Internal medicine

Receptor

Dosing

Methadone

Disease

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Pandemic

Mental health

Psychiatry

Opioid

Methadone maintenance

Buprenorphine

Opioid use disorder

Substance abuse

Opiate Substitution Treatment

Medicine

Pharmacology

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Methadone maintenance treatment is a life-saving treatment for people with opioid use disorders (OUD). The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has introduced many concerns surrounding access to opioid treatment. In March 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued guidance allowing for the expansion of take-home methadone doses. We sought to describe changes to treatment experiences from the perspective of persons receiving methadone at outpatient treatment facilities for OUD.

Take-home dosing experiences among persons receiving methadone maintenance treatment during COVID-19