Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study

• Main Authors: Wegman, Martin P., Altice, Frederick L., Kaur, Sangeeth, Rajandaran, Vanesa, Osornprasop, Sutayut, Wilson, David, Wilson, David P., Kamarulzaman, Adeeba
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22812/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30303-5
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background Detention of people who use drugs into compulsory drug detention centres (CDDCs) is common throughout East and Southeast Asia. Evidence-based pharmacological therapies for treating substance use disorders, such as opioid agonist treatments with methadone, are generally unavailable in thes...