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Methadone and Mixed Messages

• https://www.cato.org, by JEFFREY A. SINGER

Most patients I encounter who might fall into that category are likely to be terminal cancer patients. I've often wondered why I am approved to prescribe methadone to my patients as a treatment for pain, but I am not allowed to prescribe methadone to taper my patients off of a physical dependence they may have developed from long-term opioid use, so as to help them avoid the horrible acute withdrawal syndrome. I am also not permitted to prescribe methadone as a medication-assisted treatment for addiction. These last two uses of the drug require special licensing and permits and must comply with strict federal guidelines. 


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