Thursday, February 20, 2014

Dispelling The Myths About Methadone Chicago

By Jerri Perry


Methadone Chicago is used in drug recovery clinics to help people stop taking addictive opiates like heroin, codeine and morphine. Also known as Amidone, Methadose, Heptadon or Symaron, it is in the class of drugs known as synthetic opioids. It acts at the same receptors as the opiate drugs. Unlike opiates, it is crafted in the laboratory and is not found in nature. Amidone is also sometimes used to treat refractive pain in people with terminal cancer.

Amidone was first synthesized in Germany in 1937. It was required as a secure source of opiates. Amidone was brought into the United States in 1947. It is available in tablets of 5 mg, 10 mg or 40 mg and also as a liquid to be taken orally. While it is approved in many countries both as a cancer analgesic and in opiate withdrawal, it is not used to treat non-opiate addictions like alcohol or speed.

Over the years, many myths have evolved about Symaron, both on the part of opiate users and Joe Public. Here, we take an opportunity to dispel a small sample of these misconceptions and reveal the relevant truths. Methadone is merely one tool in the arsenal against drug addiction. Used correctly, it can be a great benefit and help turn peoples' lives around and keep them off drugs. On the other hand, used incorrectly, it can be abused, often withk devastating results.

Myth No 1: The first common mythical belief held by Joe Public is that people who are treated in Methadose clinics are junkies getting a buzz at the taxpayers' expense. The truth is, like any drug, Methadose has a therapeutic level, when patients feel normal, that is, like they did before they became addicted. At doses below that required to maintain the therapeutic level, patients feel withdrawal; if the dose is too high, they experience toxic effects. It is this toxicity that produces the "high." Therapeutic levels of Methadose do not create this high.

Myth No 2: Another commonly held mistaken belief is that heroin is a bigger problem than alcohol. The only real difference between heroin users over alcohol abusers is that the former are breaking the law, while the latter are perfectly legal and almost socially acceptable. Alcohol creates more health problems, is responsible for more domestic violence and devastates far more lives than heroin.

Myth No 3: Methadose eats your bones. No, it does not. According to the New York Drug Policy Alliance 2006, Methadose does not compromise the skeletal system in any way. If someone on a maintenance dose feels like their bones are "rotting, " then their dose may be too low. Bone pain is also a normal feature of opiate withdrawal.

Myth No 4: Methadose will make you gain weight. While it is true that the drug slows the metabolic rate, weight gain is not an inevitable consequence. Bearing in mind that opiate addicts do not eat regularly when they are using, Methadose clients can be trained to eat healthily.

There are many, many more myths surrounding methadone Chicago. We are not trying to "sell" methadone treatment. The truth is it blocks the high that is sought by opiate users and reduces the chance of relapse as the drug is withdrawn.




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