Methadone
What is it?
About Methadone
Drug Classification
- Stimulant
- Schedule 2 drug
- it is prescribed for medical use(swallowed, injected, or snorted)
What it does to you
- physical effects
- sweating,Drowsiness, or itchy skin
- If going through withdraw you may experience anxiety, muscle tremor, and abdominal pain
What it does to you (Continued)
- Psychological effects
- Psychological dependence
- anxiety
How it gets here and what is the cost
- Methadone is made in the U.S
- You can also buy it online from India
- Outpatient medical programs cost 17.78 daily
Treatment options
- Methadone is used to treat heroin addicts
- there are two other drugs that can be interchanged with methadone
- Bupernorphine
- LAAM
Addiction
- not high potential for addiction
- high physical dependence
- less withdraw symptoms than heroin
- addicted and less physical symptoms
Recent legislation
- federal law
- can not go over 30 milligrams a day
- give in liquid form to reduce the potential for abuse
Prevalence of use: US, MD, Harford
US- used very commonly in the united states for the treatment of addiction
MD- In Maryland there are 61 methadone center
Harford- there are now prisons that are treating hundreds of addicts
Work Cited
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"Treatment Services." 61 Methadone Maintenance Programs in Maryland. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2015
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