Utilisation de la méthadone dans le traitement de la toxicomanie aux opiacés – Lignes directrices (octobre 1999) [Use of methadone in the treatment of opioid addiction – Guidelines (October 1999); available in French only]

Includes a modification to the guidelines as well as the policy on the use of methadone capsules (2004).

The Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) and the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ)

These guidelines cover the mechanism of action of methadone; methadone maintenance treatment or long-term therapy (eligibility criteria, medical and psychosocial assessment, treatment agreement, treatment plan); urine testing; pharmaceutical services; pain treatment and the methadone program; psychiatric comorbidities; certain administrative aspects associated with methadone prescribing (e.g., specific exemption), etc.