A systematic review of the cardiotoxicity of methadone. Alinejad S, Kazemi T, Zamani N, Hoffman RS, Mehrpour O. EXCLI J. 2015 May 5;14:577-600. doi: 10.17179/excli2015-553. Review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4747000/

A polymorphism in the OPRM1 3'-untranslated region is associated with methadone efficacy in treating opioid dependence. Crist RC, Doyle GA, Nelson EC, Degenhardt L, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Saxon AJ, Ling W, Berrettini WH. Pharmacogenomics J. 201…

Methadone, the first pharmacological treatment for heroin addiction, was pioneered 50 years ago by Rockefeller University’s Mary Jeanne Kreek and her colleagues. Since then the drug, which is widely used in treatment programs across…

Tailoring a brief intervention for illicit drug use and alcohol use in Irish methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: a qualitative process. Darker C, Sweeney B, Keenan E, Whiston L, Anderson R, Barry J. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Nov 3;16(1):373…

Predictors of One-Year Retention in Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) in Iran, Rafsanjan. Sheikh Fathollahi M, Torkashvand F, Najmeddin H, Rezaeian M. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2016 Jul 17;5(3):e29121. PMID: 27803890 https://www.ncbi.nlm…

First Report of Gender Based Violence as a Deterrent to Methadone Access Among Females Who Use Heroin in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Balaji D, Mlunde LB, Tran OC, Lambdin B, Mbwambo J, Nyandindi C, Matiko E, Copenhaver M, Douglas Bruce R. AIDS Behav…