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methadone
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meth·a·done
/ ˈme[unvoicedth]əˌdōn/
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a synthetic analgesic drug that is similar to morphine in its effects but longer acting, used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.
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Methadone deaths linked to prescription increase
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 4/21/2009; ; 700+ words
; THE NUMBERS 531,000 Number of methadone prescriptions written in 1998. 4.1...written in 2006. The growing use of methadone as a prescription painkiller has contributed to the rise of methadone-related overdose deaths in West Virginia...
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Methadone Deaths Not Linked to Misuse of Methadone from Treatment Centers.
PR Newswire; 2/6/2004; 700+ words
; WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Methadone-associated deaths are not being caused primarily by methadone diverted from methadone treatment programs, a panel of experts convened by the Substance Abuse...
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Methadone and breastfeeding: new horizons. (Commentaries).(research on transfer of methadone into breast milk)
Magazine article from: Pediatrics; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that methadone was only compatible with breasffeeding...breastfeeding for the majority of US women on methadone maintenance therapy, because high doses...trimester to offset the apparent increase in methadone metabolism during pregnancy. In September...
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METHADONE DEATHS RISE IN WESTERN VA. 44 FATAL OVERDOSES RECORDED IN 2001
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 7/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...overdoses from another prescription painkiller - methadone. Forty-four people died from methadone overdoses last year in the western half of...Authorities are not sure what to make of the methadone deaths, which have been climbing sharply...
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Methadone for Addicts Still Under Fire
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...treatment it was offering heroin addicts, a drug called methadone. They came armed with bayonets. "They were going...ways they enslaved black folk was to put them on methadone." Methadone's long struggle for acceptance has been a topic...
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Methadone: Medicine or menace?: Clinics are popping up all over W.Va. for addicts wanting to quit opiates
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 5/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...eight months ago, West Virginia had no methadone clinics. Today, it has seven. The...facilities. They make money by selling methadone, a legal opiate drug, mostly to people...OxyContin, another legal opiate drug. The methadone - which costs about $12 a day, much...
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Methadone Frequently Causes Menopausal Symptoms in Young Women.
Newspaper article from: Heart Disease Weekly; 5/24/2009; 700+ words
; Methadone medication frequently depresses estradiol...old. Hormonal suppression, caused by methadone, can cause depression, anxiety, fatigue...Thirty of the last thirty female methadone patients, between 20 and 30 years old...
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Methadone clinic revenues grow in West Virginia
Magazine article from: The State Journal; 2/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...questions and concerns because they use methadone to treat people addicted to opiate...first reported on the growing number of methadone clinics, the state has seen the number...Resources to set up emergency rules regarding methadone. John Law, a spokesman for the department...
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Methadone is complex choice for managing pain.(THE PSYCHIATRIST'S TOOLBOX)
Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; TAMPA -- Methadone is an excellent choice for pain management...Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Methadone, a synthetic opioid that is available...advantages over other opioid analgesics. "Methadone is the only opioid that acts as an NMDA...
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Methadone: prudence.
Newspaper article from: The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...se presentent avec une ordonnance de methadone. Alors que les personnes coupables d...mineure peuvent suivre un traitement a la methadone dans certains penitenciers provinciaux...et se presente avec une ordonnance de methadone a des chances "relativement bonnes...
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Methadone
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Methadone Definition Methadone is classified as an opioid (an analgesic that is used for severe pain). In the United States, methadone is also known as dolophine, methenex and methadose. Purpose Methadone...
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methadone
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
methadone , synthetic narcotic similar in effect...cough reflex. In the brains of addicts, methadone prevents heroin or morphine from interacting...immune, and adrenal function. When methadone is given to a heroin addict who is later...
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Treatment Outcome Prospective Study (TOPS)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
...included 4,184 clients from 12 outpatient methadone programs, 2,891 clients from 14 residential...The client populations of outpatient Methadone Programs, long-term residential programs...full-time employment compared to the methadone clients. Outpatient drug-free clients...
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Opioids
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...hydromorphone, levorphanol, meperidine , methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone...hydrocodone are used to relieve coughing. Methadone is used to help people control their...necessary. A typical adult dosage for methadone is 5-20 mg as an oral solution, 2...
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Detoxification
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
...spontaneous abortion or premature birth. These women are treated with methadone as an alternative. (Methadone acts as a replacement for the heroin in the woman's body, but the methadone does not provide the "high" that the heroin provides. In addition...
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