In recent years, methadone has gained popularity among physicians for the treatment of other medical problems, such as an analgesic in chronic pain. The increased usage comes as doctors search for an opioid drug that can be dosed less frequently than short-acting drugs like morphine or hydrocodone. Another factor in the increased usage is the [...]

 
Methadone is a synthetic opioid, developed first time in Germany in 1937, used medically as an analgesic, antitussive and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients on opioids. Although chemically unlike morphine or heroin, methadone also acts on the opioid receptors and thus produces many of the same effects. Methadone is also used in managing [...]

 
Morphine is a pain killer used in medicine with real success, unfortunately many people misuse it. From morphine comes and the well known codeine, from the morphine comes and the “well known” heroin and a large number of opioids. And the easiness of passing from morphine to heroin is frightening. Morphine is just commonly treated [...]

 
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. [...]

 
Morphine can be taken in many ways, either orally, subcutaneously, intravenously, rectally, intrathecally or epidurally. It is more usual to be inhaled on the streets, the so called “chasing the dragon”. Of course, for medicinal purposes, morphine is usually administrated intravenously. When taken orally, a large proportion is broken down in the liver, so only [...]