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The research objective for this study was to assess whether <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MMT<\/jats:styled-content> patients were significantly different from a matched control group in terms of medications dispensed for hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">COPD<\/jats:styled-content>), diabetes and depression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The research design was a case\u2010control study, where prescription claims data from the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">B<\/jats:styled-content>ritish <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>olumbia database were used. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MMT<\/jats:styled-content> patients 50 years of age and older were randomly selected, and control subjects were individually matched in terms of age, sex, social assistance coverage and geographic jurisdiction.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Each group consisted of 199 participants. Odds ratios (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>) were calculated to compare the odds of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MMT<\/jats:styled-content> patients to non\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MMT<\/jats:styled-content> patients on a first\u2010line medication for each chronic disease under investigation. The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MMT<\/jats:styled-content> group was significantly more likely to receive medications for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">COPD<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2009=\u200932.68, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and depression (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2009=\u20094.07, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and no significant differences for hypertension (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2009=\u20090.86) or diabetes (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2009=\u20090.74).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Higher rates of COPD among <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MMT<\/jats:styled-content> clients is likely explained by elevated smoking, and higher rates of depression may be explained by multiple disadvantages associated with substance use. Although the groups were similar for diabetes prescriptions, the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MMT<\/jats:styled-content> group likely experienced barriers to receiving treatment since prior research suggests their rates should be elevated due to methadone use. <jats:italic>[Maruyama A, Macdonald S, Borycki E, Zhao J. 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