Methadone Medical Maintenance

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Methadone in Primary Care — One Small Step for …

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Merrill JO, Jackson TR, Schulman BA, et al. Methadone medical maintenance in primary care: an implementation evaluation. J Gen Intern Med 2005 ;20: …

Methadone Medical Maintenance

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Medical Maintenance was initially implemented for patients who had achieved a high level of functionally in society and were hindered by the regulations that …

What is Methadone? | SAMHSA

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Methadone is a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat OUD as well as for pain management. When taken as prescribed, methadone is …

Methadone: Uses, Side Effects & Warnings

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Methadone is used as a pain reliever and as part of drug addiction detoxification and maintenance …

Methadone: 7 things you should know - Drugs.com

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Methadone is a man-made substance that may be used to reduce withdrawal symptoms in people addicted to heroin or other narcotic drugs as part of a …

Methadone Medical Maintenance in Primary Care

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Opioid addiction is a chronic medical condition most effectively treated with medication and counseling. 1 Long-term methadone treatment reduces the individual and societal costs …

Methadone Medical Maintenance: An Early 21st-Century …

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Methadone medical maintenance is the treatment of stable methadone-maintained patients in primary care physicians' offices under an exemption from federal methadone …

Methadone medical maintenance in primary care. An …

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Objective: To evaluate the implementation of the first methadone medical maintenance program established outside a research setting. Design: One-year program evaluation. …

What are misconceptions about maintenance treatment?

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Because maintenance medications (methadone and buprenorphine) are themselves opioids and are able to produce euphoria in people who are not dependent on opioids, …