The prevailing dosing model in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) supports adjusting methadone doses downward, based on signs of opioid intoxication, or upward, based on withdrawal signs or patients’ reports of craving or illicit opioid use. But a recent study, carried out at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) and Montefiore Medical Center, suggests that these … [Read more...] about Meaning and Methadone: A Model for Promoting Adherence in MMT, Based on Patients’ Perceptions
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In California, a Focus on Getting OTP Patients Enrolled in Medicaid
Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) have many patients—childless adults, mainly men—who have not been eligible for Medicaid. They are self-paying for their treatment. In these weeks before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes effect and self-paying patients can be covered under its Medicaid expansion provision, some OTPs are working feverishly to make sure that these patients are … [Read more...] about In California, a Focus on Getting OTP Patients Enrolled in Medicaid