Journal article
Tampering by office-based methadone maintenance patients with methadone take home privileges: a pilot study
Abstract
Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is among the most widely studied treatments for opiate dependence with proven benefits for patients and society. When misused, however, methadone can also be lethal. The issue of methadone diversion is a major concern for all MMT programs. A potential source for such diversion is from those MMT patients who receive daily take home methadone doses. Using a reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography …
Authors
Varenbut M; Teplin D; Daiter J; Raz B; Worster A; Emadi-Konjin P; Frank N; Konyer A; Greenwald I; Snider-Adler M
Journal
Harm Reduction Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2007
DOI
10.1186/1477-7517-4-15
ISSN
1477-7517