Does Anyone Know What “Methadone” Is and What Is For?
Question by stormee777: Does anyone know what “Methadone” is and what is for?
A friend said she was going to get it but I heard it has herion in it…She was in a car accident and is taking pills.Now,she told me she wants to go to methadone…
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Answer by crazeej
umm..
its usually used as an anti-addictive.. meaning it helps drug addicts to get over their addictions to heroin and such.
although..
its also used in managing chronic pain… (long term pain)
Opioid medications allow us to treat chronic pain as aggressively as we would any pathogen, but we must first overcome ingrained misconceptions about patients’ motivations for seeking treatment and about the addictive properties of the drugs. With controlled use, the newer sustained-release formulations give real hope for safe and sustained pain relief.
Some of the effects of methadone include:
Hypoventilation
Decreased bowel motility – constipation
miotic pupils
nausea
hypotension
When combined with other drugs, however, methadone can cause death:
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It is a strong painkiller which also is used to help drugusers of heroine in some countries.
It is a narcotic used to get people off of hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine.
methadone is chemically just like heroin, except it works better, and has the same effects. It is manly used in Germany for medical treatment. It woul dbe very hard to get some of that, if I may add.
Methadone is a narcotic related to heroin but thought to include lesser side effects including intoxication and dependency. It is sometimes used as an alterntive to morphine or as a treatement for heroin addiction.
because she is addicted to pills, so it helps her get off it slowly. it is dangerous