<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/methadone_drug_image.jpg"><br />
<strong><span class="h5_text">Screening Cut-off</span>:</strong> 300 <abbr title="Nanograms Per Milliliter">ng/ml</abbr><br />
<strong><span class="h5_text"><abbr title="Drug Enforcement Administration">DEA</abbr> Drug Class</span>:</strong> <a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Narcotic</a><br />
<strong><span class="h5_text">Type</span>:</strong> Prescription Drug<br />
<strong><span class="h5_text">Trade Names</span>:</strong> Amidone, Diskets, Dolophine, Heptadon, Methadose, Physeptone, Symoron<br />
<strong><span class="h5_text">Street Names</span>:</strong> Dollies, Downer, Green, Juice, Meth, Mtd</p>
<p class="h4_text"><strong>Drug Information</strong></p>
<p>Methadone (MTD) is a narcotic analgesic prescribed for the management of moderate to severe pain and for the treatment of opiate dependence (heroin, Vicodin, Percocet, Morphine). The pharmacology of Oral Methadone is very different from IV Methadone. Oral Methadone is partially stored in the liver for later use. IV Methadone acts more like heroin. In most states you must go to a pain clinic or a Methadone maintenance clinic to be prescribed Methadone. Methadone is a long acting pain reliever producing effects that last from twelve to forty-eight hours. Ideally, Methadone frees the client from the pressures of obtaining illegal heroin, from the dangers of injection, and from the emotional roller coaster that most opiates produce. Methadone, if taken for long periods and at large doses, can lead to a very long withdrawal period. The withdrawals from Methadone are more prolonged and troublesome than those provoked by heroin cessation, yet the substitution and phased removal of methadone is an acceptable method of detoxification for patients and therapists.</p>
<p class="h4_text"><strong>Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Drug Classification and Effects Information</strong></p>
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<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Classification/Schedule II</span>:</strong> Prescription drugs with high potential for abuse and physical dependency</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Physical Dependency</span>:</strong> High-Low</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Psychological Dependency</span>:</strong> High-Low</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Tolerance</span>:</strong> Yes</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Possible Effects</span>:</strong> Euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory depression, constricted pupils, nausea</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Effects of Overdose</span>:</strong> Slow and shallow breathing, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, possible death</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Withdrawal Syndrome</span>:</strong> Watery eyes, runny nose, yawning, loss of appetite, irritability, tremors, panic, cramps, nausea, chills and sweating</li>
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<p class="h4_text"><strong>Resources</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="/resources/drug-information-chart">Drug Information Chart</a></strong></li>
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<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Chart Drugs of Abuse, Uses and Effects</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Drug Classes</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Drugs and Chemicals of Concern</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA: Methadone Information 1</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA: Methadone Information 2</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugs.com/methadone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drug Free America Report: Methadone</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="http://www.emedicinehealth.com/benzodiazepine_abuse/article_em.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Getting High on Prescription Drugs PDF</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugs.com/methadone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Methadone Drugs.com Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methadone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Methadone Wikipedia Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/summary" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><abbr title="National Institute on Drug Abuse">NIDA</abbr> &#8211; Methadone &#8211; Prescription Drug Abuse Report</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/directors-page/messages-director/2008/08/methadone-appropriate-use-provides-valuable-treatment-pain-addiction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA &#8211; Methadone Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Commonly Abused Drugs</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Prescription Drug Abuse Chart</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/benzodiazepine-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Prescription Drug Abuse Information PDF</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://medlineplus.gov/prescriptiondrugabuse.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NLM/NIH: Prescription Drug Abuse Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.streetdrugs.org/students-teachers-parents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Street Drug Information: Methadone</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Information on: Prescription Drugs</a></li>
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