Acceptability and accuracy of oral fluid drug testing for patients on methadone maintenance.
Michael Edmund O'CallaghanLiam ReganMaria WilsonEmmett ByrneBrid HollywoodFergus O'KellyDarach O'CiardhaPublished in: Irish journal of medical science (2019)
This study presents evidence that oral fluid testing is acceptable to most patients. While oral fluid testing was inferior to urine testing for benzodiazepines, it may have an adjunctive role to play in methadone maintenance provision. Patients reported more negative than positive aspects of methadone maintenance.