Substitutionsbehandlung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz Anfangs der 1970er-Jahre begann sich in Europa die Heroinepidemie auszubreiten. Die Entwicklung breit angelegter Behandlungsangebote mit Opiatagonisten als Antwort auf diese He…

A powerful new documentary produced by Health Prince Edward Island tells the story of four mothers who were on methadone treatment during pregnancy. The documentary seeks to fight stigma and raise awareness of the evidence base supporting the safety…

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is not yet ready to talk about mobile vans. The agency is likely to release new licensing regulations, which will open the door to more mobile vans to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid use dis…

Monthly take-home methadone maintenance regime for elderly opium-dependent users in Singapore. Guo S, Winslow M, Manning V, Thane KK. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2010 Jun;39(6):429-34. http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/39VolNo6Jun2010/V39N6p429.pdf

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Polydrug abuse among opioid maintenance treatment patients is related to inadequate dose of maintenance treatment medicine. Heikman PK, Muhonen LH, Ojanperä IA. BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 6;17(1):245. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1415-y. https://bm…