Methadone maintenance : a physician's guide to treatment /

Methadone maintenance : a physician's guide to treatment /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Selby, Peter, 1965-
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Toronto, Ont. : Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource ([vii], 159 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Opioid abuse -- Treatment. Methadone maintenance. Methadone maintenance. Opioid abuse -- Treatment. Methadone -- therapeutic use. Opioid-Related Disorders -- drug therapy. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11122782

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Other authors / contributors:	Kahan, Meldon. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
ISBN:	9781770528932 1770528938 9781770528956 9781770528925 (print) 9781770528949 (HTML)
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Other form:	Print version: Selby, Peter. Methadone Maintenance : A Physician's Guide to Treatment, Second Edition. Toronto : Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, ©2000 9781770528925

Table of Contents:

Section I : Fundamental concepts in methadone maintenance treatment
Fundamental clinical concepts in addiction medicine
Opioid dependence
Effectivenss of methadone maintenance treatment
Pharmacology of methadone
Section II : Framework for methadone maintenance treatment
Clinical diagnosis for MMT
Abstinence-based interventions for opioid withdrawl
Section III : Methadone prescribing protocols and guidelines
Methadone dosing guidelines
Urine drug screening in MMT
Take-home doses
Termination of MMT
Section IV : Clinical drug use in methadone patients
Methadone and pain management
MMT and concurrent psychiatric illness
MMT and concurrent medical disorders
Pregnancy and opioid use
MMT and special-needs populations
Methadone and driving.