Background The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a causal model for the evaluation of sexual dysfunctions based on the variables of methadone dosage and sexual self-concept among individuals undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Methods The study population of the present study consisted of married men of 20 to 45 years of age with sexual ýrelations and undergo...

  Background: Today, an increasing trend to methadone as an alternative maintenance treatment for opiate dependence in adults is observed; children for both intentional and accidental reasons are exposed to serious and fetal effects of methadone. We aimed to investigate effects of methadone on children and sexual functioning among adults in Iranian popula...

OBJECTIVE Buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) are pharmacological treatment programs for individuals with opioid use disorders. MMT is discussed in a companion article. This article describes BMT and reviews available research on its efficacy. METHODS Authors reviewed meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and individual studies of BMT from 1995 thr...

Introduction Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is an effective treatment for individuals with established opioid dependence. However, reviews of the literature reveal that MMT is not a standardised treatment, client outcomes vary and consumer ambivalence is common. In the international literature there has been an increasing emphasis on evaluating client outcomes during treatment and client...

This paper investigates some productive ambiguities around the medical administration of methadone in the Republic of Ireland. The tensions surrounding methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) are outlined, as well as the sociohistorical context in which a serious heroin addiction problem in Ireland developed. Irish psychiatry intervened in this situation, during a time of institutional change, deba...

background: to measure suspected abuse of the methamphetamine (ma) among methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) patients in tehran, we studied all 206 patients who were admitted to mmt program from 2009 to 2015 to andishe-no addiction treatment clinic.  methods: ma presence was screened in one of the random urine samples routinely taken for tests of other drugs.  results: 70 (34.3%) patients wer...

BACKGROUND Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been the 'gold standard' pharmacotherapy treatment for illicit opioid dependence for over 30 years. It has been widely evaluated, and is generally claimed to be 'effective'. METHODS The objective of this paper is to review the rationale of MMT as an intervention for a biomedical disorder with primary social objectives as well as the methodo...

OBJECTIVE To assess the overall mortality of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clients in China and its associated factors. METHODS A total of 1,511 MMT clients, all of whom enrolled in China's first eight MMT clinics between March and December 2004, were included in this cohort study and followed for approximately six years, until June 2010. Mortality and its predictors were examined usi...