Monthly take-home methadone maintenance regime for elderly opium-dependent users in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 429-434

  Guo, Song ^a   Winslow, Munidasa ^b   Manning, Victoria ^a   Thane, Kyaw K W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Craving; Effectiveness; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERVIEW; NURSING; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METHADONE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77954497614     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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