The government is preparing to trial a medically-assisted treatment programme to help heroin users who want to quit the drug.

Methadone and buprenorphine are considered the gold standard of care for opioid addiction. The drugs work by binding to the ...

Twenty-one of 30 methadone-maintained patients in a TB clinic developed mild-to-severe narcotic-withdrawal symptoms when rifampin was added to their therapeutic regimens. [13] Urinary excretion of ...

A new federal rule change has made methadone more accessible than ever, but many advocates and patients say it should be much ...

But fentanyl has refocused attention on methadone. To get off the drug, buprenorphine can cause severe withdrawal symptoms ...

For long half-life drugs (eg, some benzodiazepines, methadone), withdrawal symptoms may be quite protracted, and several weeks of abstinence may be essential for accurate diagnosis. For shorter ...

It reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms without causing the intense euphoria (“high”) associated with other opioids.

First, unlike the U.S., methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone ... higher tolerance and you need higher doses to eliminate withdrawal symptoms, which is the goal of opioid agonist treatment.

The opioid agonist drug to be used in the pilot scheme is methadone, a syrup that is taken once a day. OAT programs usually offer it alongside other forms of assistance, such as counselling or therapy ...

But fentanyl has refocused attention on methadone. To get off the drug, buprenorphine can cause severe withdrawal symptoms before the person taking it feels OK again. For homeless people ...