Introduction: Drug use disorder and dependency is one of the most challenging problems in the world. One of the most common therapy for opioid use disorder is agonist maintenance therapy especially methadone maintenance treatment and buprenorphine maintenance treatment. The study aimed to investigate the challenges of providing agonist therapy from the perspective of stakeholders. Materials and...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of therapy based on trans-theoretical model (TTM) in coping strategies among male substance dependent patients under methadone maintenance therapy in Najaf Abad city. Method: To this end, a quasi-experimental research design along with control group was employed the relevant evaluation was performed in pre-test, post-test, an...

Background : The aim of this study was to compare maintenance therapy and continuous therapy of magnesium sulfate (MS) in the management of preterm labor. Materials and Methods: In this single blind randomized control trial, 70 singleton women in 26 to 34 weeks of gestation (WG), were randomly assigned to receive 4gr MS in 200cc D/W 5% during 15 to 20 minutes either infusion therapy with 20 ...

Introduction: This study was aimed to compare of the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy and methadone maintenance therapy on changing beliefs toward substance abuse among addicted people. Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with witness group. 30 addicted people who were referred to the addiction treatment centers selected by available sampling...

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Abstract The aim of this research was to examine the effectiveness of supportive-expressive therapy in improving the maintenance treatment outcome for opioid dependency. For this purpose, a single case experimental design across subjects was used in which four opioid dependent subjects were assessed during baseline, intervention and follow-up phases. The assessment measures included Structured...