Comparison of pain tolerance between opioid dependent patients on methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) and opioid naive individuals

• Main Authors: Zahari, Z., Lee, C.S., Ibrahim, M.A., Musa, N., Mohd Yasin, M.A., Lee, Y.Y., Tan, S.C., Mohamad, N., Ismail, R.
• Format: Article
• Published: Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18721/; http://dx.doi.org/10.18433/J3NS49

Purpose: This study compared pain sensitivity among opioid dependent patients on methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) and opioid naive subjects. Methods: The three hundred participants comprised 152 opioid naive subjects and 148 opioid dependent patients. Opioid naive subjects had not taken any opioi...