Methadone Maintenance Therapy
Improvement of quality of life following 6 months of methadone maintenance therapy in Malaysia
... The interest of measuring quality of life has increased in the recent decades as it is seen as a tool for impact measurement in any intervention [13,14]. Particularly so in managing chronic diseases such as drug depend- ...
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Associated risk factors to Non compliance to Methadone Maintenance Therapy
... the Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) programme of the Department of Psychiatry ...2-year Methadone programme at the Department of Psychiatry HTAA were positive indicating that the programme ...
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The Prevalence of Methamphetamine Dependence among Iranian Women in Methadone Maintenance Therapy in Tehran, Iran
... M ethamphetamine (MA) is a psychostimulant drug with highly addictive characteristics (1, 2). In recent years, MA dependence has become a health concern in Iran (3, 4). The prevalence of MA dependence is less than 1% in ...
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Work Predictors of Lapse in Patients under Treatment of Methadone Maintenance Therapy
... 282 methadone clinics (Except 126 in prisons) and 38104 patients under treatment of methadone maintenance therapy in Iran, and there is an increasing trend in the number of methadone ...
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Evaluation of Sociodemographic Determinants in Narcotic Users Referring to Center for Methadone Maintenance Therapy of Yazd, Iran
... Abstract Introduction: Addiction is a habit or behavior that is often hard to quit. It is estimated that 190 million persons are substance users around the world. Substance abuse creates tolerance after a while. Shortly ...
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Investigation of Affecting Factors on Persistence in the Treatment of Patients under Methadone Maintenance Therapy in Addiction Therapy Centers, Yazd Iran
... (Methadone Maintenance Therapy) is considered as a standard and acceptable therapy for addiction; and there are many affecting factors regarding gaining success in this type of ...his/her ...
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Impact of a methadone maintenance therapy pilot in Vietnam and its role in a scaled-up response
... Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) using oral methadone was first proposed as a favorable treatment for relieving heroin addiction over 50 years ago and has since been scaled up in numerous ...
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Experiences of substance abusers from methadone maintenance therapy
... cause methadone maintenance therapy to be among the priorities of most female drug abusers while inaccessibility to drug rehabilitation centers for women, concealing the addiction, and achieving a ...
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Personality Patterns in Narcotics Anonymous Members versus Individuals with Addiction Receiving Methadone Maintenance Therapy.
... Our study suggested that the neuroticism score of people receiving agonist maintenance therapy was significantly higher than the NA group. Some previous studies have shown a high prevalence of neuroticism ...
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Compliance Towards Methadone Maintenance Therapy and its Associated Factors in Selangor Primary Care Centers and Kuala Lumpur Hospital
... it. Therapy processes can be studied and weaknesses based on clients perceptions, factors related to the partial compliance and impact of therapy program (risk behavior for HIV infection, crime behavior, ...
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Predictors of sleep disturbance in heroin users receiving methadone maintenance therapy: a naturalistic study in Taiwan
... follows: lorazepam (n = 4; 13.8%), flurazepam (n = 6; 20.7%), estazolam (n = 12; 41.4%), brotizolam (n = 2; 6.7%), and zolpidem/zopiclone (n = 5; 17.2%). Using univariate Cox regression analysis in the first step, an ...
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Finding what works: identification of implementation strategies for the integration of methadone maintenance therapy and HIV services in Vietnam
... substitution therapy, such as metha- done maintenance therapy (MMT), and HIV related ser- vices is an EBI that leads to increased engagement of people who inject drugs (PWID) in HIV prevention and ...
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Better retention of Malaysian opiate dependents treated with high dose methadone in methadone maintenance therapy
... of maintenance therapy. Methadone maintenance reduces injection drug use [12] and is effective in reducing illicit heroin use, HIV risk behaviors, HIV and other harms associated with illicit ...
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The Effect of Patients’ Characteristics and the Dosage of Methadone Maintenance on Retention of Methadone Therapy in H. Adam Malik General Hospital, Medan
... rage maintenance dose was a predictor of retention where the maintenance dose on average ≥ 60 mg in this study was ...in therapy compared to the maintenance dose averaged <60 ...higher ...
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Treatment and Rehabilitation of Substance Use Disorder: Significance of Islamic Input in Malaysia
... 19 A person on Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT), for example, given the proper counseling can direct his behavior to finding better jobs, engaging in community activities [r] ...
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Comparing sexual dysfunction in maintenance therapy with Methadone and Buprenorphine in married male
... 22. Nik Jaafar NR, Mislan N, Abdul Aziz S, Baharudin A, Ibrahim N, Midin M, et al. Risk factors of erectile dysfunction in patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy. J Sex Med. 2013; 10(8): ...
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<em>ABCB1</em> haplotype and <em>OPRM1</em> 118A > G genotype interaction in methadone maintenance treatment pharmacogenetics
... the methadone maintenance therapy dose, depending on the clinical context (eg, treatment population, clinical policy, philosophy, and/ or dosing ...of methadone doses that subjects ...to ...
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A comparison of sexual desire in opiate-dependent men receiving methadone and buprenorphine maintenance treatment
... either methadone or buprenorphine for more than 8 ...replacement therapy, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors or any home remedies that could increase sexual desire, (d) concurrent use of psychotropic ...
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Multifaceted impairments in impulsivity and brain structural abnormalities in opioid dependence and abstinence
... 5–10% of heroin addicts at post-mortem (Andersen & Skullerud, 1999). As with motor impairments as a con- sequence of globus pallidus lesions (Andersen & Skullerud, 1999), neuropsychological impairments may depend ...
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Association of patterns of methadone use with antiretroviral therapy discontinuation: a prospective cohort study
... Abbreviations ART: Antiretroviral therapy; DAART: Directly administered antiretroviral therapy; DOT: Directly observed therapy; DTP: Drug-treatment programs; MMT: Methadone maintenance t[r] ...
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