ArticleJournal of psychoactive drugs2009
Incarceration and opioid withdrawal: the experiences of methadone patients and out-of-treatment heroin users.
Article in Journal of psychoactive drugs, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implementation of Jail and Prison-Based Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Programs: A Narrative Synthesis.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2025Pooled it
- A Qualitative Systematic Review of Access to Substance Use Disorder Care in the United States Criminal Justice System.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Patient-centered methadone treatment: a randomized clinical trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Trial
- Methadone continuation versus forced withdrawal on incarceration in a combined US prison and jail: a randomised, open-label trial.Lancet (London, England) · 2015Trial
- Extended-release naltrexone to prevent relapse among opioid dependent, criminal justice system involved adults: rationale and design of a randomized controlled effectiveness trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Leaving buprenorphine treatment: patients' reasons for cessation of care.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2014Trial
- Patient perspectives on choosing buprenorphine over methadone in an urban, equal-access system.The American journal on addictionsTrial
- Opioid-related harms and experiences of care among people in justice settings in New South Wales, Australia: evidence from the National Ambulance Surveillance System.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Opioid withdrawal: role in addiction and neural mechanisms.Psychopharmacology · 2023Review
- Patients with substance use disorders receiving continued care in skilled nursing facilities following hospitalization.Substance abuse · 2022Article
- On stimulus persistence and human behavior: the stimulus persistence unification theory.Communicative & integrative biology · 2022Review
- Naloxone's role in the national opioid crisis-past struggles, current efforts, and future opportunities.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2021Review
- The impact of the opioid crisis on U.S. state prison systems.Health & justice · 2021Article
- "The Doctor Says You Cannot Have [Buprenorphine]" Autonomy and Use of Prescribed or Non-Prescribed Buprenorphine.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
- Treating Opioid Use Disorder and Related Infectious Diseases in the Criminal Justice System.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2020Review
- A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Medications for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder within the Criminal Justice System.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- The Accessibility of Opioid Agonist Treatment and Its Forced Discontinuation in Swiss Prisons-Attitudes, Perceptions and Experiences of Defense Lawyers in Dealing With Detained Persons Using Opioids.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Aspirin misuse: a case report.BJPsych open · 2019Article
- A conceptual model for understanding post-release opioid-related overdose risk.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2019Review
- Best Practices for Pregnant Incarcerated Women With Opioid Use Disorder.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2019Article
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Abstract
Both heroin-addicted individuals and methadone maintenance patients are likely to face untreated opioid withdrawal while incarcerated. Limited research exists concerning the withdrawal experiences of addicted inmates and their impact on individuals' attitudes and plans concerning drug abuse treatment. In the present study, 53 opioid dependent adults (32 in methadone treatment and 21 out of treatment) were interviewed in an ethnographic investigation of withdrawal experiences during incarceration. When treatment for opioid withdrawal was unavailable, detoxification experiences were usually described as negative and were often associated with a variety of unhealthy behaviors designed to relieve withdrawal symptoms. Negative methadone withdrawal experiences also negatively influenced participants' receptivity to seeking methadone treatment upon release. A minority of participants took a positive view of their withdrawal experience and saw it as an opportunity to detox from heroin or discontinue methadone. Findings support the importance of providing appropriate opioid detoxification and/or maintenance therapy to opioid-dependent inmates.
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