Variation in the Gene for the μ-Opioid Receptor May Influence Responses to Methadone This study found that: A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the messenger RNA of the µ-opioid receptor gene was associated with patients’ resp…

Erectile dysfunction and quality of life in men receiving methadone or buprenorphine maintenance treatment. A cross-sectional multicentre study. Lugoboni F, Zamboni L, Federico A, Tamburin S, for the Gruppo InterSERT di Collaborazione Scientifica…

Recommendations for buprenorphine and methadone therapy in opioid use disorder: a European consensus. Dematteis M, Auriacombe M, D'Agnone O, Somaini L, Szerman N, Littlewood R, Alam F, Alho H, Benyamina A, Bobes J, Daulouede JP, Leonardi C, Maremma…

Traditional Chinese medicine-facilitated treatments may relieve anxiety symptoms during drug switching from methadone to buprenorphine/naloxone for treating opioid dependence. Yu KC, Wei HT, Yeh YH, Hsu CH. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Nov 9;2017. pii: bcr-…

Development and psychometric properties of a questionnaire to measure drug users' attitudes toward methadone maintenance treatment (DUAMMT) in Iran. Khazaee-Pool M, Arefi Z, Roshani D, Pashaei T, Ponnet K. BMC Public Health. 2017 Nov 28;17(1):906…

Sleep in lonely heroin-dependent patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment: longer sleep latency, shorter sleep duration, lower sleep efficiency, and poorer sleep quality. Li HJ, Zhong BL, Xu YM, Zhu JH, Lu J. Oncotarget. 2017 Aug 8;8(51)…