Methadone Uses

Reducing Fatal Overdoses of Women Using Painkillers
Recognizing that women can be at risk of prescription drug overdose — it's not just a problem among men. Screening and monitoring for substance abuse and mental health problems. Prescribing only the quantity needed based on appropriate pain diagnosis … Read more on Monthly Prescribing Reference

Bitter Pills series: Prescription oversight lax as overdoses tick up
But some police, drug-abuse counselors and medical providers say they see Gootman's clinics as evidence of a wider problem: Little or no repercussions for prescribers whose patients exhibit signs of addiction, sell their drugs on the street or overdose … Read more on Fayetteville Observer

Effective Rx Thwarted for Deadly Opioid Epidemic
The report on effectiveness of opioid medications, conducted by the Treatment Research Institute, examined 642 unique studies that evaluated buprenorphine, methadone, oral naltrexone and injectable naltrexone. The report found that these medications … Read more on Watch List News (press release)