Six-month retention and changes in quality of life and substance use from a low-threshold methadone maintenance therapy programme in Durban, South Africa.

CONCLUSIONS: Interim findings suggest high retention, significant reductions in heroin use and improvements in mental health among participants retained on methadone maintenance therapy for 6 months. Further research into longer term outcomes and the reasons contributing to these changes would strengthen recommendations for the scale-up of methadone maintenance therapy in South Africa. PMID: 32085807 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085807?dopt=Abstract

Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - February 20, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Scheibe A, Shelly S, Gerardy T, von Homeyer Z, Schneider A, Padayachee K, Naidoo SB, Mtshweni K, Matau A, Hausler H, Marks M Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: research