methadon

M3E1T1H4A1D2O1N1

A form of methadone — A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.

Similar
methadonemethadone hydrochloridedolophine hydrochloridefixersynthetic heroin
Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounmethadon (countable and uncountable, plural methadons)

plural methadons

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of methadone.

    The addict becomes addicted to methadon, but methadon addicts are fit to work.

    1978, Kurt E. Koch, Occult ABC, →ISBN, page 56
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    Single minimal analgesic doses of methadon and metopon seldom produce significant euphoric reaction in either non-addicts or former morphine addicts.

    1949, U.S. Navy Medicine, page 5

    Finding that many of the addicts were not under the care of the many institutions that the city had hoped would provide treatment for them and would gradually rehabilitate them back into society, and that the physical condition of many of those addicted was poor, a methadon scheme was started in 1980 under the aegis of the Municipal Health Service.

    1990, John Brown, Audrey Brown, Insecure Societies: Delinquency in Troubled Times, →ISBN, page 92

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsynthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

Similar
methadonemethadone hydrochloridedolophine hydrochloridefixersynthetic heroin
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Chicago

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