What is your opinion on the use of Methadone and Suboxone as treatment for addictions to opiates?

Answer 1

a good friend is a former heroin addict. he says it's no good because everyone he knew was still looking for the high. they would go get their methadone fix then be looking for their heroin fix, too. that it didn't actually stop them from seeking heroin.
i have no experience but he is a very smart guy. i know it sounds good, maybe ok in residential treatment where folks can't get heroin at all.

Answer 2

I work in a detox center and though I agree with many that it is a bad idea to substitute addictions I believe that use of Meth to help a Meth patient come down can be good as long as it is paired with intensive in or out patient councelling and is supervised closely. Many people will not turn to meth clinics as help because of the amazing cost for a drug that they can buy on the street for 1/2 as much. It's amazing what these drugs do to our society.

Answer 3

Oh, please-methadone is harder to get off of than heroin. I took a class on drug addiction last sememster. The bad thing about heroin is the cut. pure heroin is made-up of chemicals that allready naturally occur in our bodies. So what kills people with heroin is not the drug itself, but whatever they choose 2 cut it with. Methodone has more chemicals in it and is more addictive. Thus, trading in one addiction 4 another.

Answer 4

I think it is a substitute for another drug. With the state paying for that I think it's riduculous. To get these people off one drug and give them another I think it's stupid. Heck they get hooked on drugs on their own why do us tax payers have to pay for their drug treatments in which half of them don't take it the sell it on the streets. The first person that approaches my kids about this will get my foot in their butt .