings [PDF]
Addiction, 2013 Jake Rance, Carla Treloar
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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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Building Bridges to Positive Social Identities: The Social Network Diagram and Opiate Substitution Treatment [PDF]
, 2016 Ed Day
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