Increases in body mass index and cardiovascular risk factors during methadone maintenance treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that methadone maintenance treatment is associated with clinically meaningful weight gain and increases in cardiovascular risk factors. Given the importance of methadone maintenance for treatment of opioid use disorder, future research should examine additional predictors and potential mechanisms of weight gain among methadone patients and develop tailored interventions including nutritional knowledge and lifestyle recommendations. PMID: 31849028 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Opioid Management - Category: Addiction Tags: J Opioid Manag Source Type: research