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Methadone exposures reported to poison control centers in the United States following the COVID-19-related loosening of federal methadone regulations

BACKGROUND: Methadone is a highly effective treatment for opioid use disorder. Its use in the United States is highly regulated at both the federal and state level. The regulations related to take-home doses were loosened because of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus public health emergency declaration. The...

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Autores principales: Welsh, Christopher, Doyon, Suzanne, Hart, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8769878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35085855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103591