Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Trends of continual drug use while under treatment have been reported worldwide. This paper assesses opioid use among patients receiving treatment in a methadone clinic for opioid addiction. A total of 126 urine samples were analyzed using LC–MS/FTMS. About 16% of patients were found to have a high...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Asha Shabani Ripanda, Bajarang Bal Lal Srivastava, Said Hamad Vuai, Azan A Nyundo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Forensic Science International: Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910719300374
id doaj-013cf54f428e4aeaa1b06c6986e24323
record_format Article
spelling doaj-013cf54f428e4aeaa1b06c6986e243232020-11-25T02:54:17ZengElsevierForensic Science International: Reports2665-91072019-11-011Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaAsha Shabani Ripanda0Bajarang Bal Lal Srivastava1Said Hamad Vuai2Azan A Nyundo3Department of Chemistry, The University of Dodoma, P.O. BOX 338, Dodoma, Tanzania; Corresponding author at: Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania.Department of Chemistry, The University of Dodoma, P.O. BOX 338, Dodoma, TanzaniaDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Dodoma, P.O. BOX 338, Dodoma, TanzaniaDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, The University of Dodoma, P.O. BOX 395 Dodoma, TanzaniaTrends of continual drug use while under treatment have been reported worldwide. This paper assesses opioid use among patients receiving treatment in a methadone clinic for opioid addiction. A total of 126 urine samples were analyzed using LC–MS/FTMS. About 16% of patients were found to have a high prevalence level of opioids use. Prevalence level was significantly associated with the duration of treatment (p = 0.0121) and age (p = 0.0328). About 125/126 patients were found to have remnants of opioids of abuse. Therefore, measures should be taken to overcome continual use of opioids among clients. Keywords: LC–MS/FTMS, Novel psychoactive substances, Duration of treatment, Prescription opioids, Agonist, Continual usehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910719300374
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Asha Shabani Ripanda
Bajarang Bal Lal Srivastava
Said Hamad Vuai
Azan A Nyundo
spellingShingle Asha Shabani Ripanda
Bajarang Bal Lal Srivastava
Said Hamad Vuai
Azan A Nyundo
Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Forensic Science International: Reports
author_facet Asha Shabani Ripanda
Bajarang Bal Lal Srivastava
Said Hamad Vuai
Azan A Nyundo
author_sort Asha Shabani Ripanda
title Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
title_short Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
title_full Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
title_fullStr Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
title_sort prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at mwananyamala hospital, dar es salaam, tanzania
publisher Elsevier
series Forensic Science International: Reports
issn 2665-9107
publishDate 2019-11-01
description Trends of continual drug use while under treatment have been reported worldwide. This paper assesses opioid use among patients receiving treatment in a methadone clinic for opioid addiction. A total of 126 urine samples were analyzed using LC–MS/FTMS. About 16% of patients were found to have a high prevalence level of opioids use. Prevalence level was significantly associated with the duration of treatment (p = 0.0121) and age (p = 0.0328). About 125/126 patients were found to have remnants of opioids of abuse. Therefore, measures should be taken to overcome continual use of opioids among clients. Keywords: LC–MS/FTMS, Novel psychoactive substances, Duration of treatment, Prescription opioids, Agonist, Continual use
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910719300374
work_keys_str_mv AT ashashabaniripanda prevalenceandfactorsassociatedwithcontinualopioiduseamongpatientsattendingmethadoneclinicatmwananyamalahospitaldaressalaamtanzania
AT bajarangballalsrivastava prevalenceandfactorsassociatedwithcontinualopioiduseamongpatientsattendingmethadoneclinicatmwananyamalahospitaldaressalaamtanzania
AT saidhamadvuai prevalenceandfactorsassociatedwithcontinualopioiduseamongpatientsattendingmethadoneclinicatmwananyamalahospitaldaressalaamtanzania
AT azananyundo prevalenceandfactorsassociatedwithcontinualopioiduseamongpatientsattendingmethadoneclinicatmwananyamalahospitaldaressalaamtanzania
_version_ 1724722328029364224

Similar Items