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METHADONE is a medication for opioid. Opioid isat times calleda narcotic.
What is METHADONE?
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METHADONE is used as pain reliever and an element of drug addiction detoxification and support programs and is only purchasable from certified pharmacies in which the patients cannot beprescribed withother medications.
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During the 1850s, opium addiction was a big problem in
the United States. The “answer” was to supply opium addicts
with a less effect and supposedly “non-addictive” alternative—
MORPHINE.
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Morphine addiction soon became a larger dilemma than opium addiction. Together with opium, the morphine problem was answered by another “non-addictive” substitute—heroin, that was confirmed to be even more addictive than morphine.
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Heroin problem came yet another “non-addictive” alternative—the drug currently known as methadone. It was first
developed in 1937 by German scientists seeking for a surgical painkiller. Renamed methadone, the drug was soon being widely used as a treatment for heroin addiction.
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Sadly, it confirmed to be even more addictive than heroin.
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That’s why, treatment centers are willing to help
you OVERCOME themethadone addiction.
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Get in touch with us to seek advice from health care
providers who can guide you or your loved ones with the most
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