Methadone
Title: Methadone
Category: /Science & Technology/Chemistry
Details: Words: 702 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Methadone
Category: /Science & Technology/Chemistry
Details: Words: 702 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Fletcher
Che110-141
11-30-05
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Methadone a synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of morphine. It also has a depressant action on the cough centre and may be given to control intractable cough associated with terminal lung cancer. Methadone is also used as part of the treatment of
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to become a more serious problem, and the number of methadone overdoses jumped dramatically. The increase in methadone abuse was apparently caused by heroin and oxycodone addicts using methadone when they could not get other drugs, as well as by an increase in the number of so-called recreational drug users who were abusing methadone.Someone needs to make a difference drug to help heroin attic get off of heroin. But in other since it's ok.