What does it do?? Do people get a high from this ? Anna nicole sure did seem to like it? I am wondering why?? I heard a while back it was used to treat herion addicts?/ Please shed some light on this. Serious answers only please. Also does anyone think Howard has something to do with her death and son's?
2007-02-13 03:56:34 · 11 answers · asked by sunshine 4 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
methadone is a milder version of heroin and is prescribed to heroin addicts to gradually get them off the heroin. methadone is a controlled prescribed drug.
2007-02-13 04:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by tinkypinkles 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes it is a substitute to help people get off heroine only then you have to be weened of that as well and not easy at that I only knew of this about 2yrs ago cause I was telling people I was taking it only NO I was taking metatone which is a tonic to help build you up so that was how I got to know about it no wonder I was getting strange looks. All of this is so sad and don't think we will ever know the truth and even if it does come out there will always be speculation, like I answered last night 2 young lives gone and one little baby to grow up with all of this to follow her around for the rest of her life it is so very sad.
2007-02-13 17:02:39 · answer #2 · answered by Bernie c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, methadone is used in tratement of heroin addicts. It is also a pain killer, however, very difficult to get a doctor to perscribe it. Yes, people can get high on methadone, (if taken as perscribed for legitimate pain, only defts the pain, you are not going to get high). Do I think Howard had anything to do with Ms. Smith taking Methodone? Yes, I sure do! Is Howard responsible for Ms. Smiths' death? We must wait and see
2007-02-13 12:07:52 · answer #3 · answered by sunset 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Methodone is a drug that rehab centers use to quickly break someone's addiction to a substance-- pain killers, for instance. However, for as hastefully as methodone gets somone off their poison, the methodone becomes their NEW poison, instantly addictive, and can take years to get off of. Truth be told, there's no easy way to quit any drug; I went cold turkey on smoking, and won my battle; I did the same thing with alcohol, once I started seeing signs of addiction there, too. I have an addictive personality, as do many of my friends. It seems most everyone I know these days is in rehab and taking methodone for one thing or another.
But, I don't blame them for their faults-- no one's perfect by any means-- but I'm at least glad they're trying to take control of their lives from the things that consumed their heart's and ate away at their souls. They're slowly becoming the people I knew again...
It's not a religious thing for me, not by a long shot, but it's still the way I see it.
2007-02-13 12:13:49 · answer #4 · answered by bloodline_down 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Methadone is a rigorously well-tested medication that is safe and efficacious for the treatment of narcotic withdrawal and dependence. For more than 30 years this synthetic narcotic has been used to treat opioid addiction. Heroin releases an excess of dopamine in the body and causes users to need an opiate continuously occupying the opioid receptor in the brain. Methadone occupies this receptor and is the stabilizing factor that permits addicts on methadone to change their behavior and to discontinue heroin use.
Taken orally once a day, methadone suppresses narcotic withdrawal for between 24 and 36 hours. Because methadone is effective in eliminating withdrawal symptoms, it is used in detoxifying opiate addicts. It is, however, only effective in cases of addiction to heroin, morphine, and other opioid drugs, and it is not an effective treatment for other drugs of abuse. Methadone reduces the cravings associated with heroin use and blocks the high from heroin, but it does not provide the euphoric rush. Consequently, methadone patients do not experience the extreme highs and lows that result from the waxing and waning of heroin in blood levels. Ultimately, the patient remains physically dependent on the opioid, but is freed from the uncontrolled, compulsive, and disruptive behavior seen in heroin addicts.
2007-02-13 12:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by ames 2 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Methadone is given to heroin addicts who are trying to get clean they start off on very high doses and then gradually wean themselves off it,this can take a while.
I didn`t know Anna Nicole took it so i can`t comment on her or her death.
2007-02-13 12:01:16 · answer #6 · answered by onlyme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
met. is used to wean heroin addicts off the big H.but only in a controlled enviornment Doseages are gradually reduced to lighten the withdrawl effecta as foe anna very sad o.d. Gose to show u all the money in the world wont make you happy/ oisin ireland
2007-02-13 12:09:10 · answer #7 · answered by oisintirnaog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methodone is a a medication use to help people from the withdrawls of narcotics, such as heroin. While methodone is a narcotic all on its own. It is also used as a pain killer. I don't think Howard had anything to do with it. It would already be investigated if he did.
2007-02-13 12:06:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methadone is used has a replacement for heroin addicts.
2007-02-13 12:00:42 · answer #9 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she had lots of things 2 prove she was stress out taking meds caring 4 family needed 2 relax get away having a baby from 1st husband sperm was frozen and inplanted inside of her at least that is what is be said so far
2007-02-13 12:06:21 · answer #10 · answered by glow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