2004
Counseling Requirements for Buprenorphine Maintenance in Primary Care
Pantalon M, Fiellin D, O’Connor P, Chawarski M, Pakes J, Schottenfeld R. Counseling Requirements for Buprenorphine Maintenance in Primary Care. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2004, 3: 71-76. DOI: 10.1097/00132576-200406000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrine toxicology testsMedical managementPrimary care settingBuprenorphine maintenanceCare settingsDrug counselingCounseling requirementsToxicology testsBuprenorphine-maintained patientsOpioid-dependent patientsMethadone maintenance programIndividual drug counselingBuprenorphine treatmentOpioid dependenceDependent patientsPrimary carePatientsConsecutive weeksDrug counselorsStatistical significanceWeeksPreliminary feasibilityPreliminary findingsEfficacyCounseling
2002
A Staging System to Predict Prognosis among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics
Favrat B, Rao S, O'Connor PG, Schottenfeld R. A Staging System to Predict Prognosis among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2002, 23: 233-244. PMID: 12438836, DOI: 10.1080/08897070209511496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaging systemAdverse dischargeOpioid maintenance therapyU.S. general internistsMethadone maintenance patientsMethadone maintenance treatmentMain outcome measuresMethadone maintenance programProportional hazards modelIllicit drug useHistory of diseaseOutset of treatmentPrevious prison termsMaintenance therapyConsecutive patientsEntire cohortMaintenance patientsMaintenance treatmentAdmission characteristicsOutcome measuresGeneral internistsPrognostic studiesStage IIIPatientsStage IA Staging System to Predict Prognosis Among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics
Favrat B, Rao S, O'Connor P, Schottenfeld R. A Staging System to Predict Prognosis Among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2002, 23: 233-244. DOI: 10.1023/a:1021150217215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStaging systemAdverse dischargeOpioid maintenance therapyU.S. general internistsMethadone maintenance patientsMethadone maintenance treatmentMain outcome measuresMethadone maintenance programProportional hazards modelIllicit drug useHistory of diseaseOutset of treatmentPrevious prison termsMaintenance therapyConsecutive patientsEntire cohortMaintenance patientsMaintenance treatmentAdmission characteristicsOutcome measuresGeneral internistsPrognostic studiesStage IIIPatientsStage I
2000
HIV post-exposure therapy for drug users in treatment
O'Connor P. HIV post-exposure therapy for drug users in treatment. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2000, 18: 17-21. PMID: 10636602, DOI: 10.1016/s0740-5472(99)00015-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-exposure therapyMethadone maintenance programDrug usersOccupational exposurePrimary care providersCross-sectional evaluationHIV prevention messagesGroups of providersNonoccupational exposureProvider staffNeedle stickDrug treatmentCare providersFocus groupsPrevention messagesTreatment programProgram providersTreatment staffFurther studiesHIVFuture riskTherapyTreatmentCase vignettesExposure
1999
Tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis using a liquid isoniazid‐methadone admixture for drug users in methadone maintenance
O'Connor PG, Shi JM, Henry S, Durante AJ, Friedman L, Selwyn PA. Tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis using a liquid isoniazid‐methadone admixture for drug users in methadone maintenance. Addiction 1999, 94: 1071-1075. PMID: 10707445, DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.947107112.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethadone maintenanceTuberculosis chemoprophylaxisDrug usersMedian durationDaily doseOpioid-dependent drug usersProspective cohort studyMethadone maintenance programDrug treatment programsCompleting therapyINH chemoprophylaxisINH prophylaxisCohort studyEligible subjectsINH therapyCommon reasonChemoprophylaxisTherapyVitamin B6Treatment programMethadoneIsoniazidSubjectsINHDuration
1994
HIV infection and cocaine use in methadone maintained and untreated intravenous drug users
Meandzija B, O'Connor P, Fitzgerald B, Rounsaville B, Kosten T. HIV infection and cocaine use in methadone maintained and untreated intravenous drug users. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 1994, 36: 109-113. PMID: 7851277, DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(94)90092-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous drug usersMethadone maintenance treatmentMethadone maintenance programHIV infectionCocaine useMore cocaine useMaintenance treatmentRisk factorsDrug usersMethadone maintenance treatment groupHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionAfrican AmericansMaintenance treatment groupNon-infected subjectsInjection frequencyHIV-negativeHIV testingDrug injectionStratified analysisTreatment groupsTotal cocaineHIVRisk behaviorsGreater riskInfection