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Understanding Drug Addiction
How is drug addiction defined?
Is addiction truly a brain disease?
Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT)
What are the benefits of Methadone Maintenance
Treatment (MMT)?
How is success in MMT measured?
Does MMT just substitute one addictive
drug (such as, heroin) with another (methadone)?
Is heroin the only drug for which methadone
maintenance is a treatment?
How long does a patient need to stay in
MMT?
How can I get off of methadone?
Why is methadone harder to “kick” than
heroin?
Methadone Prescribing
What is the best dose of methadone?
What can be done about my methadone dose
not holding me all day?
Does the particular formulation or brand
of methadone make a difference?
Is it safe to take methadone with other
medications?
Does methadone spoil or go bad?
Methadone Myths
Is it true that methadone was developed
by the Nazis and originally named after Hitler?
Does methadone get in your bones and rot
your teeth?
Health & Nutrition During MMT
Are there any long-term harmful effects
of methadone?
Since I’m on methadone, and it’s
also a painkiller, what happens if I need pain medication?
Is methadone safe during pregnancy?
Is methadone bad for the heart?
Should MMT patients have special heart-health
tests?
Is methadone harmful for MMT patients
with HIV/AIDS?
Do I have to get off of methadone to be
treated for hepatitis C?
Are treatments for HCV effective in MMT
patients?
Why does methadone make me put on weight?
What is the role of diet and nutrition
in addiction recovery?
Are nutritional supplements, like herbal
products, safe to use with methadone?
MMT & Lifestyle
Can MMT patients participate in 12-Step
programs?
Is it safe for a methadone-maintained
patient to drive a vehicle?
Can methadone be taken along during travel
to other countries?
Could methadone be causing my sexual problems?
Are problems sleeping common during MMT?
Buprenorphine, Naltrexone
What is buprenorphine? Is it better than
methadone?
What is naltrexone? Is it helpful for
treating opioid addiction?
Miscellaneous
How can I find answers to other questions
about methadone?
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