Questions: Methadone Research Web Guide
- Methadone maintenance treatment has been proven effective in the United States, but not in other countries.
- The efficacy of methadone maintenance treatment in reducing illegal opioid use is dose-dependent.
- Methadone maintenance treatment significantly reduces criminal activity.
- Methadone maintenance treatment is also effective for treating dependence on alcohol and other drugs.
- Methadone maintenance treatment has few long-term side effects.
- Methadone maintenance is cost-effective.
- Illegal opioid use while in methadone maintenance treatment is not influenced by the provision of psychosocial and medical services.
- NIDA-supported research has suggested that the minimum effective dosage for most methadone maintenance patients is 60 mg per day.
- Patients' emotional, psychological, and social well-being are irrelevant in predicting the success of methadone maintenance treatment.
- Providing methadone maintenance therapy does not improve retention rates in opioid addiction treatment programs.
- Court-ordered methadone maintenance treatment is as effective as voluntary treatment.
- Methadone maintenance treatment can be discontinued as soon as the patient has completed 12 months free of any heroin use.
- Methadone maintenance treatment can reduce sexual risk behaviors for HIV infection.
- Simply dispensing methadone will reduce drug use and HIV infection risk behaviors.
- Methadone maintenance treatment is effective at preventing the spread of the HIV infection.
- Female injection drug users may require more specialized psychosocial services than male injection drug users do in methadone maintenance treatment.
- The benefits of methadone treatment outweigh the risks for pregnant or nursing women and their babies.
- Women in methadone maintenance treatment who become pregnant may require higher doses of methadone.
- Buprenorphine is an effective alternative to methadone maintenance treatment.
- The risks of methadone or buprenorphine abuse outweigh their benefits.
Important Dates
NIDA International Forum
June 14–17, 2013
Online Registration Deadline:
May 6, 2013
FELLOWSHIPS
IAS/NIDA Fellowships
Application Deadline:
February 10, 2013
NIDA International Program Fellowships
Application Deadline:
April 1, 2013
Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
Application Deadlines: Vary
GRANTS
Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan
(Non-AIDS)
R01 PAR-11-030and R21 PAR-11-031
Application deadline:
February 14, 2013
MEETINGS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 14–18, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS)
April 15–19, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
2013 International Conference on Global Health: Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse and HIV
April 17–19, 2013
Taipei, Taiwan
Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.