Methadone pharmacology and induction
Dec 15, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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Episode description
Episode 20 of Cracking Addiction explores methadone, its origins, the pharmacology behind methadone and how to commence a patient on Methadone.
Methadone is a synthetic long acting mu receptor agonist suitable for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Methadone has a longer plasma half life than morphine (average 22 hours (15-32 hours) vs 2 hours for morphine) which permits once daily supervised dosing.
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