Two-year outcomes of methadone maintenance therapy at a clinic in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Musa, Ramli, Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri, Khan, Umeed Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sage Publications, Inc 2011
• Subjects: HV5800 Drug habits. Drug abuse; RA Public aspects of medicine; RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/4098/1/21.2-yrs_outcomes_Methadone.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/4098/; http://aph.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/04/13/1010539511404396.abstract

Background. The commencement of methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) in 2005 represents a quantum leap in the management of heroin dependence in Malaysia. Objective. To examine the 2-year outcomes of this modality in the treatment of heroin dependence with respect to the quality of life (QOL), heroin...