Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
PLoS ONE: 2014, 9(11): e112328.
Keywords
illegal drugs
medical management
Primary Care
treatment
methadone maintenance
heroin
specialist
organisational factors
induction
retention
satisfaction
safety
overdose

Methadone Induction in Primary Care for Opioid Dependence: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial

From France the first study to randomly allocate patients to start methadone maintenance either in primary care or at a specialist centre found primary care more attractive to patients and no less safe or effective at reducing street-opioid use and promoting engagement and retention. The implication is that in similar circumstances, primary care can be a way of greatly expanding access to methadone.