Drug Methadone

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Question by TheseBlueEyesWillBreakYourHeart: How easy is it to obtain a prescription for Methadone?
I am not asking so that I can get some…
Someone dear to me has just passed away. He was a cocaine addict and experienced a lot of back pain. After he died I found out he had been taking Methadone for 3 days. He had more than 100 pills prescribed by his doctor. He basically just stopped breathing in his sleep and his heart failed. Why would his doctor prescribe him Methadone when a simple blood test would confirm he occasionally takes drugs? I thought patients on Methadone were monitored not handed hundreds of pills…

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Answer by hazaamohammed
Methadone could help cocaine addicts: study

Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
11.25.08

Methadone, adrugusedformanyyears to treat heroin addiction, also appears to work well against cocaine addiction, a new Canadian study suggests.    Read more...

Question by wdon1932: can concerta be mistaken for cocaine in a blood test?
My son was stopped for a traffic violation and could not pass the physicaltest. A blood test was positive for .008 cocaine. He is ADHD and takes concerta daily and has for a long time. I know for a fact that he doesn’t do cocaine for several reasons.

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Answer by versantly
no -you are in denial. get some counseling.

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Methadone False Positive Drug Test: 'We're no fools over abortion excuses'
Mr Sheehan added: "Being unable to predict who will die by suicide is likely to lead to multiple 'false positives'. As psychiatrists, we are trained to assess and treat, not to predict the future." As a result, changes to Ireland's strict abortion laws …
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Question by wdon1932: can concerta be mistaken for cocaine in a blood test?
My son was stopped for a traffic violation and could not pass the physicaltest. A blood test was positive for .008 cocaine. He is ADHD and takes concerta daily and has for a long time. I know for a fact that he doesn’t do cocaine for several reasons.

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Answer by versantly
no -you are in denial. get some counseling.

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Methadone And Drug Tests: 'We're no fools over abortion excuses'
Mr McCarthy said psychiatrists are "not naive" and come across many cases on a regular basis such as drug addicts threatening to kill themselves if they are not given methadone. He added: "If a woman comes to me and she's refused all other alternatives …
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Question by wdon1932: can concerta be mistaken for cocaine in a blood test?
My son was stopped for a traffic violation and could not pass the physicaltest. A blood test was positive for .008 cocaine. He is ADHD and takes concerta daily and has for a long time. I know for a fact that he doesn’t do cocaine for several reasons.

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Answer by versantly
no -you are in denial. get some counseling.

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Methadone Drug Test False Positive: Expert warns over changes to Republic's abortion law
“Being unable to predict who will die by suicide is likely to lead to multiple 'false positives'. As psychiatrists, we are trained to assess and treat, not to predict … by pregnant women using suicide as an excuse to get an abortion. Anthony McCarthy …
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Question by wdon1932: can concerta be mistaken for cocaine in a blood test?
My son was stopped for a traffic violation and could not pass the physicaltest. A blood test was positive for .008 cocaine. He is ADHD and takes concerta daily and has for a long time. I know for a fact that he doesn’t do cocaine for several reasons.

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Answer by versantly
no -you are in denial. get some counseling.

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Methadone False Positive Drug Test: Educational and Cultural Affairs Committee; work sessions; room 202; Cross …
L.D. 751, "An Act To Limit the Effect of Standardized Tests on Teacher Evaluations": provides that no more than 30 percent of an educator's total educator effectiveness rating may be based on the results of standardized tests. … L.D. 784, "An Act To …
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Question by wdon1932: can concerta be mistaken for cocaine in a blood test?
My son was stopped for a traffic violation and could not pass the physicaltest. A blood test was positive for .008 cocaine. He is ADHD and takes concerta daily and has for a long time. I know for a fact that he doesn’t do cocaine for several reasons.

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Answer by versantly
no -you are in denial. get some counseling.

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Methadone Drug Testing: Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process
And I think we opened up to drug use. If you say I don't want any drug use, that means somebody who in the first trimester, you know, if they had a beer or two, you're not going to see them. I mean, I'm not sure that that's always the case, you're just …
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