Table 2.
The relation between the initial methadone dosage and comorbid physical and psychiatric disorders
| Numbers of methadone pills (5mg) during the first 10 days |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 6 |
6-10 |
> 10 |
Total |
P-value | |||||
| % | f | % | f | % | f | % | f | ||
| Axis I | |||||||||
| None | 11.8 | 2 | 80.9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7.6 | 12 | 0.24 |
| MDD (Major depressive disorder) | 23.5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 21.7 | 34 | |
| Bipolar | 5.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4.5 | 7 | |
| Anxiety | 5.9 | 1 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.9 | 3 | |
| Others | 52.9 | 9 | 67.8 | 61 | 62 | 31 | 64.3 | 101 | |
| Axis II | |||||||||
| None | 17.6 | 3 | 8.9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7.6 | 12 | 0.0001 |
| BPD (borderline personality disorder | 0.0 | 0 | 7.8 | 7 | 22 | 11 | 11.5 | 18 | |
| APD (antisocial personality disorder) | 5.9 | 1 | 12.2 | 11 | 46 | 23 | 22.3 | 35 | |
| Others | 76.5 | 13 | 71.1 | 64 | 30 | 15 | 58.6 | 92 | |
| Physical diseases | |||||||||
| No | 46.9 | 23 | 71.3 | 62 | 46.9 | 23 | 63.8 | 97 | 0.01 |
| Yes | 53.1 | 26 | 28.7 | 25 | 53.1 | 26 | 36.2 | 55 | |
| Other drug abuse | |||||||||
| No | 90.9 | 10 | 90.2 | 55 | 71.9 | 23 | 84.6 | 88 | 0.06 |
| Yes | 9.1 | 1 | 9.8 | 6 | 28.1 | 9 | 15.4 | 16 | |