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What is Methadone?

Methadone is an opioid analgesic used for the management of moderate-to-severe pain; detoxification and maintenance treatment of opioid addiction (if used for detoxification and maintenance treatment of narcotic addiction, it must be part of an FDA-approved program).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 93 19 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Chronic pain 87 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 50 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 23 4 Efficacy_moderate
Muscle and joint pain 6 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Pain in legs 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 241 patients currently taking Methadone

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Methadone. See all 45 dosages ►

  5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 90 mg daily
  22 Number of Patients: 22 22 Number of Patients: 22 13 Number of Patients: 13 33 Number of Patients: 33 20 Number of Patients: 20 32 Number of Patients: 32 8 Number of Patients: 8 20 Number of Patients: 20 19 Number of Patients: 19 11 Number of Patients: 11  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Methadone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 16   Side effects too severe: 39%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 27%
Other 10   Other: 24%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 15%
Personal research 6   Personal research: 15%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Expense 1   Expense: 2%

See all 40 patients who’ve stopped taking Methadone

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Methadone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Methadone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Methadone

Always
 50 88%
Usually
 6 11%
Sometimes
 1 2%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Methadone

Very
 8 14%
Somewhat
 7 12%
A little
 12 21%
Not at all
 30 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Methadone

$200+
 3 7%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 4 9%
$25-49
 3 7%
< $25
 34 77%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.