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A randomized trial comparing levo‐alpha acetylmethadol with methadone maintenance for patients in primary care settings in Australia

community settings

Clark N, Kutin JJ, Lintzeris N, Ritter AJ.
GSID: NgL5IPB2BncJ
AJ Ritter, N Lintzeris, N Clark, JJ Kutin, G Bammer… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library

Aims The present study aimed to compare the efficacy of levo‐alpha‐acetylmethadol (LAAM) and methadone, as measured by retention in treatment and heroin use, in a …

The becoming‐methadone‐body: On the onto‐politics of health intervention translations

Science interventions

Lancaster K, Rhodes T.
GSID: ULCJ4JMrmb0J
T Rhodes, L Azbel, K Lancaster… - Sociology of health & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library

In this paper, we reflect on health intervention translations as matters of their implementation practices. Our case is methadone treatment, an intervention promoted globally for treating …

Work Predictors of Lapse in Patients under Treatment of Methadone Maintenance Therapy.

Iranian journal of psychiatry

Mehrdad R, Zarbafi B, Pouryaghoub G, Saraeei M.
PMID: 27006672
Iran J Psychiatry. 2015 Sep;10(4):273-7.

BACKGROUND: Addiction to narcotics ‎can cause serious problems and ‎monetary losses. Therapeutic ‎success can be predicted ‎through identifying lapse risk ‎factors.‎OBJECTIVE: Determining Job Risk ‎Factor of Lapse.‎METHODS: This was a cross ‎sectional study on 351 addicts ‎visiting five methadone...

Clinical Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suan Zao Ren Tang, for Sleep Disturbance during Methadone Maintenance: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Chan YY, Chen YH, Yang SN, Lo WY, Lin JG.
PMID: 26346534
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:710895. doi: 10.1155/2015/710895. Epub 2015 Aug 04.

Methadone maintenance therapy is an effective treatment for opiate dependence, but more than three-quarters of persons receiving the treatment report sleep quality disturbances. In this double-blind, randomized, controlled trial, we recruited 90 individuals receiving methadone for at least one...

Significantly more intense pain in methadone-maintained patients who are addicted to nicotine.

Oncotarget

Liu LZ, Tan LX, Xu YM, Liu XB, Chen WC, Zhu JH, Lu J, Zhong BL.
PMID: 28947995
Oncotarget. 2017 Jul 13;8(36):60576-60580. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.19222. eCollection 2017 Sep 01.

Pain and cigarette smoking are very common in heroin-dependent patients (HDPs) receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and both have substantial negative effects on HDPs' physical and mental health. Nevertheless, very few studies have assessed the relationship between the two...

Effects of Venlafaxine & Methadone Alone and in Combination with Spontaneous Morphine withdrawal Syndrome & Pain Sensation in Rats.

Basic and clinical neuroscience

Fadaei-Kenarsary M, Farbood Y, Taghi Mansouri SM, Fathi Moghaddam H.
PMID: 27504153
Basic Clin Neurosci. 2015 Jan;6(1):21-8.

INTRODUCTION: Methadone has been used as a drug to detoxify opioid tolerance. Naloxane precipitated morphine withdrawal behaviours were attenuated by venlafaxine as an antidepressant. On the contrary, after detoxifying the opioids, spontaneous withdrawal syndrome may occur with pain sensitivity....

Examining the relationship between ethnicity and the use of drug-related services: an ethnographic study of Nepali drug users in Hong Kong.

Substance abuse and rehabilitation

Tang WM.
PMID: 25114609
Subst Abuse Rehabil. 2014 Jun 20;5:53-62. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S61885. eCollection 2014.

A recent survey has shown that Nepali drug users in Hong Kong tend to have a low rate of usage of day-care and residential rehabilitation services, but a high rate of usage of methadone services. Little is known about...

New developments in the management of opioid dependence: focus on sublingual buprenorphine-naloxone.

Substance abuse and rehabilitation

Soyka M.
PMID: 25610012
Subst Abuse Rehabil. 2015 Jan 06;6:1-14. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S45585. eCollection 2015.

Opioid maintenance therapy is a well-established first-line treatment approach in opioid dependence. Buprenorphine, a partial opioid agonist, has been found by numerous studies to be an effective and safe medication in the treatment of opioid dependence. At present, buprenorphine...

High-risk behaviours and concomitant medical illnesses among patients at methadone maintenance therapy clinic, hospital tengku ampuan afzan, malaysia.

Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia

Ramli M, Nora M, Zafri A, Junid M, Umeed A, Hajee M.
PMID: 25606168
Malays Fam Physician. 2009 Aug 31;4(2):77-82. eCollection 2009.

BACKGROUND: High prevalence of high-risk behaviours and concurrent medical illnesses among opioid drug users would influence the outcome of Methadone Maintenance Programme. It would also require a special medical attention to contain these issues.OBJECTIVES: This study explored patients' characteristics...

Characteristics of adherence to methadone maintenance treatment over a 15-year period among homeless adults experiencing mental illness.

Addictive behaviors reports

Parpouchi M, Moniruzzaman A, Rezansoff SN, Russolillo A, Somers JM.
PMID: 29450244
Addict Behav Rep. 2017 Sep 23;6:106-111. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2017.09.001. eCollection 2017 Dec.

BACKGROUND: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has important protective effects related to reduced illicit opioid use, infectious disease transmission, and overdose mortality. Adherence to MMT has not been examined among homeless people. We measured MMT adherence and reported relevant characteristics...

Methadone Replacement Therapy and Sexual Disorders among Opium Dependent Iranian Men: A Meta-Analysis Study.

Addiction & health

Babakhanian M, Haghdoost AA, Afshari M, Taghizadeh F, Moosazadeh M.
PMID: 29026497
Addict Health. 2017 Jan;9(1):1-10.

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of sexual disorders among persons receiving methadone replacement therapy is of great importance, because these problems may lead to non-compliance and relapse. This study aimed to estimate the effect of methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) on sexual function...

Psychosis related to methadone withdrawal.

Acta neuropsychiatrica

Cobo J, Ramos MM, Peláez T, García G, Marsal F.
PMID: 26991984
Acta Neuropsychiatr. 2006 Feb;18(1):50-1. doi: 10.1111/j.0924-2708.2006.00109.x.

We present two cases of typical psychosis related to methadone withdrawal. The two cases, appearing in the adult age, are not related to previous personal or familiar psychiatric illness and do not show the classical symptoms of methadone withdrawal....

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