Better retention of Malaysian opiate dependents treated with high dose methadone in methadone maintenance therapy.docVIP

Mohamadetal.HarmReductionJournal2010,7:30 /content/7/1/30 RESEARCH OpenAccess BetterretentionofMalaysianopiatedependents treatedwithhighdosemethadoneinmethadone maintenancetherapy NasirMohamad1,2*?,NorHidayahAbuBakar1?,NurfadhlinaMusa1,NazilaTalib1,RusliIsmail1? Abstract Background:Methadoneisasyntheticopiatemureceptoragonistthatiswidelyusedtosubstituteforillicit opiatesinthemanagementofopiatedependence.Ithelpspreventopiateusersfrominjectingandsharing needleswhicharevehiclesforthespreadofHIVandotherbloodborneviruses.Thisstudyhastheobjectiveof determiningtheutilityofdailymethadonedosetopredic