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methadone and Emergencies

methadone has been researched along with Emergencies in 18 studies

Methadone: A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3)
methadone : A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of dextromethadone and levomethadone. It is a opioid analgesic which is used as a painkiller and as a substitute for heroin in the treatment of heroin addiction.
6-(dimethylamino)-4,4-diphenylheptan-3-one : A ketone that is heptan-3-one substituted by a dimethylamino group at position 6 and two phenyl groups at position 4.

Emergencies: Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"55 347 people with opioid use disorder who received OAT between 1 January 1996 and 30 September 2018."1.56Opioid agonist treatment and risk of mortality during opioid overdose public health emergency: population based retrospective cohort study. ( Homayra, F; Irvine, M; McGowan, G; Min, JE; Nosyk, B; Pearce, LA; Piske, M; Slaunwhite, A; Zhou, H, 2020)
"Methadone is a synthetic narcotic used in opioid dependent situations."1.31[Methadone poisoning in a 1-year-old child treated by continuous infusion of naloxone]. ( Benbrick, N; Leblanc, A; Moreau, MH, 2002)
"Treatment with propofol is effective in the case of a patient with a serious withdrawal syndrome secondary to naltrexone overdose during methadone therapy."1.30Emergency therapeutical approach simulating ultrarapid opioid detoxification in methadone withdrawal precipitated by erroneous administration of naltrexone. ( Barelli, A; De Giacomo, M; Gaspari, R; Mannelli, P; Stefanelli, A, 1999)
"It aims to examine drug addiction services in order to assess the interrelations between these services, their ways of operating and the use drug addicts make of them."1.27[Hospital emergencies in drug addiction. Analysis and interpretation of data recorded at 3 DEAs of the Turin area]. ( Furlan, PM; Meluzzi, A; Pelissero, E; Ravizza, L; Zanin, L, 1986)

Research

Studies (18)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19907 (38.89)18.7374
1990's6 (33.33)18.2507
2000's4 (22.22)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's1 (5.56)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Pearce, LA1
Min, JE1
Piske, M1
Zhou, H1
Homayra, F1
Slaunwhite, A1
Irvine, M1
McGowan, G1
Nosyk, B1
Leblanc, A1
Benbrick, N1
Moreau, MH1
Turner, BJ1
Laine, C1
Yang, CP1
Hauck, WW1
Brewer, C1
Moryl, N1
Coyle, N1
Foley, KM1
Strang, J1
Connell, PH1
Lorenzo, JA1
Weinstock, DJ1
Boissonnas, A1
Binchy, JM1
Molyneux, EM1
Manning, J1
Zenker, HJ1
Zenker, C1
Lang, P1
Pfab, R1
Zilker, T1
De Giacomo, M1
Gaspari, R1
Stefanelli, A1
Barelli, A1
Mannelli, P1
Jakob, FJ1
Nyska, M1
Shapira, Y1
Klin, B1
Drenger, B1
Margulies, JY1
Furlan, PM1
Meluzzi, A1
Pelissero, E1
Zanin, L1
Ravizza, L1
Benforado, JM1
Waldmann, H1
Hetland, LB1
Knowlton, DA1
Couri, D1

Reviews

1 review available for methadone and Emergencies

ArticleYear
[Drug-related emergencies with opiates].
    Der Internist, 1999, Volume: 40, Issue:6

    Topics: Drug Overdose; Emergencies; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Internal Medicine; Methadone; Narcotics; Opio

1999

Other Studies

17 other studies available for methadone and Emergencies

ArticleYear
Opioid agonist treatment and risk of mortality during opioid overdose public health emergency: population based retrospective cohort study.
    BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2020, 03-31, Volume: 368

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; British Columbia; Buprenorphine; Cause of Death; Cohort Studies; Emergencies; Fem

2020
[Methadone poisoning in a 1-year-old child treated by continuous infusion of naloxone].
    Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, 2002, Volume: 9, Issue:7

    Topics: Accidents; Age Factors; Emergencies; Humans; Infant; Male; Methadone; Naloxone; Time Factors

