RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Methadone maintenance treatment can be provided in a primary care setting without increasing methadone-related mortality: the Sheffield experience 1997-2000.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 387
OP 389
VO 52
IS 478
A1 Jenny Keen
A1 Phillip Oliver
A1 Nigel Mathers
YR 2002
UL http://bjgp.org/content/52/478/387.abstract
AB Methadone maintenance treatment has been shown in many studies to reduce mortality and morbidity among heroin users. However, there has been concern that widespread methadone prescribing will lead conversely to an increase in methadone-related deaths. This study in Sheffield shows no increase in methadone-related mortality over a two-year period, during which 400 untreated patients were recruited into primary care methadone treatment in the city.