Drug Addiction: Methadone Facts

drug addiction - Important information about methadone, its uses and its dangers. The drug methadone is used extensively in addiction treatment.

What parents should do when first confronted with adult child's drug addiction?
Want to know what to say to our child

How do you help friends with drug addictions?
it seems like most of my life ive been around drug addiction.like my friends are on cocaine,painkillers,just about most drugs you can think of.lost a friend a long time ago to meth.it caused him to have schizophrenia some crazy stuff to watch.still trying to figure out how to help.rehab is out of the question for the people i know that have these problems.i wasn't sure what category to put this in.they are not afraid to admit they have this problem.so it makes it a lot harder to convince them to stop.for the fact that its in there life style daily.yeah the funny thing is its more than one friend.i used to do drugs,but because of this main reason i stopped.i just smoked weed which is fine with me.im sober all the way because of drug addicts.it just seems like it was meant for me to be around drug addicts for some reason lol.or maybe im a drug addict magnet.i know its nothing to joke about.thats how it seems.

	Methadone helps block the euphoric effects of drugs like heroin and morphine.

Where can you go for drug addiction HELP?


Mother is mentally ill with a drug addiction.?
my mother has been on drugs for 14 years. Prescription meds. preferbly hydrocodone but now she is off the hydros due to drug courts and rehab programs. but my mother has replaced one high for another so now shes using benzo's which is zanex. a nerve pill. she gets drug tested but the problem here is that shes prescribed the zanex so when she tests dirty for it she gets to go free but her program hasnt responded to my requests to test her levels of the drug in her system cuz she takes more zanex than whats she daily prescribed. ive tried calling her probation officer, ive tried contacting her counselors and still this is going on. Does anyone know of a program that will help her? and me too. im going thru a lot of stuff taking care of her on my own and giving her money and cigarettes im supporting her and its killing me to see her like this please help because rehab and counselors havent

How to stop a drug addiction?
liek its not me but lie ksomeone i knwo and like care about very much has one and liek she he doesnt want help form liek a mentaly ill place wiht crazy peokle no offence to them but liek i jsut i NEED THE HELP I CANT LET HER HIM DIE I WOULDNT ALLOW IT NEVER HELPPPPP

Subtopics on drug addiction?
im doing a research project on drug addiction and i need help with the subtopics..my thesis question is " is drug addiction a disease?" and we have to seperate the pros and cons.. so the pro is yes it is a diseaseand the con is no it is not a disease..please help me find subtopics for the pros and cons

Worried about visiting a therapist about drug addiction being on medical history if I use my health insurance?
I would like to talk to a therapist about some drug addiction and anxieties mild depression issues I have been dealing with recently. I have a good job with health insurance, but I am wondering whether I should use my health insurance to pay for therapy.I already know that HIPPA protects me against them sharing my medical history shared with a therapist with current future employers.What I'm more worried about is that a " black mark" will be placed on my medical history for the rest of my life that other doctors will be able to see. For example If I ever legitimately needed narcotic painkillers for some reason in my future, like if I needed a prescription for pain, a doctor might look at my file and just label me as a " substance abuser" and deny me the treatment I need.Am I being paranoid, or is that a possibility? Because I feel like if I did NOT tell the therapist that I have insurance, and just paid the cash rate I can afford it , then those records would be safe within the walls of my therapist's office & there would be no reason for anyone else to know they even existed, so it wouldn't become a problem for me. But if it's in some health insurance company database, there's a record. And if I needed to switch health insurance companies in the future, maybe they'd look at that and use it to deny me based on a pre existing condition of some sort.

Does anyone know if alcoholism and / or drug addiction is still legally considered a disability?


What is it like to go through cold turkey for drug addiction?
I would like detail in relation to the mental and physical pain that people go through. And personal experiences to do with thoughts and feelings at the time. The way you moved, walked, talked, as much detail as possible. What made you take this drastic decision? did it work? How did it feel?Im supposed to play a drug addict putting himself through cold turkey for an Drama exam monologue. PLEASE help

Am I in deep denial over my husband's drug addiction?
My 50 year old husband is a drug addict. He has battled addiction throughout our marriage of 12 years. It started out with pain pills and progressed to crack cocaine. He was clean for 3 years and relapsed last year. Relapse started with cocaine but now I think it is more pain pills. I am the only one working and we don't have the money for cocaine. He has pawned and traded just about everything we have. Has borrowed money from a former boss and when he asks him to work it is to " work off" what he owes. He swears that he has done nothing since 1.5.2010 but there are days when I come home from work and I suspect he has done something. Of course, he denies it when confronted. He is unemployed and what I make is barely keeping our head above water. Our home is being foreclosed on goes up for sale 3.18.2010. When confronted about getting a job he makes a joke about it and says " when I know that I can pass a drug test" . Am I in some serious denial or am I not giving him a chance to prove himself. He made a comment about if roles were reversed, he would stand beside of me. I have stood beside of him for many years through this addiction. I can't stand anymore. I have thought of divorce but I know that would probably send him over the edge. What do you think?

If you ever have been in rehab for alcohol or drug addiction?
Please tell me what you've learned and how it helped you and people around you.

How can I get my fiance to get help with a drug addiction?
My fiance and I have a little girl who's 10 months old, and I'm 5 months pregnant. My fiance is addicted to painkillers and it's taking all of our money. He won't admit that he has a problem and we constantly fight about whether or not I got him an extra to hide away for him, or how many we actually had. Spending all of our money on them has put us behind on all our bills and my credit is ruined. We fight about it all the time and it's tearing us apart. He's always saying that I cause him to take all of the pills. He keeps promising to detox off of them, and then he won't get a job or something and he takes 4 or 5 at a time. He's threatening to leave because he said I lied to him about how many I had, when I gave them all to him. I don't want our family to be broken apart. Please help me. I love him and our little family so much I can't even think about losing them without crying. I just want him to be ok.

Have you ever been in rehab for alcohol or drug addiction?
How did it change you life? What did you learn from the experience?

What to hear stories about drug addiction?
I would like to know your or your friends' personal experiences and the effects on the family relationships. How does the you or your family feel about the addiction now?