The purpose of this study is to improve unsupervised dosing of opioid substitution medications. The aim of the study is to examine whether electronic compliance monitoring provides some advantages to patients'treatment and what kind of patients especially benefit from monitoring. We would also like to know if electronic compliance monitoring can prevent the abuse/diversion of medications and how implementing this method to wider treatment facilities succeeds.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
37
Patients get all their unsupervised substitution medication doses in electronic monitoring devices during the study. Daily dose of the drug is possible to get from the device in given time points and in the meantime device is locked.
Kuopio University Hospital
Kuopio, Finland
The effectiveness of treatment (Treatment Outcomes Profile TOP)
Structured interview designed to measure the effectiveness and outcomes of opioid substitution treatment.
Time frame: Every two months.
Patients´opinions about the treatment.
Questionnaire designed for this study to explore patients' opinions on the compliance monitoring and it's effect on their treatment and abuse and/or diversion of medications.
Time frame: Once when the study phase ends (after four months).
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