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A synthetic opiate first synthesized as a pain medication and later used for opioid addiction. Since the 1960's it has been used as "Opioid Replacement Therapy" or "Methadone Maintenance Treatment" to treat opiate addiction. It is considered a "full" (a "miu" in the Greek lettering) opiate. It is taken dissolved in or with Tang orange juice in the Ontario program.
Because of its long lasting half-life and ability to work orally in liquid form, it allows once daily use so withdrawal and cravings can be controlled. As long as your medication is taken orally daily "dope sickness" is avoided and you should be able to function normally. Properly dosed, you should not feel "high" or sedated. Of course, side effects are the same as other opiates (most commonly constipation and sweating at higher doses). We will assist you as necessary for strategies to deal with theses side effects should they occur. Also, if you miss your dose you would likely experience varying degrees of withdrawal depending on how your body individually handles the drug
Methadone is the oldest and most studied of treatments available for opiate addiction and is recommended to take in pregnancy should it be necessary
