Opioid Substitution Therapy
Integrated opioid substitution therapy and HIV care:a qualitative systematic review and synthesis of client and provider experiences
... to opioid substitution therapy and HIV ...integrated opioid substitution therapy and HIV care to identify acceptable approaches to care ...
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Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection among people receiving opioid substitution therapy (ECHO): study protocol
... [6]. Opioid substitution therapy (OST), the standard treatment for opioid dependence, provides an excellent opportunity for managing HCV infection due to the close and regu- lar contact ...
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Impact of opioid substitution therapy on the HIV prevention benefit of antiretroviral therapy for people who inject drugs
... suggests opioid substitution therapy (OST) can reduce the frequency of injecting drug use[18, 19], halve the risk of HIV and HCV acquisition among PWID[20, 21], and reduce drug- related ...
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Opioid substitution therapy in manipur and nagaland, north-east india: operational research in action
... of opioid substitution therapy (OST) for injecting drug users (IDUs) in middle and high-income countries but little evidence regarding the provision of OST by non- government organisations (NGOs) in ...
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Opioid substitution therapy for people living in German prisons—inequality compared with civic sector
... with opioid use disorder living in prisons was internationally endorsed in 1993 and confirmed by UN agencies including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and ...
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Sex specific disease outcomes of HIV positive and HIV negative drug users admitted to an opioid substitution therapy program in Spain: a cohort study
... as opioid substitution therapy (OST) ...as opioid receptor agonists on the central nervous ...to substitution therapies and facilitates the implementation of harm-reduction ...
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Cost of provision of opioid substitution therapy provision in Tijuana, Mexico
... of opioid dependence recommends minimal re- quirements for the provision of not just pharmacological treatment but also psychological support and links to comorbid treatment services [29], we included in our cost- ...
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Cross-sectional assessments of participants’ characteristics and loss to follow-up in the first Opioid Substitution Therapy Pilot Program in Kabul, Afghanistan
... The OSTPP clinic was located in central Kabul. Daily clinical visits were required of participants for daily methadone dosing. Ancillary services included psycho- social therapy, basic medical services, ...
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The impact of dispensing fees on compliance with opioid substitution therapy: a mixed methods study
... continued opioid abstinence Stakeholder interview participants were asked to com- ment on the correlation between time on OST program and patient stability, either when on or off the ...of therapy for a ...
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Effect of opioid-substitution therapy and mental health counseling on HIV risk among hepatitis C-infected individuals
... Patients and methods: The British Columbia Hepatitis Testers Cohort includes all BC residents ( ~ 1.5 million: about a third of all residents) tested for HCV and HIV from 1990 to 2013[r] ...
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Retention in Georgia opioid substitution therapy program and associated factors
... maintenance therapy is one of the major treatment options for opioid-dependent ...illegal opioid consump- tion and criminal behavior as well as reducing the level of HIV infection, mortality, ...
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Opioid substitution and antagonist therapy trials exclude the common addiction patient: a systematic review and analysis of eligibility criteria
... Testing the effect of interventions on highly specific groups may be associated with unintended harm to pa- tients once the intervention is released for use in the gen- eral population. Our results indicate the majority ...
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Opioid substitution and antagonist therapy trials exclude the common addiction patient: a systematic review and analysis of eligibility criteria
... Testing the effect of interventions on highly specific groups may be associated with unintended harm to pa- tients once the intervention is released for use in the gen- eral population. Our results indicate the majority ...
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Risk of anaphylaxis in opioid dependent persons: effects of heroin versus substitution substance
... non-lethal opioid concentrations, leading us to investigate a further cause of ...oral opioid substitution therapy (OST) resulted in similar allergic symptoms to those reported by IDU after ...
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Drug use and opioid substitution treatment for prisoners
... Drug use is prevalent throughout prison populations, and, despite advances in drug treatment programmes for inmates, access to and the quality of these programmes remain substantially poorer than those available for non- ...
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Best Practices in Tapering Methods in Patients Undergoing Opioid Therapy
... an opioid tapering ...on opioid withdrawal symptoms, clinical experience, and multidisciplinary consultant ...pre-taper opioid dosage was not used as a basis for determining the length of the taper ...
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Chronic Opioid Therapy and Central Sensitization in Sickle Cell Disease
... Chronic opioid therapy (COT) for chronic non-cancer pain is frequently debated, and its effectiveness is unproven in sickle cell disease (SCD). The authors conducted a descriptive study among 83 adult SCD ...
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Peripherally acting μ-opioid receptor antagonists as treatment options for constipation in noncancer pain patients on chronic opioid therapy
... from opioid-mediated actions both on nerves intrinsic to the gut (“intrinsic innervation”) and on the nerves that innervate the gut from the brainstem and the spinal cord (“extrinsic innervation”, Figure ...of ...
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Long-term self-treatment with methadone or buprenorphine as a response to barriers to opioid substitution treatment: the case of Sweden
... of opioid users who ap- pear to be affected by these ...undocumented opioid de- pendence encounter difficulties in qualifying for treatment and often experience the assessment process (and previ- ously, the ...
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Provider confidence in opioid prescribing and chronic pain management: results of the Opioid Therapy Provider Survey
... the Opioid Therapy Provider Survey, which was administered to clinicians attending a pain-focused continuing medical education ...an opioid therapy protocol ...for opioid misuse ...
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