Methadone Related Poisoning on the Rise in Tehran, Iran

Background: In Iran, methadone has been used for methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as well as analgesic treatment in pain clinics. Recently, there are some reports regarding accidental and intentional methadone poisonings and deaths. The aim of this study was to evaluate the trend of methadone p...

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Main Authors: Kambiz Soltaninejad, Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam, Shahin Shadnia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2014-09-01
Series:Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
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Online Access:http://apjmt.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3378_04ca5bf5699d791aac5f891c9560d240.html