German scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart first synthesized methadone in 1937. The synthetic opioid analgesic was created while they were searching for a pain reliever that would be safe to use during surgeries and had a low potential for addiction. On September 11‚ 1941‚ they filed for a patent for what they called Hoechst 10820 or Polamidon. Eli Lilly and Company brought methadone to the United Stated in 1947. They gave it the trade name Dolophine‚ which came from the German Dolphium
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Methadone Not very may people know exactly what methadone is‚ what it is used for‚ and why it is necessary. Addiction is an illness‚ and there are many substances that enable addiction. People who are addicted to opioids are just like anyone else who has an illness‚ they are sick. People who are ill need medicine‚ and methadone is a medicine that is used to treat people who are sick with opioid addiction. Methadone has been used for 35 years in the treatment of opioid addiction and has helped
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Buprenorphine Matthew Frei (2010) author of the qualitative piece of literature‚ Opioid Dependence Management in General Practice‚ reviewed by the third researcher‚ (RW). Frei presents a quality overview‚ albeit based in Australia‚ of the process and complications of General Practitioners (GP’s) in dealing with opioid addiction within their patient base. The article describes the complexities‚ socially as well as clinically‚ of the use of Buprenorphine as a substitute opioid agonist for the purpose
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Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) is and will probably always be a controversial way to treat opiate addiction patients. Some argue that using methadone as a “cure” substitute’s one addiction for another. An analysis of the opiate addiction process reveals that Methadone Maintenance Therapy does more harm than good‚ by transferring their addiction to methadone‚ decreasing normal brain functioning‚ and causing high rates of death in some cases. Since “methadone addiction is more difficult to recover
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University School of Distance Education Methadone Treatment Programs are Effective in Stopping Heroin Use A Paper Presented to Professor Loyd Uglow‚ Ph.D In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Course THE 5113 Research Literature and Technology Sharon Pete November 28‚ 2012 THESIS STATEMENT: To investigate Methadone maintenance is found to be more effective in treating heroin addiction than 180 day detoxification. The objective is how methadone maintenance‚ a widely used but controversial
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Justin Sampson Psych 531 Psychobiology Paper Assignment Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid that can be used to treat opioid dependence of various types including heroin‚ and a vast array of prescription opiates/opioids. It is a drug that’s use is relatively new in the field of opioid addiction/treatment compared to traditional older drugs like methadone and LAAM (Levacetylmethadyl)‚ however the drug itself is not new. Since its discovery by Reckitt Benckiser in 1980 (then called Reckitt
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textbook Abnormal Psychology‚ methadone is “opioid‚ but it has less potent and less long-lasting effects then heroin when taken orally. The person depending on heroin takes methadone to reduce extreme negative withdrawal symptoms” (page 420). In the documentary‚ Russell Brand talks about methadone. He tells us that “about ten years ago [methadone] became the governments main method of treating addicts. What the government hoped was that if they gave the addicts methadone‚ they’d stop committing crimes
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Methadone Clinics and Needle Exchange Programs: Critical Thinking There are many people in the world today that are drug addicts and cannot quit by themselves which is where the methadone clinics come into the picture. Methadone reduces the withdrawal symptoms therefore making it easier to quit drugs. Even though methadone is supposedly proven to be safe‚ it seems to have biases and stigmas associated with it because it is an opioid medication and many people can become addicted to it as well
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Methadone Maintenance Treatment Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) programs were originally designed to reduce use of heroin and opiates among people addicted to these drugs. Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program has a long history of effiency as a therapy and is a procedure for the addict to become stabilized in their life term. Treatment for drug addiction is an essential method for breaking one’s dependence with drugs‚ while providing the foundation needed to restore normality into his
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METHADONE AND IT’S EFFECTIVENESS INTRODUCTION Methadone occupies a position of huge prominence in drug misuse treatment to date. It is estimated there are around 650‚000 illicit drug users receiving treatment globally (WHO 2008). Historically it was the earliest form of opioid replacement therapy and continues to be the most widely used form in the United States‚ Europe and Australia (Ward et al 1998). The most recent figures for Scotland show approximately 22‚224 people are receiving methadone
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