Methadone Clinic -vs- Opiate Detox Center Info

If you've landed here because you have a heroin, vicodin, oxycontin or any other type of opiate addiction and you are considering asking a methadone clinic for help, please take just a few moments of your time to understand the difference between a Methadone Clinic and an Opiate Detox Center. Methadone Clinics offer a replacement drug (methadone) for the opiate drug that you have become dependent on and an Opiate Detox Centers job is to medically assist you in getting completely off of drugs that you have become dependent on.

In addition, you can get the straight facts about methadone clinics from real life people that have considerable prior experience with methadone maintenance, as well as detox from methadone after becoming dependent on the drug.

First, we invite you to have a look at the pro methadone organization The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Inc. They were founded in 1984 to allegedly enhance the quality of patient care in treatment programs by promoting the growth and development of comprehensive methadone treatment services throughout the United States.

You may also find the White House's official Methadone Fact Sheet interesting if you're into propaganda. What I find most interesting about this publication, is that it is dated April 2000, as if we haven't learned anything new about methadone in more than 7 years.

Methadone is big business, so if you think the clinics have your best interest at heart, think again. CRC Health Group is one of the nation's largest methadone providers and as with any large corporation, the bottom line is always profit and loss.

Eli Lilly and Company introduced methadone to the United States in 1947 as an analgesic (they gave it the trade name Dolophine®), yet when you Google "eli lilly co methadone" their corporate website is nowhere to be found in the results pages from that search. It would seem that they have possibly decided to distance themselves from the recent controversy created by the dramatic increase in recent methadone- related deaths.

Number of National Methadone-Related Deaths, 1999-2004

1999-786 2000-988 2001-1,456

2002-2,360 2003-2,974 2004-3,849

Source: National Center for Health Statistics.

With all of the recent methadone related deaths in the United States, including the Anna Nicole Smith family tragedy, there is no shortage of methadone material available on the internet, so please do some research and make an informed decision before leaping into a situation that will eventually take control of your life in a manner that makes even a relatively heavy heroin addiction seem like a common cold.

All we ask is that after you've digested some of the above information, you check out the facts as presented by some former methadone clients who have nothing to gain or lose, regardless of your decision.

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