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"It's like 'liquid handcuffs": The effects of take-home dosing policies on #Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) patients' lives 1/5 doi.org/10.1186/s12954…
BACKGROUND: #Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is widely recognized as one of the most effective ways of reducing risk of #overdose, arrest, and transmission of blood-borne viruses like HIV and HCV among people that use opioids. Yet, MMT'... 2/5
s use of restrictive take-home dose policies that force most patients to attend their clinic on a daily, or near-daily, basis may be unpopular with many patients and lead to low rates of treatment uptake and retention. In response, this art... 3/5
icle examines how clinics' take-home dosing policies have affected patients' experiences of treatment and lives in general.METHODS: This article is based on semi-structured, qualitative interviews with a variety of stakeholders in MMT. Inte... 4/5
Date: August 2021 Authors: David Frank, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, David C Perlman, Suzan M Walters, Laura Curran, Honoria Guarino 5/5

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