: a synthetic addictive narcotic drug C21H27NO used especially in the form of its hydrochloride for the relief of pain and as a substitute narcotic in the treatment of heroin addiction
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Recent Examples on the WebThat includes methadone, Suboxone and Kadian, long-acting opioids that satiate the craving for an opiate without providing the high.New York Times, 26 July 2022 One example is eligibility for take-home methadone. Paul J. Joudrey And Adam J. Gordon, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021 Soon, she was called into an exam room where she was told by a medical assistant that her urine had tested positive for methadone and oxycodone — two drugs she had not been prescribed, and had not taken. Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021 Sometimes diagnosis codes are required by specific insurance companies, such as Medicare part B, for durable medical equipment, the dispensation of methadone and suboxone, or expensive medications. Laura Weiss, The New Republic, 20 July 2022 The power of fentanyl, as much as 100 times the strength of heroin, and the amount street users are doing may explain why established opioid replacement therapies such as methadone aren’t effective for some.Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022 In the summer of 1988, having quit heroin for methadone, and toured Japan with Cale, Nico went to Ibiza with her son. Brian Dillon, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2022 DarkNPS could be used to find psychoactive drugs with medical properties, like the next stimulant for attention deficit disorder, or a replacement for methadone in treating opioid use disorder. Doug Johnson, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2022 As the Rhode Island and Pennsylvania cases show, the Justice Department is trying to use the ADA to expand access to medications in the criminal justice system, where only select facilities have embraced methadone and buprenorphine. Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 June 2022 See More