Treatment of opioid addiction with methadone at public service provider in Vietnam

Treatment of opioid addiction with methadone at public service provider in Vietnam

Economic-technical characteristics of opioid addiction treatment services with methadone in Vietnam include detailed names and specific types as stipulated below:

For initial examination types, opioid addiction treatment with methadone includes the following detailed names:

- Initial examination;

- Initial dose examination;

- Examination during treatment;

- Examination after completion of treatment;

- Acute opioid drug poisoning treatment.

For psychological therapy (only applying counseling methods) in opioid addiction treatment with methadone, the detailed names are as follows:

- Pre-treatment individual counseling;

- Individual counseling during treatment;

- Individual counseling after treatment completion;

- Group psychological therapy (patients or families).

For methadone dispensing, the detailed names are as follows:

- Daily medication dispensing at the treatment facility;

- Daily medication dispensing at the dispensing facility;

- Multi-day medication dispensing at the treatment facility;

- Multi-day medication dispensing at the dispensing facility.

For clinical testing, the detailed names are as follows:

- Laboratory testing:

+ Complete peripheral blood cell analysis (by manual method, or using an impediment counter, or a laser counter, or a fully automated system);

+ Blood biochemistry: ALT (GPT) activity measurement; AST (GOT) activity measurement; Glucose quantification...;

+ Rapid opiate detection test in urine;

+ Rapid HIV Ag/Ab test.

- Imaging and functional testing:

+ Straight chest X-ray;

+ Standard EKG;

+ Abdominal ultrasound (liver, ducts, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder).

- Psychological testing;

- Other clinical tests are conducted according to a doctor's prescription in medical examination and treatment activities.

Circular 26/2024/TT-BYT takes effect from December 15, 2024.

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