Methadone
Methadone (Dolophine) is a synthesized molecule with pharmacological actions very similar to those of the OPIOD drug, MORPHINE. Methadone serves an important place in the history of opioid A...
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Methadone Maintenance Programs
The history of methadone treatment offers a striking example of the benefits and limits of research findings on public attitudes and policies for methadone maintenance t...
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Methadone Maintenance Programs
Methadone is an analgesic (painkiller) that was first created in Germany during World War II. Its actions on the body are similar to those of morphine, which, like heroi...
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Methadone
OFFICIAL NAMES: Methadone, Dolophine
STREET NAMES: Fizzies, dollies, dolls
DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS: Schedule II, opioid narcotic analgesic
Overview
Methadone is a synthetic opioid narcotic, dis...
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Methadone
What Kind of Drug Is It?
Methadone is a synthetic drug, meaning that it is made in a laboratory from chemicals. It behaves like an opiate drug in the brain. Opiates are drugs, derived from t...
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The rate of drug users who fatally overdose on methadone — a prescription that curbs heroin addiction — is skyrocketing at an alarming pace, a new Justice Department study shows.The rep...
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People starting treatment with methadone have died and suffered life-threatening side effects, health officials said Monday in warning of the dangers of overdosing on the painkiller.
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The government appealed Wednesday for Dublin's pharmacists to resume distribution of methadone in a dispute that has threatened the outpatient treatment of more than 3,000 heroin addicts.Health Min...
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The government appealed Wednesday for Dublin's pharmacists to resume distribution of methadone, in a dispute that has threatened the outpatient treatment of more than 3,000 heroin addicts.Health Mi...
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The government appealed Wednesday for Dublin's pharmacists to resume distribution of methadone in a dispute that has threatened the outpatient treatment of more than 3,000 heroin addicts.Health Min...
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The rate of drug users who fatally overdose on methadone — a prescription that curbs heroin addiction — is skyrocketing at an alarming pace, a new Justice Department study shows.The rep...
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The doctor accused of prescribing methadone to an alias of Anna Nicole Smith gave "sound and appropriate" treatment to the former Playboy playmate, his attorney said Friday.The response came a day ...
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The doctor accused of prescribing methadone to an alias of Anna Nicole Smith gave "sound and appropriate" treatment to the former Playboy playmate, his attorney said Friday.The response came a day ...
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The state medical board said Thursday that it is investigating a California doctor who may have prescribed methadone to Anna Nicole Smith through a prescription that contained an alias.The Medical ...
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