In attention of people with drug problems living in Manitoba. Methadone linctus, which is about one-third the concentration of the liquid methadone used for opioid maintenance, is used where available and approved for such use as a cough syrup for violent coughing. Narcotic cough suppressants are very useful against dry, unproductive coughing, especially that which [...]

 
Methadone was introduced into the United States in 1947 by Eli Lilly and Company as an analgesic (they gave it the trade name Dolophine, which is now registered to Roxane Laboratories). Since then, it has been best known for its use in treating narcotic addiction.
A problem that occurs with methadone is that people are not [...]

 
We have spoke in the previous post about drug detox. Today we will try to define the drug rehabilitation, known also as drug rehab or simply rehab. Drug rehab includes the processes of medical and counseling treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances. The purpose is to induce the patient to cease substance abuse, in order [...]

 
Although the morphine and it’s derivatives are used very successfully in medicine as pain killers, the current perception is “morphine addiction” when someone name morphine. Unfortunately, the illicit use of high doses in the absence of pain which can impart a morbid craving for the drug in the user leads many people to this perception. [...]

 
Generally speaking, when we refer to narcotics, we have in mind any illegal drug, starting from cocaine until prescription pills used illegally. But “narcotics” actually refer to a specific class of drug. The term narcotics refers to drugs that are derived from opium, the so called “opiates”, like heroin, morphine, and other drugs common to [...]