Relationship between plasma concentrations of the l-enantiomer of methadone and response to methadone maintenance treatment
| Autor: | Fabio Stefanelli, Silvio Chericoni, Laura Daini, Marco Moncini, Milo Meini, Tania Giarratana, Paola Rucci, Daniela Scaramelli |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Meini, Milo, Moncini, Marco, Daini, Laura, Giarratana, Tania, Scaramelli, Daniela, Chericoni, Silvio, Stefanelli, Fabio, Rucci, Paola |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Methadone maintenance Maintenance treatment Methadone Plasma methadone concentration Cross-Sectional Studies Heroin Dependence Humans Middle Aged Opiate Substitution Treatment Opioid-Related Disorders Stereoisomerism Treatment Outcome Young Adult Pharmacology Medicine (all) Craving Opioid-Related Disorder Urine Gastroenterology Heroin Internal medicine medicine Cross-Sectional Studie business.industry Opioid Anesthesia medicine.symptom business Human medicine.drug Blood sampling |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Pharmacology. 760:1-6 |
| ISSN: | 0014-2999 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.03.081 |
| Popis: | This study evaluated the relationship between the plasma concentration of l-methadone and response to methadone in real-world patients, in order to identify a minimum plasma concentration above which methadone treatment is effective. Ninety-four patients with opioid dependence under maintenance methadone treatment were consecutively recruited. Response was defined as negative urine analyses in the three weeks prior to the blood sampling. The percentage of participants with a plasma l-methadone concentration between 100 and 250 ng/ml was 54.2% among those with a methadone dosage ≥60 mg/day. Plasma l-methadone concentrations were significantly higher in patients with negative urine analyses compared with those with positive urine analyses (median 93 vs. 77 ng/ml, Mann-Whitney test, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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