methadon

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We can't taper addicts down using heroin, so we use methadone.

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synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

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noun

synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

Definitions

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noun

synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

Example sentences

We can't taper addicts down using heroin, so we use methadone.

I took the GRE on methadone therapy and did better than when I was on no opiates 10+ years ago. Used properly, methadone's side effects can be minimized to almost none in most patients.

I've done high-level cognitive activities like programming for 5 years of methadone therapy with little to no problems.

In my 5 years on methadone, I've only seen the police called to a clinic on one occasion, when a disgruntled patient got a little verbally abusive toward a counselor.

He appreciates the THC because it's reduced his dependency a little on the methadone and oxycontin, which were beginning to do severe damage to his memory.

!> For decades, methadone — a synthetic opioid developed in the 1930s by a German company — was associated not with pain relief but with weaning addicts off heroin and other drugs.

Legalize marijuana and probably make cocaine available in a medical setting for people who are truly addicted, like methadone/heroine injections in Europe.