2021
Successful transfer of stable patients on opioid agonist therapies from specialty addiction treatment to primary care settings in Ukraine: A pilot study
Meteliuk A, Galvez S, Fomenko T, Kalandiia H, Iaryi V, Farnum SO, Islam Z, Altice FL, Madden LM. Successful transfer of stable patients on opioid agonist therapies from specialty addiction treatment to primary care settings in Ukraine: A pilot study. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2021, 134: 108619. PMID: 34579978, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyPrimary care clinicsPrimary care settingOAT coverageAgonist therapyStable patientsCare clinicsSubstance useCare settingsNegative urine drug testsSpecialty addictions treatmentUrine drug testsSymptom Identification ScaleMental health symptomsAddiction treatment clinicsHIV transmissionPrimary careTreatment clinicsOAT patientsBASIS-24PatientsHealth symptomsEmotional labilityAddiction treatmentPilot study
2016
Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study
Wegman MP, Altice FL, Kaur S, Rajandaran V, Osornprasop S, Wilson D, Wilson DP, Kamarulzaman A. Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study. The Lancet Global Health 2016, 5: e198-e207. PMID: 27964869, PMCID: PMC5657487, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30303-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoluntary drug treatment centresCompulsory drug detention centersOpioid-dependent individualsProspective observational studyOpioid relapseTwo-armObservational studyTreatment centersEvidence-based pharmacological therapyHazard ratio reductionUrinary drug testingDrug testsOpioid agonist treatmentDoris Duke Charitable FoundationOpioid use disorderUrine drug testsMethadone treatment centersAssessed individualsDrug treatment centersNational InstituteEvidence-based treatmentsSubstance use disordersMedical Research CouncilAustralian National HealthVTC participants