A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals
Over time, many discoveries revolutionized medicine. Methadone has revolutionized the management of opiate dependence. With MMT, most patients respond well and their health improves. Its complex pharmacology and “opiophobia” however impede its full usefulness. Among the “opiophobics”, alternative th...
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| description | Over time, many discoveries revolutionized medicine. Methadone has revolutionized the management of opiate dependence. With MMT, most patients respond well and their health improves. Its complex pharmacology and “opiophobia” however impede its full usefulness. Among the “opiophobics”, alternative therapies with, as an example, Chinese medicines, are frequently sought and advocated. We performed a laboratory and clinical study with the objective of investigating factors that predict successful MMT program, in an effort to improve therapy with methadone and to help us develop guidelines on the optimization of MMT. We also studied the effect of a Chinese herb, BioLitrin in patients maintained on MMT to evaluate its role as an adjunct to MMT. |
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| spelling | usm-421342019-04-12T05:26:37Z http://eprints.usm.my/42134/ A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals Mohamad, Nasir R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research Over time, many discoveries revolutionized medicine. Methadone has revolutionized the management of opiate dependence. With MMT, most patients respond well and their health improves. Its complex pharmacology and “opiophobia” however impede its full usefulness. Among the “opiophobics”, alternative therapies with, as an example, Chinese medicines, are frequently sought and advocated. We performed a laboratory and clinical study with the objective of investigating factors that predict successful MMT program, in an effort to improve therapy with methadone and to help us develop guidelines on the optimization of MMT. We also studied the effect of a Chinese herb, BioLitrin in patients maintained on MMT to evaluate its role as an adjunct to MMT. 2011-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/42134/1/NASIR_MOHAMAD.pdf Mohamad, Nasir (2011) A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research Mohamad, Nasir A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals |
| title | A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals |
| title_full | A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals |
| title_fullStr | A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals |
| title_short | A Clinical And Pharmacogenetic Investigation Of Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) In Opiate Dependent Individuals |
| title_sort | clinical and pharmacogenetic investigation of methadone maintenance therapy (mmt) in opiate dependent individuals |
| topic | R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/42134/ http://eprints.usm.my/42134/1/NASIR_MOHAMAD.pdf |