The trajectory of methadone maintenance treatment in Nepal

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ambekar, Atul ^a   Rao, Ravindra ^a   Pun, Anan ^b   Kumar, Suresh ^c   Kishore, Kunal ^d  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Recovering Nepal   (Nepal)

^c United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Office for South Asia ^*

^d United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Office for South Asia   (India)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; Opioid substitution treatment; People who inject drugs

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PROGRAM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPOTENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; METHADONE TREATMENT; NEPAL; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG COSTS; DRUG USERS; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHADONE; NEPAL; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890430972     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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