Treatment Readiness, Attitudes Toward, and Experiences with Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy Among People Who Inject Drugs in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Vijay, A., Bazazi, A.R., Yee, I., Kamarulzaman, A., Altice, F.L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19496/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2015.01.014
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: Little is known about attitudes toward and experiences with opioid maintenance therapy (OMT) among people who inject drugs in Malaysia, a country where people who inject drugs comprise 1.3% of the adult population. Methods: In 2010, 460 people who inject drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Ma...