Look up: Methadone

1. methadone
   [n] - synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming
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2. Methadone
   Narcotic withdrawal and dependence suppressant, used to treat opioid addiction. (e.g. heroin)
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3. Methadone
   Methadone: A synthetic opiate. The most common medical use for methadone is as a legal substitute for heroin in treatment programs for drug addiction. It is usually administered to participating addicts daily in the form of a green, tasteless liquid at a drug treatment clinic. See also: Methadone treatment program. Common Misspellings: methodone
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4. methadone
   Synthetic opioid used as a substitute for heroin in treatment programmes or maintenance programmes Category: General
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5. methadone
   <chemical> A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of morphine. It also has a depressant action on the cough centre and may be given to control intractable cough associated w...
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6. methadone
   methadone hydrochloride noun synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
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7. methadone
   (meth´ә-dōn) a synthetic opioid analgesic with pharmacologic properties similar to those of morphine and heroin and equal potential for addiction; used as an analgesic and as a substitute opiate in the treatment of heroin addiction.
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8. methadone
   potent synthetic narcotic drug that is the most effective form of treatment for addiction to heroin and other narcotics. Methadone first became ... [3 related articles]
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9. methadone
   methadone (meth'udōn", –don") , synthetic narcotic similar in effect to morphine. Synthesized in Germany, it came into clinical use after World War II. It is sometimes used as an analgesic and to suppress the cough reflex.In the brains of addicts, methadone prevents heroin or...
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10. Methadone
    `Methadone` (also known as `Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadose, Physeptone, Heptadon, Phy` and many other names) is a synthetic opioid, used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients with opioid dependency. It was developed in Germany in 1937. Although chemic...
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