Opioid use disorders (OUD) is a relapsing condition with high mortality. Opioid maintenance
treatment (OMT) reduces heroin use, and overall morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of …

Background: One of the most important issues for opiate maintenance therapy efficacy is the
involvement of primary care physicians (PCPs) in opiate use disorder treatment, especially …

Background The long-term impact of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) on morbidity and
health care utilization among heroin addicts has been insufficiently studied. The objective of …

Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) successfully improves social functioning and leads to
an increase of survival rates, by reducing drug-related mortality and infections. A region …

Objective: Opioid use disorder (OUD) affects approximately 5.6 million people in the United
States annually, yet rates of the use of effective medication for OUD (MOUD) treatment are …

Background The opioid crisis in the United States is of public health significance, with an
estimated 128 opioid overdose-related deaths per day in 2018 and a relapse rate of 90% or …

The present study evaluates the prevalence of psychiatric and substance use disorders in
male and female intravenous opioid abusers participating at a community needle exchange …

Background: Despite the importance of duration of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT),
only few studies have reported outcomes of long-term OMT. Objectives: To describe …

Objective: There is an increase in persons entering substance use treatment who co-use
opioids and methamphetamines in recent years. Co-using these substances may negatively …

Background and aim Medically managed opioid withdrawal (detox) can increase the risk of
subsequent opioid overdose. We assessed the association between mortality following …