Lesson of the Week: Methadone maintenance and tuberculosis treatment

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7062, 1996, Pages 925-926

  Raistrick, Duncan ^a   Hay, Alistair ^b   Wolff, Kim ^b  

^a Leeds Addiction Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISONIAZID; LIVER ENZYME; METHADONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONYLUREA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHADONE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RIFAMPIN; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029823045     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7062.925     Document Type: Article

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