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Question by Lolita: Methadone and oral surgery?
I need to have all 4 wisdom teeth removed, and will be put under general anesthesia. I’m currently on a methadone maintenance program. I’m taking 65 mg liquid methadone daily, but decreasing dosage by 5 mg daily. In a perfect world, I’d be off the methadone completely before surgery, but I think more realistically, I’ll be taking about 30-40 mg daily. My dentist doesn’t know I’m taking this yet, but I do plan to tell him well in advance of the surgery. Does anyone have any experience taking methadone and being put under general anesthesia? What about pain management afterwards? Is there anything I could suggest to my dentist? Assuming he won’t understand treating pain with someone who is on methadone maintenance.

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Answer by arnie g
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BC methadone dose change brings risk of overdose – The Globe and Mail

BC methadone dose change brings risk of overdose The Globe and Mail At 10-milligrams-per-millilitre, Methadose is also 10 times stronger than the solution currently used by the nearly 15,000 people who are enrolled in B.C.'s methadone maintenance program to treat their addiction to heroin or other opioid drugs. Many …

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Some cheers and jeers for some local newsmakers as 2013 ends and 2014 … – The Harvell gazette

Some cheers and jeers for some local newsmakers as 2013 ends and 2014 … The Harvell gazette Yes, more drug treatment is needed to stem the tide of opiate abuse that has destroyed the lives of far too many addicts and their families. But methadone maintenance — substituting one dangerous drug for another — is not necessarily the best option …

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Furthermore, BHCA provides comprehensive laboratory services include EKG, Drug Screens, blood work ups and sleep lab evaluation. Detoxification services include alcohol and all drugs and substances with directorship to methadone maintenance …
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Since the government initiated the Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) for drug addicts in 2005, more than 44,428 have benefited as of 2011, many being HIV carriers. Those undergoing the treatment would be able to revert to the life of normal people …
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China boosts public awareness of AIDS
By now, more than 200-thousand injected drug users received methadone maintenance therapy or MMT. The World Health Organization says the program could have avoided tens of thousands of infections. 206-thousand people living with HIV are taking Anti …
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Phoenix Drug Detox Center Launches New Program to Halt Heroin Addiction … – PR Web (press release)

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Phoenix Drug Detox Center Launches New Program to Halt Heroin Addiction … PR Web (press release) A Phoenix drug rehab center is announcing a new program aimed at halting the harrowing effects of heroin addiction and abuse through Medical Drug Detox Center. A report from …. Take a look at some of the methadone detox centers in your area. You may …

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Chief, Division of Addictions Scientific American There are 136 substance abuse beds (84 detox, 30 rehab), 48 dual diagnosis beds, a continuum of ambulatory services providing psychopharmacological and behavioral treatments to thousands of patients and a methadone maintenance program serving …

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