Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A potent synthetic narcotic drug, C21H27NO, that is less addictive than morphine or heroin and is used as a substitute for these drugs in addiction treatment programs. It may also be used for chronic pain management.
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- noun chemistry A
synthetic opioid analgesic , used towean addicts off ofheroin or other opiate based narcotics, and inchronic pain management .
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- noun synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
Etymologies
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Examples
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He refuses to prescribe drugs to prisoners who fake illness and describes how methadone is used along with heroine, instead of as a replacement for it.
Theodore Dalrymple – Second Opinion « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, a Lisbon-based European Union agency, says methadone or other substance-substitution programs are generally viewed as successful but has observed that some Portuguese are beginning to question long-term methadone therapy.
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I was after a prolific criminal type for burglary on a pharmacy, and it turns out he actually collects his methadone from the same said pharmacy.
Get In Line « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Give addicts contraception in methadone, says McNeil
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Some may think that someone who’s messed their own life up to the extent of needing methadone is in no state to carry the responsibility of bringing up kids.
Protect, Serve….. then release on bail to re-offend. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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With a bit of luck they WON’T come back from Iraq/Iran/Afghanistan and will be obliterated by a land mine and save the country a fortune in methadone scripts, giros and paying for their keep at Her Majesty’s Pleasure. on February 23, 2007 at 8: 24 pm | Reply gilbo
Community Engagement « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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The drug that has shown the biggest jump in contributing to overdose deaths over the last 10 years is methadone, which is used not just for pain relief, but also as treatment for heroin addicts.
Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012
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The drug that has shown the biggest jump in contributing to overdose deaths over the last 10 years is methadone, which is used not just for pain relief, but also as treatment for heroin addicts.
Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012
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The drug that has shown the biggest jump in contributing to overdose deaths over the last 10 years is methadone, which is used not just for pain relief, but also as treatment for heroin addicts.
Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012
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The drug that has shown the biggest jump in contributing to overdose deaths over the last 10 years is methadone, which is used not just for pain relief, but also as treatment for heroin addicts.
Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012
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