Methadone Symptoms

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Question by Bob: I don”t understand how methadone helps heroin addicts? Could someone explain? I don’t understand.?

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Answer by the_only_solorose
withdrawing from heroine can be fatal, while withdrawal from methadone is not. So the heroine addict is gradually changed over to methadone, and then safely weaned off of it.

Answer by surfjax32
Because it helps reduce the effects from withdraw from the heroin. Heroin withdraw can be fatal and very dangerous for a person to go through by supplmenting the addiction to that with methadone they can safely help the person withdraw from the herion. Here is some more info on why it was made and the make up of it also what is is used for I hope this helps you. Just as a side note most insurance companies will not cover this type of treatment.
Methadone/dolophine, was first synthesized in 1937 by German scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart at IG Farben (Hoechst-Am-Main, now part of Frankfurt, Germany) during their search for an analgesic that would be easier to use during surgery (and less potentially addictive, post-op) than morphine. Methadone is a Schedule II drug under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.[1]    Read more...

Behind the pharmacy counter, the unseen drug theft problem
One pharmacy technician stole 737 tablets of Suboxone, a methadone-like medication used to treat drug addiction; 8,724 tablets of Hydrocodone, a narcotic pain reliever; 600 tablets of Phentermine, a diet drug that's also a stimulant; and 410 tablets of …
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Inside the Shady World of Sober Homes
NYSN's relationship with sober-home operators, which have provided nearly all its clients, helped it become the seventh-busiest, non-methadone-dispensing outpatient drug treatment clinic in New York City in 2011, state records show. The clinic saw …
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Reality TV Star Discusses Addiction Recovery
"Because access is easier, because it's legally obtained and because many are under the impression that since it's prescribed it's safer and not going to cause the same damage as a hard drug would." The bottom-line: In 2009, nearly … It helps ease …
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Infant died from mom's drug-laced breast milk, according to police
However, in January 2013, Ryder's death was declared a homicide when toxicology results revealed his cause of death as "acute alprazolam, methadone, and oxymorphone intoxication," according to the Sacramento County Coroner's report. … We have …
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Prescription drug abuse is on the rise
Opiates such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, methadone and codeine are the most abused of prescription narcotics. Besides overuse, people are reportedly diverting or selling their … Also abused are benzodiazepines, including Xanax, Valium and …
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Troubled Waters
Michael was laying on his right side with his right hand above his head and his knees pulled up to his stomach. ….. The drug [is] often referred to in the U.S. as 'the rich man's methadone' because it is so expensive, but more commonly known as 'sub …
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