Talk:Methadone maintenance

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Methadone is possibly more addi ctive than heroin. it adheres to your bone marrow and is harder to"kick".it takes 6 months of severe "sick".it is not the best way to deal with heroin addiction ,but for some the only way.some people use long enough to where the "cells" in their bodies are so used to heroin that they need the methadone to replace it.

Some people can get off methadone and stay clean but some others can not. It is very hard to come down off of methadone,and has a long withdawl time. Some people have to stay on a methadone maintance program. It also keeps the level of crimes down.

A quick glance at this has made me think there are some opinions posing as facts. I'm tagging it as unverified till someone gets a chance to look at this more closely. Baiter 02:34, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Also "Methadone is the most widely studied medication and treatment for any disease in the world." doesn't sound credible to me. Really "any disease"??? It looks like unverified to me as well. Bajamircea 00:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

New patients who want methadone mainainance treatment should have to meet more requirements to get into the program. For some severe addicts the program can prove beneficial but for mild users that want a methadone high, it can turn them into more of an addict then they were before they started treaatment.

METHADONE DOES NOT PRODUCE A "HIGH" Methadone does not produce a high. I have been on Methadone for over two years, and it is a widely known fact that Methadone does not produce any kind of "high". It is a stabilizer. Before stating your opinion, please check out the facts before posting.

[edit] Expand or remove?

There is a reasonable (and referrenced) discussion of methadone maintenance on the main methadone page. Perhaps that could be moved here - or perhaps the methadone maintenance search could direct there.

I'm happy to continue dabbling, but to be fair I think even the remaining information in this stub is redundent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crumpled4350 (talk • contribs) 12:06, 27 April 2008 (UTC)