Drug Methadone

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Question by redflag45: What are some short and long term effects of heroin on the body?

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Answer by JamieGirl
Okay, imagine that the links in your brain are a lock and a key. They fit together perfectly in a normally functioning brain. When you take heroin, they break that connection the first time you use between some of the neurons, and they will never be fixed.

Heroin destroys brain cells, permanently, which is why people coming off of Heroin have to take Methadone from a clinic because it provides a fake connection, between neurons and takes the place of heroin in a healthier way.

Coming down from the high leads to the chills, and shaking, feeling nauseated, or vomiting.

22% of all people who take heroin the first time become addicted. If you have not heard of BARBING, please let me explain.    Read more...

Question by stormee777: Does anyone know what “Methadone” is and what is for?
A friend said she was going to get it but I heard it has herion in it…She was in a car accident and is taking pills.Now,she told me she wants to go to methadone…

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Answer by crazeej
umm..
its usually used as an anti-addictive.. meaning it helps drug addicts to get over their addictions to heroin and such.
although..
its also used in managing chronic pain… (long term pain)
Opioid medications allow us to treat chronic pain as aggressively as we would any pathogen, but we must first overcome ingrained misconceptions about patients’ motivations for seeking treatment and about the addictive properties of the drugs. With controlled use, the newer sustained-release formulations give real hope for safe and sustained pain relief.    Read more...

Part 4 of 4 – Clinics in Community: A Smart Response from a Canadian Municipality – Q&A — Maintenance treatment methadone clinics have operated worldwide for decades but there remains stubborn resistance across Canada to their establishment from l…

The Holistic Sanctuary Issues Urgent Reminder About the “Dark Side” of Subuxone
These numbers correspond to The Holistic Sanctuary's warnings about the suboxone epidemic, as well as abuse by doctors who may be contributing to illegal sales of this narcotic by prescribing it excessively. According to Dr. David Fiellin, a Yale …
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Leading the way
The methadone clinic is open. The Paramount Theatre has a packed schedule, with everything from baseball to comedians to opera. The Energy Innovation Center is set to open and erase the memory of the blighted building it replaced in downtown.
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Crane pleased mental health, addictions issues being address
"Today the health minister announced a short and long term vision to move addiction and mental health programs and services in a positive direction which will help individuals, families and communities" said Crane. She is pleased there will be more …
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Mum got clean after daughter was born with heroin addiction
It aims to reach people who aren't among the 1,200 known drug addicts and 550 alcoholics who are in detox treatment programmes across the county. Its new crop of 15 peer mentor training delegates were … Now she hopes her experiences will help her …
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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 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...