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 & Colman) is has been used in low doses (< 1mg) to treat moderate pain‚ as it is a partial mu agonist (Wesson
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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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Everett Community College Department of Nursing Nursing 120 Ethical Issues: Titrating Pain Meds at EOL By Cara Gilbert Dawn Kemp Kimberly Miller Mike Colton-Gores Nadja Grisak Yvonne Hellie Many nurses have the opportunity to assist in the comfort of a patient‚ but questions arise when a nurse has a choice to administer a possible lethal dose to ease a patients suffering. By way of example‚ consider the following scenario. A 46-year-old Miss Jenson is admitted with metastatic cancer and is in
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John’s core psychodynamic problem is depression. The central conflict involves his sense of loss and abandonment‚ with the desire to obtain healthy and meaningful relationships‚ but his tendency to feel uncomfortable and isolate when around other people. John shared his memory and knowledge of his father’s death and described it with an indifferent affect. Therefore‚ it appeared evident that he may have suppressed anger‚ sense of loss‚ and/or feelings of abandonment. Moreover‚ John described
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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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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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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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1. INTRODUCTION During the course of this writing‚ you begin to understand exactly what trials and tribulations Sonny was going through. Having grown up in the projects/low income housing‚ finding out the truth out how his father had really passed and their rocky relationship with one another‚ his turbulent dynamic with his own brother‚ his heroin addiction and the problems it brought on‚ his struggle to fulfill the typical American dream‚ and finding the courage to do what he really loves; play
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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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The purpose of Methadone Maintenance programs is to provide addiction services to opioid-addicted individuals. Treatment programs can help addicts decrease their dependence on opioids and provide them with healthier lives. Methadone maintenance has proven to be beneficial in many ways using long-lasting medication and other strategies to help addicts turn their lives around. A recent Cochrane review from 2004 found that methadone treatment is statistically more effective than non-pharmacological
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