CLEAN LIVING will do it for you, folks! That's all you need.
"Methadone is successful as painkiller, but can be deadly; Rivals or passes tolls of Vicodin and OxyContin" by Erik Eckholm and Olga Pierce, New York Times News Service | August 17, 2008
NEW YORK - Methadone, once used mainly in addiction treatment centers to replace heroin, is today being given out by family doctors, osteopaths, and nurse practitioners for throbbing backs, joint injuries, and a host of other severe pains.
Why am I seeing $$$$ signs?
But it is implicated in more than twice as many deaths as heroin and is rivaling or surpassing the tolls of painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin. "This is a wonderful medicine used appropriately, but an unforgiving medicine used inappropriately," said Dr. Howard A. Heit, a pain specialist at Georgetown University. "Many legitimate patients, following the direction of the doctor, have run into trouble with methadone, including death."
Federal regulators acknowledge that they were slow to recognize the dangers of newly widespread methadone prescribing and to confront physician ignorance about the drug. They blame "imperfect" systems for monitoring such problems.
Is there anything the federal government can do other than start wars and throw loot away to war profiteers?
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