Research demonstrates that drug treatment staff members' knowledge and attitudes about methadone are positively correlated with treatment success among opiate-dependent clients. However the bulk of this research is on outpatient treatment in methadone clinics. This study examined a residential treatment program that allowed clients on methadone, a rare treatment opportunity that is growing nati...

Background: Untreated Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) has been reported among many Iranian female methadone patients. However, few of them report receiving HCV treatment. The present study is the first research from western Asia that explored the barriers to receiving HCV treatment among a group of Iranian female HCV-infected methadone patients.Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in four main...

introduction: motivational interviewing techniques to manipulate and extract of patients' good behavior in order achieve to their better health behavior changes. materials and methods: the type of research used in this quasi-experimental, pre-test and post-test in done by control group. the statistics obtained from the population the population consists of all individuals associated with d...

Treatment of rats with desipramine (DMI) 1 hour before the subcutaneous administration of methadone increased the intensity and prolonged the duration of methadone analgesia, as determined by the hot plate method. DMI significantly reduced the analgesic ED50 of methadone from a control value of 3.4 to 1.6 or 0.5 mg/kg in rats treated with 20 or 30 mg/kg of DMI, respectively. DMI treatment also ...

drug abuse is a problem that causes a wide array of social, emotional, and physical problems and involves both patients and the society. helping the addicted has always been a priority for physicians and especially psychiatrists. the purpose of this prospective study was to compare the effects of methadone and naltrexone in general well-being of patients undergoing these treatments.forty-six pa...

to evaluate the effectiveness of a relapse prevention cognitive-behavioral model, based on marlatt treatment approach, in opioid-dependent patients participating in the methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) in iran.the study consisted of 92 individuals treated with methadone in iranian national center of addiction studies (incas). participants were randomized into two groups: educational interv...

the ministry of health, treatment and medical education of iran has recently announced an estimated figure of 200,000 injecting drug users (idus). the aim of this study was to pilot a national program using demographics, types of drug abuse and prevalence of blood-borne infections among idus.in order to elicit data on demographics, types of drug abuse and prevalence of blood-borne infections am...

background: one of the major challenges in current methadone maintenance treatment retention rates in the treatment and prevention of relapse addiction. the aim of this study was determine the factors influencing relapse based on health belief model. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 384 patients on methadone maintenance treatment referred to addiction clinic in hamadan, whic...

BACKGROUND Outcomes of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in the management of opioid dependency can be impaired by poor adherence and retention, concomitant drug use, poor adjustment of methadone dosage, and low levels of awareness regarding methadone among drug users, among other factors. This study investigated the effects of intensive blended treatment literacy and psychoeducation on tre...