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Plasma Methadone Measurements and Their Role in Methadone Detoxification Programs Kim Wolff,’

Alastair

W. M. Hay,’

and

Duncan

Raistrick2

We monitored eight patients who were receiving a decreasing dose of methadone for treatment for opioid addiction (detoxification). Patients with plasma concentrations of methadone