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WHY WE USE METHDONE IS OPIATES TREATMENT AS WE KNOW METHADONE ITSELF IS MORE ADDICTIVE THEN OPIATES(HEROIN?
THANX.

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Methadone is a legal synthetic opioid, it is used to prevent withdrawal symptoms of heroin.It has longer duration of action.

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I dont consider methadone to be having more addictive potential than heroin or similar products. ( which by the way is only my subjective view ) but methadone as said above has a longer duration of action and isused in the period of withdrawl symptoms.







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