A 2009 Cochrane review found methadone was effective in retaining people in treatment and in the reduction or cessation of heroin use as measured by self-report and urine/hair analysis, and...
Methadone definition: a synthetic narcotic, C21H28ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.. See ex...
Methadone has long been used for the treatment of opioid withdrawal and opioid use disorder. Learn more about this valuable therapeutic tool.
[12] Treatment of heroin addiction often includes behavioral therapy and medications. [12] Medications can include buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. [12] A heroin overdose may be...
EXCLUSIVE: Across Britain, seven out of ten pharmacies are dispensing the heroin substitute methadone, highlight the issue of Britain's secret opioid addiction crisis.
NHS medicines information on methadone – what it’s used for, side effects, dosage and who can take it.
PEF and minute volume have been studied in 68 male and 23 female addicts maintained on methadone, heroin, or both drugs and on 12 ex-addicts. The findings have been compared with other authors for...
Previous studies have provided inconsistent evidence that chronic exposure to opioid drugs, including heroin and methadone, may be associated with impairments in executive...
In the 1970s my colleague and I had no serious problems prescribing heroin and cocaine. In... It is admitted that there has been marked underprescribing of methadone and a failure to...
This study evaluated the effect of continued heroin use during methadone treatment on serum neopterin levels in 40 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 seropositive (HIV+) and 70 seronegative...