Accidental and deliberate overdose among opiate addicts in methadone maintenance treatment: are deliberate overdoses systematically different?

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID BEST ◽  
MICHAEL GOSSOP ◽  
LAN-HO MAN ◽  
EMILY FINCH ◽  
JUDY GREENWOOD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Opiate Addicts

Sleep quality in heroin addicts under methadone maintenance treatment

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 356-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Yu Hsu ◽  
Nan-Ying Chiu ◽  
Jui-Ting Liu ◽  
Chieh-Hui Wang ◽  
Ting-Gang Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Opiate Withdrawal ◽  
Heroin Addicts ◽  
Methadone Dosage ◽  
Opiate Addicts

Hsu W-Y, Chiu N-Y, Liu J-T, Wang C-H, Chang T-G, Liao Y-C, Kuo P-I. Sleep quality in heroin addicts under methadone maintenance treatment.Background: Sleep disturbance is a common phenomenon among opiate addicts. The side effects of opiate addiction or opiate withdrawal might result in sleep disturbance. However, their problems might be related to sedative medication abuse, alcohol abuse or heroin relapse. Sleep is an important issue in this population.Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of sleep disorders in heroin addicts receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and analyse the correlation between related factors, such as age at opiate exposure, opiate exposure duration, duration in MMT, methadone current dosage, methadone attendance rate and the severity of sleep disorders.Method: We enrolled 121 heroin addicts who were receiving MMT. We collected data on the duration of insomnia, hypnotic history, Visual Analogue Scale-10 of sleep quality, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), methadone dosage, methadone history and opiate history.Results: The mean of the PSQI was 9.1 ± 5.4, and 70.2% of patients had PSQI scores >5, indicating they were poor sleepers. We also found the PSQI scores were correlated significantly with the methadone dosage.Conclusions: The sleep disturbance prevalence rate of opiate addicts under MMT was high in Taiwan, as shown in the previous studies, and the severity of sleep disturbance has been underestimated.

Group Psychotherapy for Opiate Addicts in Methadone Maintenance Treatment – A Controlled Trial

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Scherbaum ◽  
J. Kluwig ◽  
M. Specka ◽  
D. Krause ◽  
B. Merget ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Opiate Addicts

Mydriatic Response to Topical Naloxone in Opiate Abusers

1986 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Ghodse ◽  
T. H. Bewley ◽  
M. K. Kearney ◽  
S. E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Methadone Treatment ◽  
Acute Withdrawal ◽  
Naloxone Hydrochloride ◽  
Opiate Addicts ◽  
Peripheral Action ◽  
Withdrawal Effects

Naloxone hydrochloride eyedrops 1 mg/ml dilated the pupils of 36 out of 47 opiate addicts on methadone maintenance treatment, without precipitation of acute withdrawal effects, but not those of healthy unmedicated subjects. The response in addicts was attenuated by certain ancillary treatments and by withdrawal of methadone treatment. The size of the response suggests some potential clinical use for topical naloxone as a diagnostic test of current opioid influence and possibility of physical dependence. The local mydriatic response, which was restricted to the treated eye, indicates that the effect of opiates on the pupil in man is determined, at least in part, by a peripheral action.

Comparison between former opiate addicts on methadone maintenance treatment and medication free for ≥10 years

2015 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. e67
Author(s):  
Einat Peles ◽  
Anat Sason ◽  
Oren Tene ◽  
Yoav Domany ◽  
Shaul Schreiber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Opiate Addicts
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