Addiction Help Needed for Methadone Abuse Trend
Kay Sanford of the North Carolina Depatment of Health said “methadone may be the most underrated problem in drug abuse in the country today.” And the need for addiction help services for methadone abuse is more prevalent then ever.
OxyContin is so dangerous that many doctors have started prescribing methadone as an alternative painkiller. But kids are getting it from their parents’ medicine cabinets, and its finding it’s way to the street.
Methadone used to be given to heroin addicts who couldn’t stop using heroin. Now it’s being given to people who can’t stop OxyContin. It’s unfortunate that these people aren’t getting the addiction help they need to get off drugs instead of being given methadone as a substitute.
Like all prescriptions drugs, Methadone is dangerous. If not taken correctly, it can kill you. Caleb Bevil from Raleigh, North Carolina, died from a methadone overdose last Saturday at only 12 years old. My heart goes out to his family. It’s a real tragedy for both them and the community.
In Cleveland County, North Carolina, Lt. Joel Shores lists methadone, along with Xanax and hydrocodone, as one of the many prescription drugs he’s seeing on the streets.
In New Hampshire, methadone abuse is being described as a “troubling trend”.
Deaths attributed to methadone and other prescription drugs have quadrupled since 2002. If you need addiction help for methadone, or any prescription drug, please find out how to get it.
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It is beyond belief that someone would leave any medicine out where a child can get to it.
I am a methadone patient. I am getting sick and tired of reading all of the negative comments that are written about this medication.
Without methadone I would not be alive today. Methadone saved my life!!! It is the only drug that works for someone with a bad addiction. And as we all should know by now addiction is a disease. Anyone can become affected by it. I am so grateful that there is a drug that can help those who need it.
There are always going to be people who take drugs and die. If it’s not one drug there will be another one to blame. It’s not the drug that kills them. They take the chance of dying every time that they take medicine that was not prescibed to them or they mix different medications together or they take too much. One pill does not kill an opiate tolerant person. And anyone who has the disease of opiate addiction is tolerant.
METHADONE SAVES LIVES!!!!!!!IT SAVED MINE!!!!!!
Comment by wendy wassall — May 2, 2008 @ 4:41 am
I totally agree with you Wendy. There is way too much blame on Methadone here and not enough blame on the disease of addiction. If people want to spend time worrying about Methadone, then let them spend their time and energy educating the public about Methadone dangers when taken when not prescribed to you. This article does do that in a way, so I cannot say that this is one of the worse article out there on MMT. I truly believe that if everyone that hates Methadone right now would spend their time trying to find a cure for addiction instead of making people with this disease feel worse about themselves….we may actually get somewhere, yanno?
I do agree totally though, METHADONE SAVES LIVES!
One pill DOES NOT KILL someone who it is prescribed to that is opioid tolerant…and these anti-Methadone Org.’s out there are need to take their madness and use it towards something more worth while, like educating people on the harms of taking this medication when its not prescribed to them- instead of making Methadone seem like it is a poison to all who take it. It saddens me to hear that people are dying from this medication, especially kids…but why do the parents not have their medication in a locked area???
This is all very frustrating to me. …~Mlsswann
Comment by Mlsswann — May 2, 2008 @ 4:57 am
It’s a shame that an actual professional in the addiction feild, would write such an ignorant article on Methadone, obviously with no knowledge of the success rates of patients on MMT. Opiate Addiction is like no other, in the way that it affects your brain and dopamine levels. Methadone is the ONLY way for Opiate Addicts to remain clean from Heroin or Oxycontin, especially those that have had a lengthy active addiction. You say that Children are getting it from their parent’s Medicine Cabinet (Parents who recieve methadone for addiction) This couldn’t be furhter than the truth. The methadone available on the street isn’t coming from the addiction clinics, in fact it the most heavily regulated medication out there. The methadone is coming from Pain Patients, just like OxyContin is coming from Pain Patients. Still, with all the statistics, the clinic STILL come under fire for diversion. It’s time that people take a deeper look into where the methadone from the street is coming from and also realize that Methadone is NOT switching one drug for another. Addiction is a disease like Diabetes, difference is Diabetics use insulin, Addicts use Methadone. I’m not sure why more aren’t for Methadone, it’s decreases crime, HIV, Hep C, and also provides a safer envirorment for your children, by getting potential dealers off the street. You all should be thankful for the Methadone Clinics out there. Next time you decide to write an article on Methadone why don’t try one with some substance and factual statistics, instead of your biast view.
Emily
Comment by Emily — May 2, 2008 @ 6:58 am