methadone
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- noun
- /ˈmɛθəˌdoʊn/
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metadona
- A recent study found that 86% of clients of a London methadone maintenance clinic were seropositive for hepatitis C.
- methadone maintenance
- methadone treatment
- a methadone clinic
So the popular ones are methadone and Suboxone.
- So the popular ones are methadone and Suboxone.
- And then they pause and they go, is methadone really effective?
- Would have been from Baltimore in Baltimore they got a lot of people on that methadone.
- But he drank juice that was in his refrigerator and the juice was laced with methadone.
- And I decided there that I was going to try and change, but I was still on a methadone script and I didn't really know what to do.
- Well, there's a situation there in which people who've been getting methadone in prison have been recently getting injections.
- Suboxone or buprenorphine is a superior, somewhat superior people think to methadone is widely available.
- No, no, because obviously my dosage of heroin and methadone was quite a big and so this you will that down.
Examples
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Yeah, it used to be a methadone clinic before they cleaned up the neighborhood and now it's a place that helps people.
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I'm on the methadone.
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I thought you got him into a methadone program?
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Then I was on methadone.
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It's harder coming off methadone than kicking heroin.
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I hear you're on a methadone programme.
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Among other things, the study pointed out the reasons for differences between methadone and buprenorphine programs.
Academic text (2007) -
As such, referrals to detoxification centers and methadone clinics are an essential part of patient management.
Academic text (1996) -
Perhaps the best-known U.S. harm reduction strategy is methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for the treatment of opiate dependence.
Academic text (2003) -
Many people suffering from opioid addiction find relief through methadone treatment.
Synonyms
A man-made medicine that helps people with heroin addiction by reducing withdrawal symptoms
A medicine made in a lab that treats heroin or morphine addiction by reducing withdrawal symptoms
Compounds
A man-made medicine that helps people with heroin addiction by reducing withdrawal symptoms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Methadone was made as the name for a man-made medicine; the meth- part hints at the small chemical word 'methyl' and the -one ending is common in drug names. So, think of methadone as a laboratory pain medicine that is also used to help people stop using heroin.