ArticleSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2016
Type of opioid dependence among patients seeking opioid substitution treatment: are there differences in background and severity of problems?
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- Parallel modeling of pain and depression in prediction of relapse during buprenorphine and naloxone treatment: A finite mixture model.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Trial
- Comparative Analysis of Blood MMP-9 Concentration in Alcohol- and Opioid-Addicted Patients.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Measuring intangible cost-of-morbidity due to substance dependence: implications of using alternative preference-based instruments.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020Article
- The past, present and future of opioid withdrawal assessment: a scoping review of scales and technologies.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2019Article
- Opioid Use Disorder Induces Oxidative Stress and Inflammation: The Attenuating Effect of Methadone Maintenance Treatment.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe study explores differences and similarities in background and problem severity among those seeking Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST), comparing those who primarily had misused "opiates", e.g. heroin, morphine and opium, with those who primarily had misused other opioids.
methodsPatients (n = 127) assessed for possible admittance in OST are compared based on the Addiction Severity Index. Two groups based on primary type of opioid misused are compared (opiates vs. other opioids).
resultsIn the global severity ratings there were no significant differences between the groups other than tautological artefacts concerning heroin. There were few specific differences between the groups. The opiate group more often had Hepatitis C and more often had legal problems related to financing their misuse. Injection of drugs was the main method of administration in both groups, i.e. 90 % for mostly opiates vs. 75 % for mostly other opioids. A great majority in both groups, 96 % vs. 91 %, had misused most other types of drugs. Both groups were found to have severe problems in all areas investigated.
conclusionsThe study demonstrates great similarities in problem severity among those seeking OST, both those who primarily had misused opiates and those who primarily had misused other opioids.
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