From morphine clinics to buprenorphine: regulating opioid agonist treatment of addiction in the United StatesJerome H Jaffe
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 70:S3-11. 2003
..Some details of how the DATA was developed, moved through Congress, and signed into law are described...
Scaling-up interim methadone maintenance: treatment for 1,000 heroin-addicted individualsRobert P Schwartz
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:362-7. 2009
..When limited public resources create waiting lists, IM can allow additional patients to sharply reduce heroin use while waiting for admission to MTP...
- African American patients seeking treatment in the public sector: characteristics of buprenorphine vs. methadone patients
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 122:55-60. 2012
..This study compares the characteristics of patients entering methadone treatment vs. buprenorphine treatment to determine whether BT was attracting different types of patients...
- Intravenous and intranasal heroin-dependent treatment-seekers: characteristics and treatment outcome
David A Highfield
Friends Research Institute, MD 21201, USA
Addiction 102:1816-23. 2007
..This study compared the characteristics of intravenous (i.v.) and intranasal (i.n.) heroin users seeking methadone treatment, and their response to treatment...
- Randomized trial of standard methadone treatment compared to initiating methadone without counseling: 12-month findings
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Addiction 107:943-52. 2012
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- Interim methadone treatment: impact on arrests
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 103:148-54. 2009
..It was hypothesized that IM participants would have a: (1) lower number of arrests at 6 and 12 months and (2) lower mean crime severity scores at 6 and 12 months post-baseline...
- A randomized controlled trial of interim methadone maintenance: 10-Month follow-up
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103 Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 86:30-6. 2007
..3%, p=.001) but not for cocaine-positive drug tests. At 10 months after study enrollment, there are sustained benefits of IM as compared to waiting list in terms of increased treatment entry and reduced heroin use and criminal behavior...
- Interim methadone treatment compared to standard methadone treatment: 4-month findings
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:21-9. 2011
..These findings suggest that when SM is unavailable, IM should be more widely used and less restricted...
- Impact of interim methadone maintenance on HIV risk behaviors
Monique E Wilson
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Urban Health 87:586-91. 2010
..Remedying the shortage of methadone capacity through the expansion of IM would be a worthwhile approach to reducing the spread of HIV infection...
- Young heroin users in Baltimore: a qualitative study
Devang H Gandhi
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:177-88. 2006
..Further research should focus on efforts to engage peer groups and families in order to improve treatment outcomes in young heroin users...
- Impact of methadone with versus without drug abuse counseling on HIV risk: 4- and 12-month findings from a clinical trial
Sharon M Kelly
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Addict Med 6:145-52. 2012
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- A randomized controlled trial of interim methadone maintenance
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:102-9. 2006
..Effective alternatives to long waiting lists for entry into methadone hydrochloride maintenance treatment are needed to reduce the complications of continuing heroin dependence and to increase methadone treatment entry...
- Some day hence
Jerome H Jaffe
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Baltimore, 21201, USA
Addiction 101:643-4; discussion 644-5. 2006
