Opioid use disorder affects over 26 million individuals worldwide. There are currently three
World Health Organization-recommended and US Food and Drug Administration-approved …

Opioid dependence is a significant clinical and public health issue in India. Opioid
substitution therapy (OST) is the most evidence-based treatment for opioid dependence …

Background Provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) and Opioid Substitution Therapy
(OST) are important components of the targeted intervention (TI) programme for people who …

Objectives: Use of various psychoactive substances can influence outcomes of patients on
opioid agonist treatment (OAT). While use of alcohol and cocaine has shown to adversely …

Methods: Data were sourced from peer-reviewed and government publications between
1991 and September 20, 2023, searched in MEDLINE, Scopus and EBSCOhost. English …

Addictive disorders affect a considerable proportion of the population worldwide and in
India. Treatment-related barriers and facilitators play a role in the processes of how patients …

The opioid epidemic in the United States has brought addiction-related issues into global
consciousness. Does this epidemic extend beyond American shores? High opioidrelated …

Background Over the last decade, India has had an alarming rise in injection of opioids
across several cities. Although scale-up of public sector services for people who inject drugs …

Abstract Issue Addressed The accessibility of opioid substitution therapy (OST), one of the
recommended treatments for opioid dependence, remains low. This study sought to explore …

Background Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is evidence-based treatment for opioid use
disorders and, when taken as maintenance therapy, has proven health and social benefits …