Articles on Methadone

How to Start Methadone Treatment

Find out if you’re a good candidate for methadone treatment and how to get started.

How Does Methadone Treatment Work as a Heroin Addiction Treatment?

Methadone treatment combines therapeutic medication with behavioral interventions to provide the most effective heroin recovery program possible.

Are Free Methadone Clinics Worth the Time?

If you have health insurance or any other means of affording methadone treatment, you should consider alternatives to free clinics.

Free Methadone Clinic Waiting Lists & How Can I Get Help Now?

Instead of waiting for a free methadone clinic, consider your other treatment options that could prove even more beneficial.

How Does Methadone Maintenance Treatment Keep Me Off Heroin?

Methadone relieves withdrawal symptoms and restores the brain’s chemical balance so recovering heroin addicts can engage more efficiently in therapy and avoid relapse.

Withdrawal Symptoms in Newborns and What Pregnant Women can do to Get Help Beforehand

If you are on drugs and get pregnant, you are faced with either having a newborn that is experiencing withdrawal or getting treatment while you are pregnant. Drug treatment while pregnant carries a very low risk of birth defects and withdrawal symptoms in newborns carries a very high risk. Symptoms of Withdrawal in Newborns The ….

What’s the Difference between Suboxone and Methadone?

There are two popular opiate detoxification medications. While they both are effective for treating opiate/opioid dependence, they do have differences in the way that they act, their side effects, and their abuse potential. When you are considering an opiate detoxification, you need to take a look at both of these medications to decide which one ….

How Do You Take Methadone and How Long Will it be Required?

If you are considering taking methadone for opioid or opiate addiction, you might have questions. Two of the most popular questions are how do you take methadone and how long will it be required. Unfortunately, these two questions do not have a simple answer. How do you Take Methadone? There are a few ways to ….

How Can I Safely Detox from Methadone?

Methadone is the most popular medication for opiate and opioid withdrawal syndrome. Unfortunately, since it also contains opiates, it is addictive. When you stop taking methadone, you will go through withdrawal. Going through withdrawal is a miserable experience on your own. Fortunately, there are varieties of treatment types that allow you to safely detox from ….

Are Suboxone Side Effects Long Term?

Suboxone is one of the latest innovations in addiction treatment. Its combination of buprenorphine and naloxone stops withdrawal symptoms and helps to prevent opiate abuse. If you or someone you know is addicted to opiates, call for help today. Here’s how Suboxone works: The naloxone stops you from feeling the euphoria if you take additional ….