2002
Effects of long-term, medically supervised, drug-free treatment and methadone maintenance treatment on drug users' emergency department use and hospitalization.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2003, Dec-15, Volume: 37 Suppl 5

    Topics: Adult; Delivery of Health Care; Emergencies; Female; HIV Infections; HIV Seronegativity; HIV Seropos

2003
Emergency naloxone for heroin overdose: naloxone is not the only opioid antagonist.
    BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2006, Oct-07, Volume: 333, Issue:7571

    Topics: Drug Overdose; Emergencies; Emergency Treatment; Heroin; Humans; Methadone; Naloxone; Narcotic Antag

2006
Managing an acute pain crisis in a patient with advanced cancer: "this is as much of a crisis as a code".
    JAMA, 2008, Mar-26, Volume: 299, Issue:12

    Topics: Acute Disease; Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous; Adjuvants, Anesthesia; Adult; Analgesics, Opioid; Anestheti

2008
Assessment of an urgent admission procedure to an in-patient drug dependence unit.
    British journal of addiction, 1982, Volume: 77, Issue:3

    Topics: Emergencies; Humans; Methadone; Opioid-Related Disorders; Patient Admission; Substance-Related Disor

1982
Pertinent medical intelligence: methadone ingestion in children.
    Maryland medical journal (Baltimore, Md. : 1985), 1995, Volume: 44, Issue:1

    Topics: Child, Preschool; Drug Overdose; Emergencies; Epilepsy, Generalized; Heart Arrest; Humans; Infant; M

1995
[How to treat a patient with AIDS and drug dependence unwilling and/or unable to withdraw? Give substitution drugs at the hospital? Should substitution be continued after discharge? Is substitution a useful adjuvant to programs designed to prevent opportu
    Annales de medecine interne, 1994, Volume: 145 Suppl 3

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Buprenorphine; Emergencie

1994
Accidental ingestion of methadone by children in Merseyside.
    BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1994, May-21, Volume: 308, Issue:6940

    Topics: Accidents; Child; Child, Preschool; Drug Overdose; Emergencies; England; Female; Humans; Infant; Mal

1994
Local measures for the reduction of drug emergency risks and drug mortality risks.
    Forensic science international, 1993, Volume: 62, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Community Health Services; Counseling; Emergencies; Family; Germany; Humans; Methadone; Primary Prev

1993
Emergency therapeutical approach simulating ultrarapid opioid detoxification in methadone withdrawal precipitated by erroneous administration of naltrexone.
    European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine, 1999, Volume: 6, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Anesthetics, Intravenous; Emergencies; Humans; Male; Methadone; Naltrexone; Narcotic Antagoni

1999
[Emergency situations in drug addicts. Classification, diagnostic and therapeutic measures].
    Fortschritte der Medizin, 1976, Aug-12, Volume: 94, Issue:22-23

    Topics: Amphetamines; Antidotes; Barbiturates; Emergencies; Humans; Methadone; Parasympatholytics; Substance

1976
Epidural methadone for analgesic management of patients with conservatively treated proximal femoral fractures.
    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1989, Volume: 37, Issue:10

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Emergencies; Female; Femoral Neck Fractures; Humans; Injections, Epidural;

1989
[Hospital emergencies in drug addiction. Analysis and interpretation of data recorded at 3 DEAs of the Turin area].
    Minerva medica, 1986, Jan-14, Volume: 77, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Emergencies; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Methadone;

1986
The treatment of drug abuse: update for the physician.
    Wisconsin medical journal, 1974, Volume: 73, Issue:10

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Amphetamine; Barbiturates; Child; Cocaine; Emergencies; Female; Humans; Hyp

1974
[Psychiatric emergencies during pregnancy and in the puerperium].
    Munchener medizinische Wochenschrift (1950), 1973, Jun-01, Volume: 115, Issue:22

    Topics: Amphetamine; Cannabis; Emergencies; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Lyse

1973
A method for the detection of drugs at therapeutic dosages in human urine using adsorption column chromatography and thin-layer chromatography.
    Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 1972, Volume: 36, Issue:2

    Topics: Analgesics; Anticonvulsants; Chromatography, Ion Exchange; Chromatography, Thin Layer; Dextroampheta

1972