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A 28-year-old male asked:
Please describe the medication: methadose (methadone)?
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Dr. Michael Dansieanswered
Family Medicine 17 years experience
Pain Med: Treats moderate to severe pain. Also used together with medical supervision and counseling to treat narcotic drug addiction or to help control withdrawal symptoms in patients being treated for narcotic drug addiction. This medicine is a narcotic pain reliever.
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Dr. David Rosenfeldanswered
Pain Management 28 years experience
Same as Methadone: Methadone is an opioid pain medication. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic. Methadone also reduces withdrawal symptoms in people addicted to heroin or other narcotic drugs without causing the "high" associated with the drug addiction.
Methadone is used as a pain reliever and as part of drug addiction detoxification and maintenance programs.
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