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Question by HoLLie: What are the long term effects of an methadone overdose?
I am just curious about what a methadone overdose does to your body in the long term?
What I mean is that my brother in law took WAY too much methadone and had no pulse and was not breathing and he is now in ICU and I was curious about what shape he is going to be in now

Best answer:

Answer by Nancy Kay
An “overdose” is usually used to denote DEATH by overdose…never heard of it in any other context…but if you mean what happens if you take too much (of anything, not just methadone) but don’t actually die…organ damage throughout the body, i would presume…especially the liver and kidneys whose job it is to filter it out of your body.

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The Holistic Sanctuary Conducts Emergency Poll in the Aftermath of the Death …
… 1,000 past and current patients who have sought treatment from a conventional drug rehab center. The numbers come in the wake of Cory's demise from “mixed drug toxicity” consisting of heroin and alcohol, two months after having left a rehab … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Heroin is making a deadly comeback
In 2012, six of the 26 accidental overdose deaths in Tuscaloosa County were heroin-related. …. Some maintenance programs that use Suboxone or Methadone, another drug that suppresses withdrawal symptoms and cravings, could go on for years. Bradford … Read more on Tuscaloosa News

Drug overdose deaths spike among middle-aged women
Overall, more men still die from overdoses of painkillers and other drugs; there were about 23,000 such deaths in 2010, compared with about 15,300 for women. Men tend to take more risks with drugs … The CDC report focuses on prescription opioids like … Read more on abc11.com

As illegal trade of methadone grows, deaths are being tracked; local …
Ginorio had died accidentally by taking a mixture of two prescription drugs that included methadone, a mainstay in treating heroin addiction and also prescribed as a painkiller. But Ginorio had no prescription. It was concluded he'd obtained methadone … Read more on Reading Eagle

Teens claim they were used as fake rehab clients
Drug Medi-Cal paid out $ 94 million in the past two fiscal years to 56 clinics in Southern California that have shown signs of deception or questionable billing practices, representing half of all public funding to the program, CIR and CNN found. Over … Read more on CNN

Home overdose kits save 365 Scottish drug users
… Cunningham. by GARETH ROSE. Published on the 30 July 2013 23:54. Published 30/07/2013 23:54. Email this Print this. HOME overdose kits have potentially saved the lives of 365 heroin and methadone addicts in the last two years, new figures show. Read more on Scotsman    Read more...

Canada's next supervised injection site: Ottawa?
He came to Ottawa from small-town Nova Scotia a decade ago, hoping to escape the drug scene fuelling his addiction. It didn't work.“The city was just loaded with drugs.” LeBlanc's been off injection drugs for three years, thanks to a methadone program … Read more on Globalnews.ca

Deadly epidemic: Prescription drug overdoses
The CDC's latest figures show that 16,500 people died from overdoses tied to common narcotic pain relievers – such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Opana and methadone – in 2010. Of those, 40% were women. In the past 11 years, deaths from overdose increased … Read more on First Coast News

Are you prepared to treat methadone patients?
PAs unfamiliar with methadone maintenance place their patients and themselves at grave risk. These patients have unique pharmacological need. Lack of familiarity with how to properly treat them can increase their risk for fatal medication overdose … Read more on Clinical Advisor

New hospital for mental health and addiction services in Butler County
Statewide, a record 1,765 people died in 2011 from unintentional drug overdoses. Suboxone, an alternative to methadone, is a U.S.-government approved drug for treating symptoms of opiate withdrawal. Beckett Springs does not offer emergency services, … Read more on Hamilton Journal News (subscription)    Read more...