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Researchers at an Israeli clinic offering methadone maintenance treatment have found that the treatment for opiate addiction appears to protect individuals against subsequent hepatitis C infection. Presenting their findings at this month’s American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Medical-Scientific Conference, Einat Peles, Ph.D., and colleagues reported that in a group of 207 hepatitis C-negative patients treated [...] Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is the most widely used opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence in the world. To determine the effectiveness of MMT compared with no treatment or treatment not including agonist therapy in patients with opioid dependence, Cochrane Collaboration researchers conducted a systematic review of clinical controlled trials done between 1969 and 2008. [...] A link to the entire study is provided below. Here is the abstract from the original study: AIMS: This study examines the frequency and severity of arrest charges among heroin addicts randomly assigned to either interim methadone (IM) maintenance or to remain on a waiting list for methadone treatment. It was hypothesized that IM participants would [...] |
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