Dangers of prescription Methadone 9 Articles

by Phill Roby

Methadone is a dangerous drug by itself or in combination with sedatives and other drugs. The cost/benefits should be assessed before undergoing treatment with methadone, as it is a dangerous drug with a very high potenti...read more

by St Viv

Drug addicts who need methadone regularly are able to get a prescription from their NHS doctor,if he agrees to do so, otherwise another NHS doctor may agree to supply the prescription.In inner city areas this could encour...read more

by Lou Argo

This has become a rather hot topic. I am writing this article as a pain management patient and I completely understand Methadone from my use in the past three years. Although I am not a Doctor, we must realize that Doctor...read more

by Gina Leclair

PROS AND CONS OF METHADONE MAINTENANCE Methadone maintenance is very controversial issue among a wide variety of people, addicts or not, everyone seems to have an opinion on the situation, because of it has its pros and...read more

by Crepusculous

I was not aware of the increase in use of Methadone for pain in the US. I have been taking it for around a year and a half and here in the UK it is still considered a very unusual choice of drug. I would like to point ...read more

by Jim Plagakis

Methadone has been a Schedule II Controlled Substance right out of the box with the advent of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. It is in the class with the highest addictive liability and the highest potential for ab...read more

by Samuel Power

In order to cast aside a common misunderstanding, Methadone is NOT the Methamphetamine that you hear about on the news. Unlike methamphetamine, methadone is legal for a doctor to prescribe, but is just as, if not more dan...read more

by Liam O Halloran

Methadone is an effective evidence based medication used for the treatment of opioid dependence and in Ireland is dispensed to reforming drug addicts by Pharmacists among others under the guise of the Methadone Treatment S...read more

by Dylan Howard

In the last ten years there has been an explosion in the popularity of pharmaceutical painkillers in the U.S. The most common medications that seem to be used and abused are Hydrocodone, better known as Lortab and Vicodi...read more