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Mahin Eslami Shahrbabaki; Hassan Ziaaddini; Ali Akbar Hagh Doost; Mahdi Ghasemi; Parvin Eslami Shahrbabaki; Roghayeh Alizadeh Nouri; Nasrin Eslami Shahrbabaki. "Methadone Treatment in Iranian Opiate Addicts: A Preliminary Report". Addiction and Health, 3, 1-2, 2011, -.
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Eslami Shahrbabaki, M., Ziaaddini, H., Hagh Doost, A., Ghasemi, M., Eslami Shahrbabaki, P., Alizadeh Nouri, R., Eslami Shahrbabaki, N. Methadone Treatment in Iranian Opiate Addicts: A Preliminary Report. Addiction and Health, 2011; 3(1-2): -.
Methadone Treatment in Iranian Opiate Addicts: A Preliminary Report
1Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
2Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
3Associate Professor, Research Center of Modeling in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
4Resident, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
5Ministry of Health and Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
6Research Assistant, Research Center of Modeling in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
7Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Background: This study aimed to investigate the initial dosage of methadone and factors affecting it in maintenance therapy.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 157 individuals referring to a methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) clinic. The initial dosage of methadone was 20-45 mg which was adjusted during the treatment based on each patient's evaluation. Three groups were formed according to methadone dosage (less than 30 mg, between 30-50 mg, and more than 50 mg).Findings: Significant relations were observed between increased methadone dosage in the initial phase and marital status (P = 0.03), injection (P = 0.03), medical comorbidity (P = 0.009), and borderline personality disorder (P < 0.001).Conclusion: Further studies with larger sample size and including the history of previous detoxification, substance abuse, omission of self-recording, evaluation of women’s addiction and MMT program performance with counseling support should be performed.Keywords: Addiction, Methadone, Personality disorder.
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