I have been told that methadone?!
Question: I have been told that methadone!?
is called a blocker!. as in that when you take this drug it blocks any other drug from begin released into your system, i have heard this from some dr's, and some friends!. then i have been told no it is not a blocker!. does anyone out there know whether it is or is not!? and i'm not looking for any one to give me smart a** answers or preach to me about it! i know what it is used for, i know why it was made, and i know there are certain drugs that can't be taken with it!. so for the people who know the answer your welcome and again no stupid answers!. thank youWww@Answer-Health@Com
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Actually the confusion occurs because it is both!. Depending on the level it is given at!. Methadone, as an opiate, is an addictive central nervous system depressant!. It product analgesia or insensitivity to pain, sedation, slowing of respiration, lowering of blood pressure, constipation, slowing of pulse and, in some patients, nausea!. The subjective effects following single doses in non-addicted individuals are similar to those noted after morphine or heroin use: feelings of well-being, drowsiness and euphoria!.
However, Methadone can also chemically block the craving for heroin although it does not produce or mimic heroin's warm, euphoric 'rush'!. At greater doses than those that are available in illicit opiates, it produces a blocking effect to the high of illicit opiates!. This means that if the addict uses heroin while in methadone treatment, (s)he will experience little or no effect from the heroin!. However, methadone does not block the intoxicating effects of non-opiate drugs (sedatives, tranquilizers, stimulants, alcohol, etc!.)!. That is why some patients die from an overdose!. Most overdoses occur when addicts in treatment supplement their prescribed methadone with other central nervous system depressants!. Particularly dangerous when used in combination with methadone are: placidyl, valium, methaqualone, illicit methadone and large amounts of alcohol!.
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However, Methadone can also chemically block the craving for heroin although it does not produce or mimic heroin's warm, euphoric 'rush'!. At greater doses than those that are available in illicit opiates, it produces a blocking effect to the high of illicit opiates!. This means that if the addict uses heroin while in methadone treatment, (s)he will experience little or no effect from the heroin!. However, methadone does not block the intoxicating effects of non-opiate drugs (sedatives, tranquilizers, stimulants, alcohol, etc!.)!. That is why some patients die from an overdose!. Most overdoses occur when addicts in treatment supplement their prescribed methadone with other central nervous system depressants!. Particularly dangerous when used in combination with methadone are: placidyl, valium, methaqualone, illicit methadone and large amounts of alcohol!.
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its not a blocker!. if it were a blocker it would be termed an antagonist!. if it were an antagonist, it would have much higher affinity than other traditional opioids, which it doesn't!.
consider this:
if it were a blocker, it would kick other opioids off the receptor putting you in withdrawal, which it doesn't do!. you can take heroin first, then take methadone!. the methadone would have an additive effect!. if it were a blocker, then instead of having an additive effect, it would kick heroin off the receptor and put you in withdrawal!. it doesn't do that!.
the reason it counters cravings for heroin!? well, it is an opioid! any opioid would satisfy the cravings of another opioid (for a while at least)!. the only reason it has this so called "blocking" effect is because it raises your tolerance to a very high level so nothing else seems to work!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
consider this:
if it were a blocker, it would kick other opioids off the receptor putting you in withdrawal, which it doesn't do!. you can take heroin first, then take methadone!. the methadone would have an additive effect!. if it were a blocker, then instead of having an additive effect, it would kick heroin off the receptor and put you in withdrawal!. it doesn't do that!.
the reason it counters cravings for heroin!? well, it is an opioid! any opioid would satisfy the cravings of another opioid (for a while at least)!. the only reason it has this so called "blocking" effect is because it raises your tolerance to a very high level so nothing else seems to work!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
IT is not a blocker!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
No, it is not a blocker!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
This alleged "blocking effect" of methadone is not at all like the genuine blocking effect of, e!.g!., naltrexlone: what is meant by saying that a high dose of methadone "blocks" the effects of heroin is simply that the subject's tolerance is made so high that he or she will not be able to afford enough heroin to overcome it
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