Methadone Induction in Primary Care for Opioid Dependence: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial

From France the first study to randomly allocate patients to start methadone maintenance either in primary care or at a specialist centre found primary care more attractive to patients and no less safe or effective at reducing street-opioid use and promoting engagement and retention. The implication is that in similar circumstances, primary care can be a way of greatly expanding access to methadone.