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).
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 31 |
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7 | ||
| Other | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Leg pain (both) | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Spasticity | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Mobility | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Lower back pain | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Methadone. See all 20 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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4 | 44% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 22% |
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Personal research
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1 | 11% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- djk
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- djk
- 60 mg daily
- since Apr 24, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips It works as a long term pain management method that in truth is really not all that invasive in my life but i have no, none, not one bit, of desire to get hi... See full evaluation
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- kimberely4
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- kimberely4
- 10 mg daily
- since Apr 02, 2003
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Efficacy
Major
for Pain
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips don't take it See full evaluation
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- porcelain1
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- porcelain1
- since Jan 11, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Pain
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips The only thing I would say is to remember that each medicine affects everyone differently. So, just because it was horrible for me, it may be wonderful for you. See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.