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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date of Submission Baltimore Methadone Clinics for Opioid Addiction General purpose: to inform Specific purpose: This presentation enables the audience to understand the need for embracing methadone treatments for opioid addictions and the existence of methadone clinics in Baltimore. Central idea: Investment in methadone clinics and treatments will help to lower the rates of mortalities related to opioid addictions. Introduction Attention material: How effective is methadone therapy in the treatment of addiction to opioids. Orienting material: There are a number of methadone clinics which are mandated to helping patients recover from opioid addictions. In the early 20th century those patients who had opioid addictions were being treated using morphine (Beck et al. 621). However as the use of opioids in the United States increased the government came up with behavioral treatment approaches which would find the government spending a lot of resources on its in the clinics which are so beneficial for family therapy support groups and personalized counseling. The clinical side effects of methadone treatment include the following: Hypotension (low blood pressure) Anxiety or nervousness Sleep problems Indigestion problems and constipation Skin itchiness and rashes Mild impaired breathing Nausea and at times vomiting Nausea Exhaustion or fatigue Dryness on the mucosa The physicians at Baltimore methadone clinics will also be able to tell of other possible side effects basing on the patients physiology physical and psychological factors. Work Cited Beck Thilo et al. "Maintenance treatment for opioid dependence with slow‐release oral morphine: a randomized cross‐over non‐inferiority study versus methadone." Addiction 109.4 (2014): 617-626. Mark Tami L. et al. "Medicaid coverage of medications to treat alcohol and opioid dependence." Journal of substance abuse treatment 55 (2015): 1-5. Schwartz Robert P. et al. "Patient‐centered methadone treatment: a randomized clinical trial." Addiction 112.3 (2017): 454-464. [...]
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Just need a numeral outline on methadone clinics in Baltimore with a work cited page
Subject Area: Social Work
Document Type: Research Summary
