Experience of patients on methadone maintenance treatment receiving take-home methadone doses during COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-site study from India

CONCLUSIONS: Take-home methadone was found to be beneficial to most participants in terms of time saved and improved productivity. Preconceived concerns of providing take-home methadone in terms of its overdose, diversion, or accidental ingestion by others are not commonly seen when individuals are provided take-home doses of methadone.PMID:38442535 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2024.103979

Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - March 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Preethy Kathiresan Vinit Patel Jaswant Jangra Ankita Chattopadhyay Sabir Abdus Monali Jadhav Ravindra Rao Amit Arya Pir Dutt Bansal Chinggouman Chinggouman Roshan Bhad Atul Ambekar Alok Agrawal Biswadip Chatterjee Deepak Yadav Source Type: research