Methadone maintenance : a physician's guide to treatment / Peter Selby, Meldon Kahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selby, Peter, 1965-

Contributor:

Kahan, Meldon.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methadone maintenance.

Opioid abuse--Treatment.

Opioid abuse.

Methadone--therapeutic use.

Opioid-Related Disorders--drug therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Methadone--therapeutic use.

Opioid-Related Disorders--drug therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ont. : Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, c2011

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised edition of Methadone Maintenance: A Physician s Guide to Treatment is substantially updated and is consistent with the 2001 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Methadone Maintenance Guidelines. This book provides guidance on methado

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 withdrawal

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-77052-893-8

OCLC:

772396343