2021
COVID-19 Impact on Healthcare and Supportive Services for People Who Use Drugs (PWUDs) in Malaysia
Vicknasingam B, Salleh N, Chooi WT, Singh D, Zaharim N, Kamarulzaman A, Chawarski MC. COVID-19 Impact on Healthcare and Supportive Services for People Who Use Drugs (PWUDs) in Malaysia. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2021, 12: 630730. PMID: 33854449, PMCID: PMC8039131, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.630730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMethadone maintenance treatment programTake-home dosesMaintenance treatment programCOVID-19 infectionDelivery of medicationsSupportive servicesHIV clinicMMT patientsTreatment disruptionPerson visitsTreatment protocolPatient's homeStudy participantsTreatment programCOVID-19 epidemicPatient flowTelemedicine resourcesCOVID-19 responseMedical personnelMedicationsPatientsLower ratesSemi-structured formatMovement Control OrderRecipients
2005
The practice of office-based buprenorphine treatment of opioid dependence: is it associated with new patients entering into treatment?
Sullivan LE, Chawarski M, O’Connor P, Schottenfeld RS, Fiellin DA. The practice of office-based buprenorphine treatment of opioid dependence: is it associated with new patients entering into treatment? Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2005, 79: 113-116. PMID: 15943950, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care clinicsInjection drug useOpioid treatment programsMethadone treatmentOpioid dependenceClinical trialsTreatment outcomesHistory of IDUOffice-based buprenorphine treatmentOffice-based buprenorphineBuprenorphine/naloxoneOffice-based treatmentLower ratesHepatitis CClinical characteristicsBuprenorphine treatmentCare clinicsMethadone maintenancePCC patientsNew patientsTreatment retentionPatientsDrug useTreatment programBuprenorphine