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The Methadone Awareness Test

Time to read: 2 min


How much do you really know about methadone?
Take NAMA’s Methadone Awareness Test and find out!

  1. Pregnant women should withdraw or at least lower their dose of methadone so that the baby is not born dependent. True or false?
  2. Methadone gets into the bone marrow, rots the teeth, and “depletes calcium”. True or false?
  3. Methadone suppresses the immune system so that HIV+ methadone patients should be encouraged to withdraw. True or false?
  4. If it is necessary for a methadone patient to take pain medication they do not need strong narcotics because the methadone will block the pain. True or false?
  5. Methadone causes patients to become alcoholics and/or cocaine abusers. True or false?
  6. Methadone is more addicting than heroin. True or false?
  7. Methadone patients should not be allowed to operate heavy machinery or to drive a car. True or false?
  8. Methadone was named for Adolf Hitler. True or false?
  9. When they do autopsies on methadone patients, the patients’ internal organs are dyed bright Orange. True or false?


Last Update: January 27, 2000


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