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Methadone Maintenance Treatment in the U.S.: A Practical Question and Answer Guide
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I am doing a research paper on mostly state runed facilities/clinic which specialize in methadone treatment, I was just wondering if anyone here has any personal experiences or views on this type of treatment? I am just wondering if I should take on a negative standpoint or a positive....
Methadone is more addictive and harder to kick than heroin. Clinics around here (mostly private) here seem to keep pushing higher methadone doses rather than attempting to get anyone off the stuff. A friend who is on methadone wishes she had just kicked heroin and never started methadone.
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My friend is already on methadone maintenance and it's really expensive (105$ a week). I know there are some insurance companies that cover it, but don't know which ones. Also, he has a temporary job, so can't get insurance through his job yet.
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The more likely question would be does the clinic accept insurance and if so what kind. Most MMT clinics do not accept insurance and if they do they will tell you which ones.
Does the average American see methadone as a valid treatment method for heroin and other opiate addiction?
Oh Steve, thanks for this one. I've always wanted to be an average American. Having worked in the mental health field for a number of years I can tell you that I have seen some great responses to methadone maintenance. Anyone that has seen or been drawn into the world of opiate addictions knows how all encompassing this addiction is. Life's primary focus becomes that next high and avoiding withdrawal at all cost. Many have been able to resume a degree of normalcy in their lives by complying with a methadone program. Granted, a lot of work remains to regain one's life after beginning a methadone program. Like any treatment, it's the work that you put into that gives you the chance to look beyond active addiction. As far as the general population's perception of methadone, who cares? It's your addiction..own it, get treatment for it and be at peace with the fact that you have made the best treatment choice for you.
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Looking for dr to prescribe continued maintenance on methadone and have been sober 6+ yrs. Diabetic, HBP. Detox slowly. Looking for waitress job in upscale restaurant with excellent refs. 36 yrs old. Parents live in Irons, MI and are LDS. Moving from MD looking for 1 bdr apt.
I had a hard time finding a Doctor that would continue me on MM when I moved.(Not to T.C.) I wound up having to go to a M.M.Clinic, which is difficult if you have never done it.
I would advise you to have that in place before you move, or you could wind up like me.
My bf was addicted to oxys.He has been on MM or 18 months. He is doing excellent. He has not used since being confronted and beginning treatment. He complies with all aspects of his recovery program.I understand, the whole, when he is ready line. I just want some opinions of when you think enough is enough, and he should let go of this security blanket?
12 months is really the absolute minimum, and I've heard of people going up to 20 years. This is his decision, and his responsibility, and having a security blanket for what may be longer than what seems necessary to you is better than letting it go too soon. Talk to him about it if you start to feel he's ready to stop, but don't pressure him to.
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Participants in the study, all heavy users who had not responded to other treatment methods, were divided in two groups with one group receiving methadone and the other receiving diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in heroin, over a three-year period. The patients who received heroin were more likely to stay in treatment, and they cut back on illicit drug use at a higher rate than the methadone recipients. Opponents of heroin maintenance programs now have to come face to face with concrete proof that prescribing heroin does not, as they claim, encourage drug use. But doctor-prescribed heroin doesn't sell well, which is why no matter how many studies come out, we need to work toward an ideological shift on drugs and drug use if we want to bring heroin maintenance programs to the U.S.
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Study Backs Heroin to Treat AddictionNew York Times - Aug 19, 2009
ABC NewsPerhaps the biggest weakness of methadone treatment, Dr. Boverman said, is that “many patients don't want to take it; they just don't like it. Feature: Heroin More Effective Than Methadone for Some Addicts Heroin helps hard-core addicts in treatment: studyDiacetylmorphine versus Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid - -all 89 news articles »
Lexington Dispatch - Aug 10, 2009
Methadone treatments can help opiate-addicted peopleLexington Treatment Associates, a methadone maintenance treatment clinic at 310 Murphy Drive, now has 165 patients, up from 80 patients when the clinicTransWorldNews (press release) - Aug 07, 2009
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs can be found in many government-approved drug treatment clinics. MMT patients require continuous treatmentWindsor Star - Aug 15, 2009
Masse raises concerns over west side clinicThe College of Physicians and Surgeons administers the province's methadone maintenance treatment program on behalf of the ministry and would be responsible and more »Telegraph-Journal - Aug 06, 2009
It is the first of its kind in the province and is different from the methadone maintenance program at Ridgewood, which provides addicts with methadone andPharmacy News - Aug 10, 2009
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