METHADONE PAKISTAN

Methadone tablet is used to treat pain. It’s also used for detoxification or maintenance treatment of an opioid drug addict

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ADVANTAGE & TREATMENT

Methadone treatment has been used to treat opioid dependence since the 1950s.

The opioid dependent patient takes a daily dose of methadone as a liquid or pill. This reduces their withdrawal symptoms and cravings.

Many people trying to give up drugs but they can’t cope with withdrawal symptoms.

Methadone treatment effective for heroin use disorder. When people addicted to heroin first quit, they undergo withdrawal symptoms (pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting).

ADVANTAGE & TREATMENT

Methadone can be helpful in this detoxification stage to ease craving and other physical symptoms that can often prompt a person to relapse.

Methadone can make it easier for recovering addicts to stay sober.

ADVANTAGE & TREATMENT

People are heroin dependent often spend most of their time trying to obtain and use heroin. This can involve criminal activity such as stealing. Patients in methadone do not need to do this. Instead, they can undertake productive activities such as education, employment and parenting.

EFFECTS OF METHADONE

Methadone is a synthetic opioid agonist. This means it produces effects in the body in the same way as heroin, morphine and other opioids. It is taken orally as a tablet or syrup

EFFECTS OF METHADONE

Onset of effects occurs 30 minutes after swallowing and peak effects are felt approximately three hours after swallowing. At first, the half-life (the length of time for which effects are felt) of methadone is approximately 15 hours; however, with repeated dosing, the half-life extends to approximately 24 hours. It can take between 3 and 10 days for the amount of methadone in the patient's system to stabilise.

EFFECTS OF METHADONE

When an opioid dependent person takes methadone, it relieves withdrawal symptoms and opioid cravings; at a maintenance dose, it does not induce euphoria.