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  • Title: Prohibition of take-home dosages: negative consequences on methadone maintenance treatment.
    Author: Pani PP, Pirastu R, Ricci A, Gessa GL.
    Journal: Drug Alcohol Depend; 1996 May; 41(1):81-4. PubMed ID: 8793314.
    Abstract:
    Patients on methadone maintenance were forewarned that a law prohibiting take-home dosages was to be enforced within 6 months. At the end of the 6-month period preceding the enforcement of the law the effect of the anticipated suppression of the take-home privilege was studied on a cohort of 211 methadone-maintained patients on take-home dosages. The outcome of the treatment of these patients was compared to that of a control group of 220 patients at the end of a 6-month period prior to the announcement of the new law. The outcome of the study suggests that the restrictive regulation is counterproductive for retaining patients in treatment.
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