Methadone Tell Me About It for Pain Purpose?

Question by jimgreg: methadone tell me about it for pain purpose?
( for pain management only not the heroin part)??

Best answer:

Answer by Lady B
I’ve heard of methadone being used as an analgesic (pain reliever) for chronic pain. It’s in the narcotic field I think. Ask your pharmacist. He can explain it better.

Answer by Journey
Is Methadone Maintenance the Last Resort for Some Chronic Pain Patients?
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Editor’s note: The following article is a contributed commentary. I would like to thank Dr. Forest Tennant for his permission to refer to and quote from his work, The Dilemma of Severe Incurable, Narcotic-Dependent Pain Patients Referred to Narcotic Treatment Programs: Need for Administrative, Regulatory, and Legislative Relief (1996).

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