Can you answer honda’s question about Addiction?:

a.methadone maintenance
b.detoxification
i dont do heroin. this is a psychology question on my homework

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Can you answer zed hex’s question about Addiction?:

The withdrawals from methadone addiction take 3 times longer than for heroin (3 weeks against 5 days), and are more painful. I suspect that methadone is preferred simply because it does not give such an intense high as heroin. The medical profession seem to think that getting their patients hooked on a much worse drug is acceptable just as long as no one actually gets high.

Perhaps their interests are more puritanical than medical.
The responses so far seem to miss the point - I am commenting on the hypocrisy of prescribing something more dangerous (methadone) to ‘treat’ a something less dangerous (heroin), for reasons of moral convenience (no high to get guilty about, and easier maintenance). Isn’t this simply unethical? One of the basic tenets of the hyppocratic oath is: “above all, do no harm”. This gets conveniently forgotten about when dealing with what society deems “self inflicted” problems such as addiction.

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Can you answer catherine_ann’s question about Addiction?:

There are a lot of other medications available for the treatment of opioid addiction. I was just wondering what makes other people choose those over methadone.

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Can you answer ariella a’s question about Addiction?:

I know methadone is commonly used, but I’ve heard that it can be addictive as well. I suppose it could be true, as heroin was first believed to be a medication for morphine addiction. So, are there other treatments for heroin addiction?

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Can you answer cinthia cb’s question about Addiction?:

I have a friend who has finally decided to get herself treated for her heroin addiction. I’ve heard a lot of good things about buprenorphine as a detox option, but I know that a lot of people are still banking on methadone as a good way of detoxing. I just want to know the disadvantages of using methadone so that I can warn my friend as well as help her in making a decision.

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