Preventing Overdoses when Using Methadone to Treat Chronic Pain

June 18, 2011 by
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A report by the Institute for Safe Medication practices lists several reasons for the serious overdose and death that has ever occurred when methadone is used to treat moderate to severe chronic pain. ISMP points out that methadone unlike other opioids have a number of ways. For example, methadone stays in the body long after your pain is gone. Also, a patient can not experience the full analgesic effect of methadone until 3-5 days of use, so you should be entitled …

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