The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab Reveals Dangers of Methadone Abuse.
Methadone addiction has been around for a while.
Developed as a painkiller by Nazi scientists in World War II, methadone use came in vogue in the US in the 1960’s as a legal substitute drug for heroin and opiates. Methadone was not or is not ever used as a treatment for opiate addiction, as it does not treat heroin or opiate addiction but keeps the opiate addict from painful withdrawal.
For some, Methadone is used for pain relief and for others it is a favored drug of abuse. For many, it represents a life planned around a daily trip to a Methadone clinic to avoid severe withdrawal symptoms – this life sometimes described as a life not worth living.
Many people have questions about methadone:
Methadone is a drug, and its use can and does lower respiratory and heart rates. Combined with other drugs or alcohol, Methadone use is deadly; the combination stops the heart. For someone not used to taking an opiate (many opiate users develop an incredible tolerance to opiates), a few Methadone pills kills them. Methadone related deaths are on the rise throughout the United States, in many areas higher than heroin or other opiate related deaths. Methadone contributes to more deaths nationwide than any other prescription narcotic.
Recently it has also gained popularity among doctors as a pain medication. This can be dangerous is the patient is also taking other medications, or abuses Methadone.
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