 Methadone
"Methadone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D008691
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.522.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Biodone- Biodone
- Biomet Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Dolophine- Dolophine
- Roxane Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Metadol- Metadol
- Pharmascience Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Metasedin- Metasedin
- Esteve Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Symoron- Symoron
- Yamanouchi Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Methadose- Methadose
- Rosemont Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
- Mallinckrodt Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Methex- Methex
- Generics Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Physeptone- Physeptone
- Martindale Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
- Phymet
- GlaxoSmithKline Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Pinadone- Pinadone
- Pinewood Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Methaddict- Methaddict
- addiCare Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
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| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methadone" by people in Profiles.
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McHugh RK, Weitzman M, Safren SA, Murray HW, Pollack MH, Otto MW. Sexual HIV risk behaviors in a treatment-refractory opioid-dependent sample. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2012 Jul-Aug; 44(3):237-42.
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Lin C, Somberg T, Molnar J, Somberg J. The effects of chiral isolates of methadone on the cardiac potassium channel IKr. Cardiology. 2009; 113(1):59-65.
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Gruber SA, Tzilos GK, Silveri MM, Pollack M, Renshaw PF, Kaufman MJ, Yurgelun-Todd DA. Methadone maintenance improves cognitive performance after two months of treatment. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2006 May; 14(2):157-64.
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Silveri MM, Pollack MH, Diaz CI, Nassar LE, Mendelson JH, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Renshaw PF, Kaufman MJ. Cerebral phosphorus metabolite and transverse relaxation time abnormalities in heroin-dependent subjects at onset of methadone maintenance treatment. Psychiatry Res. 2004 Sep 15; 131(3):217-26.
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Pollack MH, Penava SA, Bolton E, Worthington JJ, Allen GL, Farach FJ, Otto MW. A novel cognitive-behavioral approach for treatment-resistant drug dependence. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2002 Dec; 23(4):335-42.
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Kaufman MJ, Pollack MH, Villafuerte RA, Kukes TJ, Rose SL, Mendelson JH, Cohen BM, Renshaw PF. Cerebral phosphorus metabolite abnormalities in opiate-dependent polydrug abusers in methadone maintenance. Psychiatry Res. 1999 Jun 30; 90(3):143-52.
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Pollack MH, Rosenbaum JF. Fluoxetine treatment of cocaine abuse in heroin addicts. J Clin Psychiatry. 1991 Jan; 52(1):31-3.
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