Drug Methadone: Offering Methadone Treatment to Drug Users Significantly Reduces HIV Infection, Transmission Risk, Study Shows

Drug Methadone: Offering methadone treatment to drug users significantly reduces HIV infection, transmission risk, study shows
Offering methadone treatment to people who use injection drugs "substantially reduces the risk that they will get HIV or give it to anyone else," according to a BMJ study published this month that pools data from studies done in nine countries, the New York Times reports.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone death prompts call for overhaul
A second person has died after using methadone prescribed to a recovering heroin addict, prompting a coroner to again urge an overhaul of the state government program.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone Treatment Helps Reduce Risk of Spreading H.I.V., Study Finds
Methadone treatment helps addicts to avoid risky behavior like sharing needles and prostitution, and to stay on antiretroviral drugs, a study finds, which lowers the chance they will infect others.
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