y 2006, the situation had become so severe the Food and Drug Administration issued a public health warning about methadone. Here’s what it said:





Patients should take methadone exactly as prescribed. Bigger doses can slow or stop breathing and can be fatal.

Patients taking methadone should not start or stop taking other medications or dietary supplements without talking to their health care provider. Taking other medicines or dietary supplements may reduce pain relief. They may also cause a toxic build-up of methadone.

Trouble signs: difficulty breathing, extreme fatigue or sleepiness, blurred vision, inability to think, talk or walk normally, feeling faint, dizzy or confused. If these signs occur, patients should get immediate medical help.



Many people think that because methadone is prescribed by a doctor, it’s safe. The statistics tell us something else. Whether you’re taking methadone as treatment for heroin addiction or for pain – which is what the majority of prescriptions are for these days – and even if you don’t think you have a methadone addiction, you might want to consider other options. Methadone detox in a facility capable of handling prescription drug addiction is the place to start. Technorati Tags: methadone detox, methadone addiction, prescription drug addiction

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Last night Heather joined an interview with a radio station in Tampa, FL. You could hear her passion and grief as she spoke of losing you to this drug called Methadone. JP you will never be forgotten, in fact many people will learn who you were as your wonderful sister fights to save others from an untimely passing. I am sure as you are watching over her and other families members you carry a smile showing how proud you are of all her efforts, i know I am.
Love & Hugs, Nancy (MAMA.ORG)
Mothers Against Medical Abuse. Org
Stop Methadone Deaths, NOW!!!
In Loving Memory of my son Robby Garvin 8-15-81/6-11-06

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Sending my love and prayers to each and everyone whom has lost a loved one due to methadone. I also know the pain of losing a loved one for I lost my Son, my heart ,on Oct.9, 2005. Standing together we WILL make a difference.
God Bless
Bonnie Benis....Angel Bubba's Mom

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In blind trials, users who were given both drugs orally were unable to distinguish between the effects heroin and methadone.
Withdrawal from heroin should be over after seven to ten days. Withdrawal from methadone though, can take up to a month or even longer.
Many former heroin users have claimed that the horrors of heroin withdrawal were far less painful and difficult than withdrawal from methadone.
Methadone is a synthetic drug. It was first invented in Germany during the Second World War by scientists who, having discovered pethidine some years earlier, were developing other similar compounds.
The effects of methadone last longer than those of morphine-based drugs.
Methadone's effects can last up to 24 hours.
Deaths occur more frequently at the beginning of treatment in methadone programs; they are usually a cause of excessive doses (i.e. erroneously estimated tolerance).
Methadone generally entails the entire spectrum of opioid side effects, including the development of tolerance and physical and psychological dependence.
Individuals are as physically dependent on methadone as they were to heroin or other opiates, such as Oxycotin or Vicodin.
The most common side effects of Methadone are: drowsiness; lightheadedness, weakness, euphoria, dry mouth, urinary retention, constipation, and slow or troubled breathing.
Ironically, methadone used to control narcotic addiction is frequently encountered on the illicit market and has been associated with a number of overdose deaths.
Methadone comes as tablets, dispersible tablets, liquid, and liquid concentrate.
Methadone is one of the most difficult drugs to detox from since its effects are long-lasting and it is readily stored in the body's tissue.
10.9 pepole die every day from methadone
2 out of Hundred pepole Prescribed methadone die.

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2 out 100 people percsibried methadone die .

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JP My heart is still broke. I Miss You so much. Losing you has forever changed my life. Not having you here to fuss with, not having you here to tell how proud I am to have you as my nephew. You are loved so much. Missed so much. Not a day will go by that you will always be in my thoughts, in my heart, and in my prayers. I just hope your loss will help save someone else's life. You will continue to help others from heaven. I hope you are smiling down on us right now. In fact I know you are. I LOVE YOU ALWAYS !!!

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I still have a long way to go but with pepole helping me it give me the hope I need to go on.

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J.P bubba i miss you more and more everyday i love you and always will!

FOR ALL THAT VISIT THIS :my brother was a wonderful caring indiviual he loved life and was always helping others i miss him more than words can say so if you have a loved one or even a freind who you think might even have thought about using methodone take them to this site so they can see my brother and what happened to him if you dont care about what effect it has on you think about your family i really cant hardly speak about my brother with out crying and its the same with my mom, dad. and our other brothers and sisters you never know how much you love someone till their gone and once it happen the hurt never goes away so if your at aparty or any where and someon ask you to take something and your not sure what it is or how it will effect you i ask you in loving memory of my brother please think twice

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