PubMed · 10196989
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T Sheldon. Dutch courage.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10196989/
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The initial assessment and subsequent monitoring of compliance in methadone treatment programmes are excessively reliant on the accuracy of self-report from opiate addicts themselves. Given the central position of methadone treatment in the therapeutic options currently available and with the increasing number of opiate addicts requiring treatment, improved methods of judging optimal methadone treatment are required. This paper explores the possible future options for assessing the adequacy of methadone prescribing from the analysis of methadone levels in urine, blood, hair and saliva. The particular promise of plasma therapeutic drug monitoring for methadone is explored, accompanied by an account of the state of the art at the time of writing.
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