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John Strang critiques the quality of drug service provision and oral methadone prescribing

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Professor John Strang
Professor John Strang
Location: London
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VIDEO NUMBER:
289
CATEGORY:
Tools and Technologies
DATE ADDED:
09-02-2010
DESCRIPTION
John looks for example at the way in which methadone is prescribed. He became interested in how to improve provision. John talks about the evidence base for oral methadone. He explains how important it is for us to study the research evidence to develop better-quality treatment which more effectively prevents deaths and supports progressive recovery.
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Footnotes
1) Website: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
 www.slam.nhs.uk
2) Paper: Are Supplementary Services Provided During Methadone Maintenance Really Cost Effective?
Are Supplementary Services Provided During Methadone Maintenance…
MK Kraft et al
American Journal of Psychiatry 1997 154;1214-1219 
3) Paper: Prescribing injectable and oral methadone to opiate addicts:
Results from the 1995 national postal survey of community pharmacies in England and Wales
BMJ 1996;313:270-2
4) Paper: Does prescribing for opiate addiction change after national guidelines?
Methadone and buprenorphine prescribing to opiate addicts by general practitioners and hospital doctors in England 1995-2005
Addiction, 102, 761-770

5) Book: Methadone maintenance treatment… [J Ward, R Mattick, W Hall]
…and other opioid replacement therapies
Harwood 1998

6) Book: Methadone Matters [Gillian Tober, John Strang]
Methadone Matters
Martin Dunitz, 2003
7) Reports: Aids and Drug Misuse Update [ACMD]
Home Office
8) Book: The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment [Ball JC, Ross A 1991]
 
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