Methadone Addiction vs. Methadone Dependency

Methadone Addiction kills. Current statistics show that nearly 4000 people a year die from Methadone.

Patients with Methadone addiction continue treatment for years, fearing that agonizing withdrawal will occur once they stop.

We believe that Methadone addiction / dependency creates a central nervous system disorder, caused by continuous intake. After prolonged Methadone intake, the nerve cells in the brain, which would otherwise produce endogenous opiates (natural painkillers, or endorphins), cease to function normally. The body stops producing endorphins because it is receiving Methadone instead. The degeneration of these nerve cells results in the user's physical dependency to an external supply of opiates. Abrupt or sudden abstinence from Methadone induces yet another traumatic disorder - withdrawal syndrome.

Ryan C., a 21 year-old Maine resident, wanted to break his recreational OxyContin dependency. A local Methadone clinic put Ryan on a low dose of Methadone to replace the OxyContin addiction. When he became tolerant of the effects of the Methadone, clinic doctors gradually quadrupled his dose over two years what cause a Methadone addiction.

"I could not understand why they kept increasing my dose when I was supposed to be getting the drugs out of my system," said Ryan.

A patient's vulnerability, complicated by insufficient supervision and psychological support, can result in a progression of their Methadone addiction and dependency. Ryan left that clinic and sought help for his Methadone addiction through the Waismann Method of Rapid detox under anesthesia.

The Waismann Method of rapid detoxification is performed in the Intensive Care Unit in a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) accredited hospital, where an experienced, specially trained nursing staff monitors each patient closely. Our physicians are each Board Certified Anesthesiologists who are specialists in pain management with extensive experience in Methadone detoxification. Our expert doctors have performed thousands of detoxifications under anesthesia.

The Waismann Method for Rapid Detoxification from Methadone Addiction

Thanks to an increased medical understanding of Methadone addiction and dependency, patients no longer have to rely on excruciating and lengthy detox methods or ineffective and addictive opiate substitutes.

Now, patients can resume their lives opiate-free. 

Learn more about the Waismann Method.

(i) The Drug Abuse Warning Network reported that across the nation, Methadone-related incidents requiring emergency room treatment has increased 37 percent between 2000 and 2001. (http://www.opiates.com/media/methadone-addiction.html)