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USE OF HIGHER-DOSE METHADONE   By Sarz Maxwell MD & Marc Shinderman MD Center for Addictive Problems 609 N Wells Chicago IL 60610   Abstract   Using signs, symptoms and serum methadone levels to guide evaluation, we treated 188 patients in a methadone maintenance program with doses of methadone exceeding 100 mg/d.  The mean dose…

 Note On This Page   Admission Requirements  Homes  Take Home Exceptions  (a) The Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration recognize that the investigational use of methadone requiring the prolonged maintenance of narcotic dependence as part of a total treatment effort has shown promise in the management and rehabilitation of selected narcotic addicts. It…

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 Vol. 66, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 17, 2001 / Rules and Regulations (i)                 Unsupervised or take-home use.   To limit the potential for diversion of opioid agonist treatment medications to the illicit market, opioid agonist treatment medications dispensed to patients for unsupervised use shall be subject to the following requirements.   (1)   Any patient…

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FALSE! Methadone patients feel the normal range of pain, and due to cross tolerance with methadone may need significantly _higher_ doses of narcotic analgesics administered _more_ frequently. Reference: Dole, V.P.; Nyswander, M.E. & Kreek, M.J. Narcotic blockade. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1966(October) 118: 304-309 Back to the Methadone Test