April 4: Methadone is a medication used in treatment of people with dependence from heroin or other opioids. Many people who take it drink too much
New paper out now: Primary care distributes life-saving medication for 17 years
The year was 1996 and Ireland was recovering from a recent heroin epidemic. Methadone, a medical replacement drug for heroin, was jut making its way
Urban Overdose Hotspots: New Paper out Now
Dublin ambulances see an opioid overdose every day; many times near the methadone clinics. Do people shoot heroin around methadone clinics? Yes. The
Can GPs help problem drinkers who also use other drugs? Article in the Forum magazine
The Forum magazine is the official journal of the Irish College of General Practitioners ICGP. Published monthly by MedMedia since 1991, it is
Do talking treatments help problem drinkers who also use illicit drugs? We’re still guessing – by Sarah Chapman
19 Nov 2012 Do talking treatments help problem drinkers who also use illicit drugs? We’re still guessing by Sarah
Retention versus continuity of care?
Retention in treatment has been traditionally regarded as a key outcome measure of addiction treatment. Thinking about this indicator brings us to
Fidelity questions
Clinical trials use elaborate methods to make sure that everybody does the exact thing as they planned. Measuring treatment fidelity is checking the
What agonist patients think about alcohol #SBIRT? A new paper out now
What do patients attending family physicians for methadone treatment think of screening and brief interventions for alcohol problems? Except for being
INVEST-ing: Jan Klimas teams up with US university
Jan Klimas, PhD, joins the Western States Node on March 1, 2013, as a NIDA CTN INVEST Fellow. NIDA is the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and