"Methadone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D008691
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.522.675
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Methadone" by people in this website by year, and whether "Methadone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methadone" by people in Profiles.
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Reed MK, Camacho TE, Gillingham J, Gill S, Gannon M, Abatemarco D, Kelly EL, Weinstein LC. Patient and navigator experiences with the opioid use disorder treatment system in Philadelphia, PA. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 12; 167:209509.
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Adegboyega O, Gayen Nee' Betal S, Urday P, Huang R, Bodycot K, Al-Kouatly HB, Solarin K, Chan JSY, Addya S, Boelig RC, Aghai ZH. DNA methylation patterns in umbilical cord blood from infants of methadone maintained opioid dependent mothers. Sci Rep. 2024 07 27; 14(1):17298.
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Iyer NS, Ferguson EB, Yan VZ, Hand DJ, Abatemarco DJ, Boelig RC. Standard Versus Rapid Inpatient Methadone Titration for Pregnant Patients With Opioid Use Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Addict Med. 2024 Nov-Dec 01; 18(6):670-674.
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Gannon M, Hand D, Short V, McLaughlin K, Flood T, Shaffer K, Lenegan N, Abatemarco D, DiDonato S. Maternal Perspective of Inpatient Methadone Initiation: Opportunities to Increase Retention in Treatment. J Addict Med. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 18(2):122-128.
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Ahmed S, Faruqui Z, Poddar K, Bhivandkar S, Suzuki J. Low-dose buprenorphine initiation in the era of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: A case series of outpatient inductions. J Opioid Manag. 2023 Sep-Oct; 19(5):455-460.
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Vandeputte MM, Walton SE, Shuda SA, Papsun DM, Krotulski AJ, Stove CP. Detection, chemical analysis, and pharmacological characterization of dipyanone and other new synthetic opioids related to prescription drugs. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2023 Sep; 415(21):5165-5180.
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Alexander K, Reed MK, Sterling RC. The interaction of race and age in methadone treatment retention outcomes: A single-center analysis. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 05; 148:209020.
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Sugarman A, Vittitow A, Cheng A, Malone M, McDonald R, Pace N, Williams O, Tofighi B, McNeely J, Schatz D, Roberts T, Hey SP, Garrity K, Lindquist K, Lee JD. Opioid Use Disorder Treatments: An Evidence Map. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Dec 01; 241:109657.
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Sutter MB, Watson H, Yonke N, Weitzen S, Leeman L. Morphine versus methadone for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: a randomized controlled pilot study. BMC Pediatr. 2022 06 15; 22(1):345.
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Kay A, Shmuts R, Beck M. Understanding and co-managing medication treatment options for opioid use disorder. Intern Emerg Med. 2022 10; 17(7):2159-2165.