methadone is limited to clinic distribution, although in other nations, physicians may prescribe it to addicts. But despite this medicinal veneer, methadone is "increasingly being abused by recreational drug users and is causing an alarming increase in overdoses and deaths" (Belluck 2003)
Men Who Have Successfully Come Off of Methadone Maintenance in Connecticut Available studies, reports, articles and documents on the issue will be analyzed. Policies that have bearing on the treatment program will also be analyzed (Nguyen, Nguyen, Pham, Vu & Mulvey, 2012)
Data from previous studies will be assessed for bias using Egger and Begg-Mazumdar tests. Standardized effects size will be calculated for associated clinical risk factors, such as methadone dose, age and hormonal assay using DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model (Yee, Loh, Hisham Hashim & Ng, 2014)
g. frequency of sex per week, number of sexual partners, and condom use within 12 weeks to the commencement of treatment) (Zhang, Zhang, Shi, McGoogan, Zhang, Zhao &