TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Methadone "callbacks" within a veterans affairs opioid treatment program: detecting methadone misuse
JO  - American journal on addictions
A1  - Cotton, Ann J.
A1  - Shipley, Leandra J.
A1  - Glynn, Lisa H.
A1  - Tracy, Josie
A1  - Saxon, Andrew J.
SP  - 50
EP  - 52
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
N2  - Background and Objectives    A "callback" requires patients to bring in take-home methadone doses for inspection. An opioid treatment program (OTP) quality-improvement project examined random versus "for-cause" callbacks.     Method    Eighty-two random callbacks and 60 for-cause callbacks were conducted among patients enrolled in an OTP (N = 183).     Results    Among patients with more take home doses, 6% of random callbacks versus 44% of for-cause callbacks were failed. Among patients with fewer take home doses, 36% of for-cause callbacks were failed.     Discussion and Conclusions    For-cause callbacks are more useful than random ones.     Scientific Significance    For-cause callbacks based on clinical judgment detect methadone misuse. (Am J Addict 2017;26:50-52)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-0496
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12479
ID  - ref1
ER  -