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drug interactions with methadone

Just in case there is anyone who is wondering and hasn't gotten proper info. on drug interactions with methadone, here is a list of drugs that don't mesh well with methadone. Use this information for your own safety. The website I got this from is http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov

AdvisoryMethadone Hydrochloride Tablets USP 40 mg (Dispersible)

As of January 1, 2008, manufacturers of methadone hydrochloride tablets 40 mg (dispersible) have voluntarily agreed to restrict distribution of this formulation to only those facilities authorized for detoxification and maintenance treatment of opioid addiction, and hospitals. Manufacturers will instruct their wholesale distributors to discontinue supplying this formulation to any facility not meeting the above criteria.

The Essence of Drug Addiction

From "The Brain:Understanding Neurobiology" Teachers Guide

(NAPS)–The word "addiction" calls up many different images and strong emotions. But what are we reacting to? Too often we focus on the wrong aspects of addiction, so our efforts to deal with this difficult issue can be badly misguided.

"Here We Grow Again", Lessons I've Learned in Recovery

Day one in the program: I learned that 12-step programs were filled with jovial brain damaged people who actually appeared to be happy to go to those stupid meetings.

Seven days: The best diet in the world was to take step one. One hundred pounds was lifted from my shoulders after admitting I was powerless over alcohol and other drugs. The meetings didn’t seem so stupid after all.

NIDA InfoFacts: Hospital Visits

The latest data on drug abuse-related hospital emergency department (ED) visits are findings from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), based on data for the second half of 2003. DAWN is a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related ED visits for selected metropolitan areas and provides estimates for the Nation. It is a product of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For the reporting period, 260 out of 518 sampled hospitals submitted usable data to DAWN. On average, each DAWN member hospital submitted 260 DAWN cases, or about 43 per month.

The findings below are summarized as a courtesy by NIDA, for those interested in drug-related hospital emergency data. For more detailed findings, please visit DAWNInfo.samhsa.gov.

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Professional Perspectives on Addiction Medicine

It's not difficult to obtain a variety of opinions about methadone, and chances are that should you do so, many of them would be quite negative and unfounded. This would be true if you were to ask people who have had no experience with this substance either directly or indirectly. Chances are, the person asked would not know anyone receiving methadone treatment, nor even know about someone receiving this treatment.

The Ghost Haunting Methadone

The stigma associated with drug addiction and in some cases addiction treatment programs is a most powerful and pervasive negative force in American society. Stigmatization, according to Joseph's findings has been a major factor in preventing more extensive treatment of the estimated 750,000 opiate addicts in the U.S.

GENETIC VARIATIONS

How genetic variation makes people more susceptible to alcohol and narcotic drug addiction.

Scientists have learned how a genetic variation long suspected in making some people susceptible to alcoholism and narcotic drug addiction actually does so.

In laboratory studies, this variation greatly reduced the amount of protein that the DNA in a cell produced.

Pot may hike risk of psychosis, research finds

Even limited use could up chance of serious mental illness by 40 percent.