Posted by stjames on December 31, 2001, at 17:05:56
In reply to Re: methadone? » stjames, posted by Elizabeth on December 30, 2001, at 17:28:33
The assumption is always that methadone gets you high, and therefor impairs one just like opioids.
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> Contrary to popular myth, it is possible to get high on methadone. People on MMT don't get high or impaired on it because they're tolerant to these effects at the dose that they're taking.
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> -elizabeth
Keep in mind I am talking about heroin addicts converted over to MMT. Tolerance has something to do with it, but the advantage with methadone is that it occupies receptors far longer than heroin.
This means one is not having to seek a fix every 6 hours and go thru a cycle of significant impairment (on the nod) to less impairment. Then withdrawal and more drug seaking behavior.I live in the heroin center of the US, we have more per capita deaths and addicts here than anywhere else. The people I know who are on MMT
say they are not impaired by methadone. If you look at the context, I would have to agree. Going from living on the street, chasing a fix to having a job and place to live is a big jump in functioning ! Not to mention being on a med that is less likely to cause an OD, is of a pure and known strength, avoiding unsafe IV injection, ect.So I find the question of if one is high or not on methadone pointless. At least in the context of MMT and addicts.
james
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