N (%) | |
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How heard about the change (n = 353) | |
Health care provider or methadone pharmacist | 258 (73.1) |
Non methadone service provider | 33 (9.3) |
Family or friend | 26 (7.4) |
Newspaper or poster | 36 (10.2) |
Of those with carries (n = 199) | |
Does not store methadone in locked box | 167 (83.9) |
Does store methadone in locked box | 32 (16.1) |
Splitting doses (n = 293) | |
No change | 269 (91.8) |
Started splitting | 21 (7.2) |
Stopped splitting | 3 (1.0) |
Reason dose increased (n = 76) | |
To avoid feeling dope sick | 35 (46.1) |
To relieve pain | 22 (28.9) |
To avoid using other opioids | 19 (25.0) |
Reason for supplementing (n = 178) | |
To avoid feeling dope sick | 92 (51.7) |
To relieve pain | 86 (48.3) |
Taste difference (n = 371) | |
Same or better taste | 71 (19.1) |
Worse taste | 300 (80.9) |
Dose changes (n = 320) | |
Lowered or same dose | 213 (66.6) |
Increased dose | 107 (33.4) |
Dope sick changes (n = 358) | |
Same or less dope sick | 156 (43.6) |
More dope sick | 202 (56.4) |
Pain changes (n = 358) | |
Same or better pain | 165 (46.1) |
Worse pain | 193 (53.9) |
Supplements with opioids (n = 360) | |
No supplementing with opioids | 179 (49.7) |
Yes supplementing with opioids | 181 (50.3) |