If you are one of those individuals addicted to heroin or other opioid, such as OxyContin, the idea that you could continue using with a somewhat lesser evil might be appealing. For many persons seeking to come off heroin or OxyContin addiction, going to methadone may seem like a no-brainer.
The widespread abuse of prescription painkillers has led to multiple initiatives to monitor and reduce opioid painkiller use in North America. Recently, the Government of Ontario initiated a new program to monitor narcotics prescriptions as a part of Canada’s national initiative to reduce painkiller addictions.
For years state governments have been treating heroin addicts with Methadone, a drug that uses the same receptors in our brains that heroin would use and has some of the same effects (without the same level of euphoria), thus eliminating painful heroin withdrawal symptoms. Because Methadone blocks the “high” of any heroin ingested while Methadone [...]
Fatalities in the U.S. linked with opioid drug use, such as prescription painkillers, have been sharply increasing for the past decade, despite increased federal and state initiatives to cut down on opioid abuse. However, recent information is also drawing attention to a powerful, but lesser-known cause of fatalities – methadone prescriptions – which have recently [...]
During the most recent election for the office of Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron promised to make treatment for those suffering from drug addiction one of his highest priorities. However, a report recently released by the Centre for Policy Studies shows that Cameron hasn’t kept his promise and that Britain is spending upwards of $6 [...]
By Suzanne Kane Kicking opiate addiction doesn’t have to be the painful and dreaded nightmare many addicts envision. There is replacement therapy that has been approved as an alternative treatment for opiate addiction. What Constitutes Opiate Addiction? First, however, it’s important to discuss what constitutes addiction to opiates. An individual can be addicted to numerous [...]
