Methadone Adherence

Methadone Adherence

The Effect of Alcohol and Smoking in Methadone Adherence

Literature Review

Maintenance treatment with methadone (methadone maintenance treatment, MMT) is limited by methadone orally long-term opiate addicts to suppress the urge to use heroin and heroin euphoria (Anita, pp. 216, 2008). Through psychotherapy, health and employment counseling and other social support services, making the drug addicts to improve or restore their social function, to have an alternative treatment for addiction to heroin and other opiates.

This method requires that drug users to the designated location every day, the team under the supervision of a certain dose of oral methadone, thereby reducing the use ...