Drug Methadone

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For opiate addicts, such as those addicted to heroin, opium or synthetic opiates such as hydrocodone, methadone has allowed them to cease use of the addictive substance without painful withdrawal symptoms while they are in rehab. Once a person in rehab has been on methadone for awhile, treatment protocols vary. Some rehabs taper a person off methadone and some will keep a person on maintenance treatment, meaning that the person may be on methadone for the rest of their lives.

In recent years, some opiate addiction rehabs are campaigning for a change in methadone treatment guidelines, stating that this indefinite maintenance with methadone is the best idea. One study from 2000 found that 80% of those who quit methadone treatment relapse within three years. Some practitioners may consider this a reason to keep opiate addicts on methadone indefinitely but some see a different logic.

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Opiate addiction is among the most challenging withdrawals for drug addicts.With the worsening of opiate drug abuse,the drug addicts starts looking for a change as the addiction takes over a persons’life completely, and poses serious health concerns. Considering the severity of opiate addictions, numerous health care professionals and clinics provides different forms of treatments to deal with this problem,comfortably.

Methadone Maintenance Treatment is a popular form of opiate replacement therapy and is known to be effective in eliminating the use of illicit opiates. Methadone drug is extremely effective in relieving withdrawal symptoms and for this reason, methadone treatment for opiate addiction is widely used b clinics and rehabilitation centers for eliminating addiction to opiate. Basically, methadone treatment proves effective in the opiate addiction as it relieves the painful drug withdrawal symptoms while calming the cravings and keeping the drug addicts from relapsing.    Read more...

Question by iamwetoddid365: Why would my girlfriend go to detox? Seroquil or opiate addiction?
I think my girlfriend is lying to me. She told me that she has been trying to get off of Seroquil and has to go to the hospital for “detox” 5-7 days. My brother is a psychiatry resident and told me that withdrawal from seroquil does not require detox and a 5-7 day period is used for withdrawal from heroin or opiates. I suspect she is not telling me the truth and said that she was going to be violently ill and I couldn’t visit her. A 5-7 day stop in the hospital where you get violently ill sounds like withdrawal from methadone, not seroquil. What do you think?

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Answer by lourdes r
you have to see your girlfriend to be sure if she is telling the
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