tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post3119572013190592623..comments2023-10-05T04:44:25.174-05:00Comments on Addiction Inbox: What is Methadone?Dirk Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-81860052621813240082012-07-31T09:51:55.025-05:002012-07-31T09:51:55.025-05:00This is a ignorant comment! From someone who obvi...This is a ignorant comment! From someone who obviously does not know the facts and hardships of opiod addiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-79262710719819127032012-06-29T14:58:09.714-05:002012-06-29T14:58:09.714-05:00@CSD: Yes, alcohol (and any CNS depressant) dimin...@CSD: Yes, alcohol (and any CNS depressant) diminishes neural signaling in methadone patients which leads to a much higher potential for lethal overdose. Methadone and heroin is even worse, it's pretty much a guaranteed overdose.<br /><br />Suboxone is definitely a wiser option in certain individuals given this, but it would require close psychiatric evaluation and monitoring to work. Not all addicts are the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-65730479059929753772012-02-17T04:26:21.053-06:002012-02-17T04:26:21.053-06:00Doctor is trying to get something out of body by u...Doctor is trying to get something out of body by using Methadone, however it is leaving something that can be more injurious... No it's wrong...Andy Kinghttp://www.emedoutlet.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-11999429347791142002010-09-05T20:32:59.197-05:002010-09-05T20:32:59.197-05:00Mike has left a new comment on your post "Wha...Mike has left a new comment on your post "What is Methadone?":<br /><br />I am a strong proponent of pushing addicts into suboxone therapy. It has way less of the "high" feeling and it only takes a small (.2 mg) amount to bind to many receptors(about 50%).Suboxone is also mixed with an opioid antagonist(nalexone)inducing withdrawal if injected,therefore eliminating potential for abuse.<br /><br />Does anybody have a different view of this?<br /><br />http://www.pressingtheissue.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-6002998665265718942010-08-15T19:28:34.989-05:002010-08-15T19:28:34.989-05:00No,you're right, it's not entirely clear a...No,you're right, it's not entirely clear as written. I meant to suggest that the buzz produced by combining methadone with alcohol and other drugs was evidently not as desirable as a high, compared to combining heroin and other drugs. Evidently a methadone speedball just isn't the same.Dirk Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-84802014956185066362010-08-15T19:10:16.353-05:002010-08-15T19:10:16.353-05:00I'm not sure that the fact that methadone, lik...I'm not sure that the fact that methadone, like all CNS depressants, doesn't "mix well" with heroin or alcohol - meaning that this polysubstance combination increases the risk of overdose and death - is a strength. <br /><br />What am I missing?CSDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-81032533926554145162010-08-13T11:24:52.091-05:002010-08-13T11:24:52.091-05:00NO! The mu opioid receptor is evil incarnate! Stim...NO! The mu opioid receptor is evil incarnate! Stimulate any other receptors, but stimulate not thou mu receptor, oh foolish one. Poor doctors: they can relieve a patient's pain, but only by... activating the devil's receptor!Dirk Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-80478425786209759062010-08-13T03:18:20.161-05:002010-08-13T03:18:20.161-05:00It's always struck me that society has a perve...It's always struck me that society has a perverse attitude towards opiates.<br /><br />We accept that there are people who need to be on every other kind of psychoactive drug long-term.<br /><br />So we have no problem with people taking antidepressants, antipsychotics, lithium, tranquillizers, stimulants etc. for the rest of their lives in many cases.<br /><br />But opiates are the exception. We want to get people off them as soon as possible, and we look on things like methadone as morally suspect because it's "giving addicts what they want" (even though, as you point out, it's not, because methadone is less enjoyable.)<br /><br />Speaking as a scientist I don't see why the mu opioid receptor is morally evil if all the other receptors aren't...Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.com