Allopathic, complementary, and alternative medical treatment utilization for pain among methadone-maintained patients.
Barry DT, Beitel M, Cutter CJ, Garnet B, Joshi D, Schottenfeld RS, Rounsaville BJ. Allopathic, complementary, and alternative medical treatment utilization for pain among methadone-maintained patients. American Journal On Addictions 2009, 18: 379-85. PMID: 19874157, PMCID: PMC2777756, DOI: 10.3109/10550490903077671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic severe painPain treatmentTreatment utilizationMethadone maintenance treatment program (MMTP) patientsMedical treatment utilizationPain treatment utilizationMethadone-maintained patientsAlternative medicine utilizationPain reductionSevere painProgram patientsSP patientsMedicine utilizationPainPatientsEquivalent high ratesTreatmentHigh rateSimilar ratesProgram planningMMTP