What Do You Know About Methadone?
Question by hannah: what do you know about methadone?
a good friend of mine has started dating an ex-addict who’s currently on methadone. I don’t know anything about ex-addicts or methadone so I’m a little concerned about my friend. has anyone had any experience with this kind of thing? what can you tell me about the effects of methadone and the length of recovery? any info would be appreciated. cheers!
Best answer:
Answer by pathfinder
It is a synthetic drug use to treat addiction to morphine and other opiates, but methadone itself is a narcotic.Crazy ,heh?
Answer by ellie
Methadone is a rigorously well-tested medication that is safe and effective for the treatment of narcotic withdrawal and dependence. For more than 30 years this synthetic narcotic has been used to treat opioid addiction. Heroin releases an excess of dopamine in the body and causes users to need an opiate continuously occupying the opioid receptor in the brain. Methadone occupies this receptor and is the stabilizing factor that permits addicts on methadone to change their behavior and to discontinue heroin use.
Taken orally once a day, methadone suppresses narcotic withdrawal for between 24 and 36 hours. Because methadone is effective in eliminating withdrawal symptoms, it is used in detoxifying opiate addicts. It is, however, only effective in cases of addiction to heroin, morphine, and other opioid drugs, and it is not an effective treatment for other drugs of abuse. Methadone reduces the cravings associated with heroin use and blocks the high from heroin, but it does not provide the euphoric rush. Consequently, methadone patients do not experience the extreme highs and lows that result from the waxing and waning of heroin in blood levels. Ultimately, the patient remains physically dependent on the opioid, but is freed from the uncontrolled, compulsive, and disruptive behavior seen in heroin addicts
Withdrawal from methadone is much slower than that from heroin. As a result, it is possible to maintain an addict on methadone without harsh side effects. Many MMT patients require continuous treatment, sometimes over a period of years.
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