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Question by tgfann: Methadone use question ?
My sister has been acting very strange for about 2 years now, since she got together with her current boyfriend (who the WHOLE family HATES). She’s tired all the time, falls asleep talking to you even standing up! I know they boyfriend used to do heroin because we found old newspaper articles about him being arrested for possession … at least 3 times that we know of. The most recent was May 2006. And he went to jail for 8 months for that one.

Today, my sister’s son asked me what methadone is. He said mom and (her boyfriend) take it. Long story short … She’s not (and never has been) in any kind of drug program. He’s not either, as far as we know. So where do they get it from? Is this something you can buy “on the street”?    Read more...

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 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…

Best answer:

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...

Methadone And Drug Tests in the News

Methadone And Drug Tests: Drug lab scandal benefits more Cape defendants
During that probe, Dookhan admitted to investigators that she faked drug test results, forged paperwork and mixed samples, according to a state police report obtained by the Times. Since the scandal, the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office has …
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Methadone And Drug Tests: Heather Yakin: Prescription overdose problem getting worse
Another 9,429 overdoses involved drugs that were unspecified, either because there was no toxicological analysis or because results of that testing were omitted from death certificates. The deaths were caused by accidental overdose in 74.3 …
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Question by Stephanie: will methadone show up on a 6 panel drug test?
i took 20 mg of methadone last night and have to take one at my p.o.s office today.

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Answer by Loni L
Depend on the test, but most 6 panel tests look for COC/AMPH/MAMP/THC/OPI/ and PCP or BZD or OXY .
Google “6 panel urine drug test” and look for same model your PO used.

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Methadone And Drug Tests: Sheriff's Department deputies find drug violations
A preliminary field test of the substance showed it appeared to be cocaine, leading Spanks to being charged with felony possession of a controlled substance along with no driver's license, no tag and no insurance, Saucier said. On Tuesday, a stop …
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Drug Tests Methadone in the News

Drug Tests Methadone: Cannabis users in jail likely to reoffend
''For people on heroin, there are more evidence-based programs for treatment, such as methadone, where you can write prisoners a script and put them in a program,'' Professor Copeland said. ''That's not the case with cannabis.'' Intervention programs …
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Drug Tests Methadone: Nevada Senator Proposes Bill That Would Make Doctors and Drug Makers …
The Legislative Building at Carson City, Nevada was packed with people on March 6 to hear the testimony on a bill that would allow patients addicted to prescription drugs to sue the physician who prescribed the medication and the drug's maker. SB75 …
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