2016
DOI: 10.1097/adt.0000000000000076
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Brief Interventions for Harmful Alcohol Use in Opioid-dependent Patients on Maintenance Treatment With Buprenorphine: A Prospective Study From India

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“…Further, other work has suggested that MMT may also decrease the initiation of heavy drinking, further underlining the beneficial effects of opioid maintenance treatment on the health of people with opioid use disorders. 5 These findings could help inform future investigations into the role of heavy alcohol use, as described by the prospective study from India, 1 in the context of maintenance therapy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
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“…Further, other work has suggested that MMT may also decrease the initiation of heavy drinking, further underlining the beneficial effects of opioid maintenance treatment on the health of people with opioid use disorders. 5 These findings could help inform future investigations into the role of heavy alcohol use, as described by the prospective study from India, 1 in the context of maintenance therapy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…1 While alcohol is found in the majority of drug-related deaths that involve illicit drugs, around the globe, 23 maintenance therapy with methadone (MMT), or buprenorphine, reduces morbidity and mortality among people who use opiates. 4 Although one common clinical challenge is comorbid alcohol use and opioid use disorder, with guidelines often recommending withholding methadone in this context given the potential for fatal overdose due to drug interactions, 5 alcohol's impact on the health outcomes of MMT patients has been “overlooked and underestimated”.…”
Section: Alcohol Use Among Persons On Methadone Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, incorporating counseling services and naltrexone pharmacotherapy into a differentiated care model for MSM could address both depression and alcohol use [29]. Several interventions exist that could be delivered by counselors using minimal infrastructure and have been shown to impact alcohol use [30][31][32]. While the prevalence of recreational drug use is low in this population, it is critical that programs take cognizance of the growing recreational drug use epidemic among MSM in low-and middle-income countries and implement interventions to address them.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Of these, 35 patients underwent all the sessions of BI, and most of them reported significant influence of the BI on their alcohol use with reduction in their alcohol use. [ 39 ]…”
Section: Other Substance Use During Opioid Substitution Therapymentioning
confidence: 99%