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Main Catalogue:
Opiates/Methadone

The following items are arranged in chronological order of appearance on the SMMGP web site and/or in its newsletters.

• Alcohol & MMT
  - Ed Day (Oct 2007)
• Good Practice Checklist for Prescribers - Methadone & Buprenorphine Prescriptions
  Sarah McIntyre, Brent PCT (Jul 2007)
• Modern Maintenance Therapy: Prescriber Imperative or Patient Choice?
  Dr Michael Farrell, Sue andcroft, Dr Chris Ford, Dr Clare Gerada, John Howard, Dr Fergus Law (Dec 2006)
• Heresy, Dogma & the Inquisition - Supervised Consumption & Dose Assessment of Methadone
  Nigel Modern, Lead GP (Substance Misuse), Birmingham DAT & HOBtPCT
• Detoxification
  Dr Keron Fletcher, Shropshire
• How Do We Get the Best Out of Methadone Programmes? A Review of the Evidence
  Dr Jenny Keen (Jul 2006)
• Pharmacy Aspects of Methadone Prescribing
  Jenny Scott PhD MRPharmS (Jul 2006)
• Methadone
  Dr Kim Wolff (Jul 2006)
• Guidelines for Community Dose Induction (CDI) & Assessment
  Adapted from "Slaying the Dragon" - the Birmingham Shared Care Guide produced by a partnership of Birmingham GPs, Drug Solutions Birmingham & the Birmingham Drug Action Team (May 2006)
• Flow Chart for Community Dose Assessment (CDA) - Using Supervised Consumption (SC) with Daily Dispensing
  Adapted from "Slaying the Dragon" - the Birmingham Shared Care Guide produced by a partnership of Birmingham GPs, Drug Solutions Birmingham & the Birmingham Drug Action Team (May 2006)
• RCGP Guidance for the Use of Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence in Primary Care
  RCGP & SMMGP (Sep 2005)
• The Black Market in Methadone - Some Reflections
  Matthew Johnson, Fitzrovia Medical Centre (Jun 2004)
• Starting Methadone Safely
  RCGP Sex, Drugs & HIV Task Group (Mar 2004)
• Evidence for Methadone
  Tom Carnwath (Jul 2003)
• The Evidence for Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Legal Issues & Ethics
  Dr Jenny Keen (2003)
• Treatments for Opiate Users in a Primary Care Setting
  Dr Mark B Gabbay, V Jeffrey, T Carnwath (Jan 2000)

Articles from the SMMGP newsletters...

Please note that information provided in older articles may no longer be correct!

• Dr Fixit's Advice - High Dose Methadone & ECGs
  In Network Issue 22 (Apr 2008)
• Methadone & the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
  In Network Issue 22 (Apr 2008)
• NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 114: Methadone & Buprenorphine for the Management of Opioid Dependency (Jan 2007)
  In Network Issue 20 (Nov 2007)
• Alcohol & Opioids - A Difficult & Neglected Problem?
  In Network Issue 19 (Oct 2007)
• Drug Misuse & Dependence - Guidelines on Clinical Management: Update 2007
  In Network Issue 18 (Jul 2007)
• Snowballing: Combined Heroin & Crack Injection
  In Network Issue 18 (Jul 2007)
• Suboxone - So What's New?
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Viewpoint - Tolerance Testing Troubles
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Heresy, Dogma & the Inquisition
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Shift Work
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Methadone & Exercise
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• China Needle Exchange News
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Working With Drug Users Who Are Injected By Other People
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Dr Fixit on Using Clinical Governance to Bring About Change with GP Under-Dosing
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Sleep Management & Methadone
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Heresy, Dogma & the Inquisition
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Drug Consumption Rooms?
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Poly Drug Use: Taking it On in UK General Practice
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Pain Management When on Methadone Maintenance Treatment
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• Principles of Pain Treatment in the Context of Substance Use
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Coming Off Supervised Consumption
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Joint Working
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Methadone & Driving
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Dealing with Weights & Measures
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Rationale for the Use of Methadone
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• The Oral Effects of Methadone Use
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - On Cocaine Use with Methadone
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• News Digest - NICE: Next Wave Take on Methadone & Buprenorphine
  In Network Issue 9 (Sep 2004)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - How Can I Help this Young Asian Heroin Smoker?
  In Network Issue 9 (Sep 2004)
• Why Should Opiate Maintenance Take Place in Primary Care?
  In Network Issue 8 (Mar 2004)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Methadone Maintenance
  In Network Issue 8 (Mar 2004)
• Methadone Maintenance Prescribing - How to Get the Best Results
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Getting the Dose Right
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 6 (Oct 2003)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Going on Holiday
  In Network Issue 6 (Oct 2003)
• Viewpoint - A Response to the Heroin Guidance Injectable Heroin (& Injectable Methadone): Potential Roles in Drug Treatment
  In Network Issue 6 (Oct 2003)
• NTORS - Choose Maintenance or Detoxification, Not 'Reduction'
  In Network Issue 5 (May 2003)
• Classics Revisited - Heroin Addiction and Drug Policy, The British System
  In Network Issue 5 (May 2003)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 5 (May 2003)
• Titration: Can We Make It Work In Practice?
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• Starting Methadone Safely
  In Network Issue 3 (Oct 2002)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 3 (Oct 2002)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Driving & Methadone
  In Network Issue 3 (Oct 2002)
• Classics Revisited - Methadone Maintenance Treatment & Other Opioid Replacement Therapies
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Under-Dosing
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Hot Topics - The French connection - Substitute Prescribing & Reduction in Deaths & Crime
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Hot Topics - Heroin Prescribing - Will This Affect GPs?
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• A GP's Reflections On the Value of Long-Term Methadone Prescribing/Methadone Maintenance
  In Network Issue 1 (Apr 2002)
• A GP's Reflections On the Value of Detoxification from Opiates
  In Network Issue 1 (Apr 2002)
• Classics Revisited - The Methadone Briefing
  In Network Issue 1 (Apr 2002)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Methadone & Palliative Care
  In Network Issue 1 (Apr 2002)
• SMMGP Recent Paper and Article Review
  In Newsletter Issue 21 (Nov 2001)
• SMMGP Recent Paper & Article Review
  In Newsletter Issue 20 (Jul 2001)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Opiate Detoxification
  In Newsletter Issue 20 (Jul 2001)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Pregnancy & Prescribing Methadone
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• Comprehensive Literature Review & Bibliography: Treatments for Opiate Users in a Primary Care Setting
  In Newsletter Issue 17 (Jul 2000)
• Dihydrocodeine - DF118
  In Newsletter Issue 17 (Jul 2000)
• RCT of Dihydrocodeine & Methadone Treatments of Opiate Dependence
  In Newsletter Issue 17 (Jul 2000)
• Alternative Treatments for Opiate Dependence
  In Newsletter Issue 16 (Mar 2000)
• New Heroin Outbreaks Amongst Young People in England & Wales
  In Newsletter Issue 11 (Sep 1998)

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