Daily clinical dose (D) poorly predicts trough serum methadone concentration (ctrough) in patients undergo methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) with good adherence

• Main Authors: Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani, Sim, Hann Liang, Tan, Soo Choon, Ismail, Rusli, Musa, Ramli, Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: R. S. Publication 2014
• Subjects: RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37755/1/46.2014_Ilyani-Methadone.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37755/; http://www.rspublication.com/ijphc/index.html

Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) has been used for opioid dependence as one of the harm-reduction approaches. It is also effectiveindirectlyto prevent the wide spread of HIV-related risks such as needle sharing behaviour and illicit drug use. With low costs calculated per patient, MMT has been pu...