Case Study
Safe dosing of Methadone by Peristaltic Pump
Safe dosing of Methadone by Peristaltic Pump UK OEM customer, MethaMeasure UK Ltd, has recently awarded the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Award for their ground breaking medicine dispensing system. For several years a supervised methadone dosing service has been available to recovering drug addicts. Available in pharmacies, rehabilitation centres and prisons, this allows the patient to receive his or her prescribed daily medication as a single dose taken in the presence of a pharmacist, therapist or prison officer. Although this method has proved highly successful, dispensing methadone manually is a relatively high risk, costly and time-consuming procedure. MethaMeasure addresses this issue by providing a fast and automatic method of administering methadone. The dispensing system, house