Methadone Drug Facts Video With Dr. Rajy Abulhson, Medical Director

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Hello, my name is Dr. Rajy Abulhosn, Medical Director here at Confirm BioSciences. Today I want to take some time to discuss a powerful synthetic painkiller called Methadone.

Methadone was first synthesized in the late 1930’s and is most commonly used as a treatment method for those suffering from addiction to opioids like heroin, hydromorphone and oxycodone. Methadone is less addictive than morphine or heroin yet provides the same pain relieving benefits, so it’s often prescribed to those addicted to opioids to help with their painful withdrawal symptoms.

Methadone is most often used in a pill or liquid form in treatment centers or other medical settings however, some illicit methadone users will inject methadone instead. Methadone is a depressant and slows down the central nervous system causing a feeling of relaxation and temporary relieve from stress and anger. When mixed with other depressants such as sleeping pills, alcohol or other opioids there’s a greater risk of respiratory depression, coma or even death.

Some short term side effects of methadone use may include sedation, constipation, nausea, severe sweating, confusion, euphoria and impaired judgement. Long term effects may include kidney and liver damage, bone damage and mood disturbances.
Want to know more about the side effects of methadone? Click that link in the upper right hand corner to learn more. With its relatively low cost compared to other pain killers as well as wide spread use in drug treatment centers, methadone use is a growing concern among Americans.

According to the CDC, an estimated one third of all opioid related deaths may be attributed to methadone which is why it’s a good idea to include methadone testing in your standard pre-employment drug testing and school drug testing.

EDDP is a metabolite of methadone. Standard methadone tests can often fail to detect methadone so testing for EDDP is a more fail safe way of preventing false negatives.

We offer standard urine drug test cups that test for methadone and EDDP which detects down to 300 ng/ml testing back approximately 1-3 days. As well as our saliva drug test which detects levels down to 75 ng/ml and can detect use for up to 48 hours.

Interested in learning more or placing an order? Please visit us at www.ConfirmBioSciences.com.

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