Research Topics
| ALAIN LITWINSummaryAffiliation: Montefiore Medical Center Country: USA Publications
Research Grants
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Integrating services for injection drug users infected with hepatitis C virus with methadone maintenance treatment: challenges and opportunitiesAlain H Litwin
Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10455, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:S339-45. 2005..Two cases illustrate the successful application of this model to patients with HCV infection complicated by active substance abuse and psychiatric comorbidity...
Primary care-based interventions are associated with increases in hepatitis C virus testing for patients at riskAlain H Litwin
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Dig Liver Dis 44:497-503. 2012..S. Effective treatment is available, but approximately 50% of patients are not aware that they are infected. Optimal testing strategies have not been described...
Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial of directly observed hepatitis C treatment delivered in methadone clinicsAlain H Litwin
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, New York 10467, USA
BMC Infect Dis 11:315. 2011....- Successful treatment of chronic hepatitis C with pegylated interferon in combination with ribavirin in a methadone maintenance treatment programAlain H Litwin
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:32-40. 2009.... - Hepatitis C management by addiction medicine physicians: results from a national surveyAlain H Litwin
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:99-105. 2007..A significant minority of physicians were either providing HCV antiviral treatment or willing to provide HCV antiviral treatment... - Directly observed antiretroviral therapy improves adherence and viral load in drug users attending methadone maintenance clinics: a randomized controlled trialKarina M Berg
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 113:192-9. 2011..To determine if directly observed antiretroviral therapy (DOT) is more efficacious than self-administered therapy for improving adherence and reducing HIV viral load (VL) among methadone-maintained opioid users... - Effects of pegylated interferon alfa-2b on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of methadone: a prospective, nonrandomized, crossover study in patients coinfected with hepatitis C and HIV receiving methadone maintenance treatmentSteven I Berk
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
Clin Ther 29:131-8. 2007..However, pegIFN has been associated with adverse effects (AEs) that may simulate opioid withdrawal and be confused with insufficient methadone dosage... - Low rates of hepatitis A and B vaccination in patients with chronic hepatitis C at an urban methadone maintenance programUriel R Felsen
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Addict Dis 29:461-5. 2010..Despite high rates of testing for HAV, HBV, and HCV at a methadone maintenance program, approximately half of those with chronic HCV eligible for the HAV vaccine received it, and few of those eligible for HBV vaccine received it... - Strategies to improve access to and utilization of health care services and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected drug usersChinazo O Cunningham
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:218-32. 2011..Further refinement and expansion of strategies to improve outcomes of HIV-infected drug users is warranted... - Validity of a self-reported history of a positive tuberculin skin test. A prospective study of drug usersHillary V Kunins
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1039-44. 2004..To define the prevalence of and factors associated with having a negative purified protein derivative (PPD) among persons who self-report a prior positive PPD and to define the safety of repeat testing in such persons... - The impact of barriers to hepatitis C virus treatment in recovering heroin users maintained on methadoneDiana L Sylvestre
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 29:159-65. 2005..09 and p = .18, respectively.) We conclude that injection drug users can be safely and effectively treated for HCV despite multiple barriers to treatment when they are treated in a setting that can address their special needs... - False reduction in serum methadone concentrations by BD Vacutainer serum separator tubes (SSTTM)Steven I Berk
Clin Chem 52:1972-4. 2006
Research Grants
- Addiction Medicine Physicians and Care for Hepatitis CALAIN LITWIN; Fiscal Year: 2003..Data from this study will have relevance to both drug abuse treatment policy and clinical practice. ..