Abstract: Objective · To investigate the prevalence of alcohol and related influencing factors among the patients with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in Shanghai, and to provide information for the alcohol intervention in the future. Methods · A total of 837 MMT patients were investigated and evaluatedGeneral Situation Questionnaire, Alcohol Disorders Identification Test, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, General Well-being Schedule. According to whether drinking or not in the past year, the two groups were divided into the non-drinking group and the drinking group. T-test, Chi-square test and multivariate Logistic regression analysis were used to detected between two groups. Results · 30.9% of the patients had drinking behavior in the past year, 13.8% of them had problem drinking behavior. The main factors affecting patients drinking behavior were sex (P0.029), age of first drug (P0.005), drinking before taking heroin (P0.000) and drinking when taking heroin (P0.000). Conclusion · In Shanghai, alcohol consumption is generally prevalent among MMT patients who lack awareness of the dangerous of drinking. In the future, targeted intervention measures should be taken to reduce the harm of drinking among MMT patients.

Key words: methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), heroin, dependence, harmful drinking