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methadone maintenance therapy

methadone maintenance therapy Methadone maintenance therapy is a harm-reduction program for people who inject drugs that uses methadone and is intended to help prevent and control HIV and other blood-borne infections linked to needle sharing.

Methadone maintenance therapy is a harm-reduction program for people who inject drugs that uses methadone and is intended to help prevent and control HIV and other blood-borne infections linked to needle sharing. In the source, people enrolled in this program are described as a high-risk group for hepatitis C and as having reduced injecting behavior.