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Methadone Maintenance vs 180-Day Psychosocially Enriched Detoxification for Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Karen L. Sees,Kevin L. Delucchi,Carmen L. Masson,Amy K. Rosen,H. Westley Clark,Helen Robillard,Peter Banys,Sharon M. Hall +7 more
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Opioid agonist treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependent people.
Suzanne Nielsen,Briony Larance,Louisa Degenhardt,Linda Gowing,Chyanne Kehler,Nicholas Lintzeris +5 more
TL;DR: Low to moderate quality evidence supporting the use of maintenance agonist pharmacotherapy for pharmaceutical opioid dependence is found, and maintenance treatment with buprenorphine appeared more effective than detoxification or psychological treatments.
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A randomised controlled trial of methadone maintenance treatment versus wait list control in an Australian prison system
TL;DR: Consideration should be given to the introduction of prison methadone programs particular where community based programs exist for reduced heroin use, syringe sharing and HIV or hepatitis C incidence among prisoners.
Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 40.
Margaret Boone,Nancy J. Brown,Mary A. Moon,Deborah J. Schuman,Josephine Thomas,Denise L. Wright +5 more
TL;DR: These guidelines address the pharmacology and physiology of opioids, opioid addiction, and treatment with buprenorphine; describe patient assessment and the choice of opioid addiction treatment options; provide detailed treatment protocols for opioid withdrawal and maintenance therapy with buPrenorphines; and include information on the treatment of special populations.
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Outcomes after methadone maintenance and methadone reduction treatments: two-year follow-up results from the National Treatment Outcome Research Study
TL;DR: The need for a reappraisal of the goals and procedures of methadone reduction treatment is suggested, as well as the appropriateness of either the initial treatment planning process or the treatment delivery process, is called into question.
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Association of opioid agonist therapy with lower incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in young adult injection drug users.
TL;DR: Recent maintenance opioid agonist therapy was associated with a lower incidence of HCV infection in this cohort of young adult injection drug users and maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine for opioid use disorders may be an important strategy to prevent the spread ofHCV infection among young injection drugusers.
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