The safe implementation of a prison-based methadone maintenance programme: 7 year time-series analysis of primary care prescribing data

Conclusion: The phased introduction of opiate replacement therapies into a busy remand prison did not result in any deaths within the prison for which opiate replacement was identified as the cause. GPsi led opiate prescribing programmes can be introduced safely into secure environments.
Source: BMC Family Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Source Type: research