Patterns of methadone maintenance treatment provision in Ontario: Policy success or pendulum excess?

P Kurdyak, B Jacob, J Zaheer, B Fischer - Canadian Family Physician, 2018 - cfp.ca
Objective To describe recent trends and patterns in methadone maintenance treatment
(MMT) practice regionally and over time in the province of Ontario. Design Population-based …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the effectiveness of first-time methadone maintenance therapy across northern, rural, and urban regions of Ontario, Canada

JK Eibl, T Gomes, D Martins, X Camacho… - Journal of Addiction …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Our objective was to determine the impact that a patient's geographic status has
on the efficacy of first-time methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) retention. Methods: We …

Physicians practicing in methadone treatment programs: who are they and what do they do?

WM Wechsberg, B Flannery, JJ Kasten… - Journal of addictive …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. This study examines the characteristics and roles of physicians practicing in
methadone maintenance treatment programs (MTPs). Methods. Physicians and clinic …

Methadone maintenance treatment in China: perceived challenges from the perspectives of service providers and patients

F Wu, CY Peng, H Jiang, R Zhang, M Zhao… - Journal of Public …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background China has recently adopted methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as a
national strategy to address the problem of drug abuse and related public health issues …

[BOOK][B] Factors associated with effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment in Yunnan Province of China

S Tang - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Background: China introduced the Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) to cope with
the rapidly rising number of heroin users and related increases in the prevalence of HIV for a …

Changing patient characteristics with increased methadone maintenance availability

B Brands, J Blake, D Marsh - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2002 - Elsevier
Over the past several years there have been repeated calls for expansion of availability of
methadone maintenance in several jurisdictions. Important stakeholders in the expansion of …

[HTML][HTML] Physicians' attitudes towards office-based delivery of methadone maintenance therapy: results from a cross-sectional survey of Nova Scotia primary-care …

J Dooley, M Asbridge, J Fraser, S Kirkland - Harm reduction journal, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Approximately 90,000 Canadians use opioids each year, many of
whom experience health and social problems that affect the individual user, families …

Gender differences in access to methadone maintenance therapy in a C anadian setting

P Bach, MJ Milloy, P Nguyen, J Koehn… - Drug and alcohol …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is an evidence‐
based treatment for opioid addiction. While gender differences in MMT pharmacokinetics …

Improved treatment-retention for patients receiving methadone dosing within the clinic providing physician and other health services (onsite) versus dosing at …

G Gauthier, JK Eibl, DC Marsh - Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Opioid-use disorder has been declared a public health crisis across North
America. One of the most common treatments for opioid-use disorder is opioid agonist …

Use of other opioids during methadone therapy: a population‐based study

P Kurdyak, T Gomes, Z Yao, MM Mamdani… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To determine the extent to which other opioids are prescribed to patients receiving
methadone in Ontario, Canada. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Ontario, Canada …