Choosing the Best Drug or Alcohol Treatment
How Do I Choose the Best Drug or Alcohol Treatment? Perhaps the most challenging factor in finding a solution for opioid or alcohol addiction is choosing the right treatment center. First and foremost, it is essential to understand that everyone is different, and so are their treatment needs. Also, not everyone needs long-term residential treatment […]
Methadone Rehab
Methadone Rehab can be scary, though, for many. Addiction to prescription medication is a struggle for millions of people worldwide. Methadone is often used in a rehab or detox setting to help wean patients from their addictions to other drugs. The problem is that patients can also become physically and psychologically dependent upon methadone. It […]
Methadone Prescriptions Cause Dramatic Rise in Patient Deaths
Methadone Prescription Dangers A new study is highlighting the dangers of prescribing methadone for pain patients outside of a supervised medical setting. The study, conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, reveals disturbingly high mortality rates among patients who self-administer methadone. Compared with other equally effective painkillers, it seems as though methadone prescriptions put patients at an […]
Dual Therapy: Better Than Methadone
Why are other drugs usually better than Methadone for addiction therapy? Medication therapies have been used for decades to control drug use and diminish cravings. Addiction medicine has evolved tremendously, where detoxification methods have shown to be much better than methadone, in order to achieve a drug-free state. Drug addiction can be a very complex […]
Methadone Is Blamed For Overdose Deaths
The statistics are striking. Methadone – a drug once prescribed mostly to treat drug addiction – is now blamed for one third of the overdose deaths attributed to prescription painkillers. The U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention reports that researchers have found that methadone only accounts for two percent of all painkiller prescriptions written […]
Methadone: Two Faces of Abuse
Death rates from prescription painkillers taken alone, in a cocktail or with alcohol have been in the new for decades. Stellar names like Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and a host of other performers, artists, directors and athletes died in the prime of life allegedly due to overdose or drug-related […]
Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms
Methadone withdrawal symptoms can be the most severe and lengthier then any other drug. Going through opiate withdrawal is never easy, particularly if you are trying to kick an addiction to Methadone. Trying to gradually wean or stop abruptly can be difficult and dangerous. The sickness associated with methadone withdrawal can be intense and seem […]
Methadone Dependency vs. Methadone Addiction
Methadone Hydrochloride is a synthetic opiate that German pharmaceutical companies initially synthesized during the Second World War, and it was first marketed as Dolophine. Taking any number of prescription opioid medications daily can result in physical dependency. Methadone addiction and dependence can even surface for patients with chronic pain or illnesses that have required the […]
Methadone Dependence
Methadone Dependence can be reversed in a humane and effective manner. Methadone dependence can developed, after a short amount of a daily dose. Dependence can be noticed when withdrawal symptoms are present if the drug is discontinue. Usually methadone withdrawal takes about 4 to 12 weeks and is characterized by extreme discomfort and pain, diarrhea, […]
Methadone Addiction And Women
Methadone addiction can affect plenty of women that struggle everyday with other forms of opiate addiction, and think they’ve found a solution by taking the opiate replacement drug Methadone. What many do not realize, and often aren’t told, is that this “replacement” or “substitution” approach to treating addiction just perpetuates their dependence to opiates. Methadone […]
