Thank you for taking the time to write an article with a positive view of Methadone clinics. Once this has been received by the anti-methadone groups you will unfortunately receive their cut n' paste letters of false statistcs telling of hidden agendas by addicts to stay high & pharmaceutical companies/clinics to stay in business ...None of which are true. They will state that Methadone is the #2 killer drug in the US (also false... This is taken from the CDC mortality statistics which lists the number of Methadone deaths as being a “possible contributing factor” in death. They also note other medications found in the toxicology were not accounted for. Meaning if 5 drugs were in the system and 1 was Methadone it was listed as a “possible contributing factor” not the cause of death and the other drugs in the system were not included).They will tell you even the enormous death rates they list are underestimated due to an error in the coding system. This too is false because although there was an error in coding of ICD10 stats it was corrected in 2005 and never even applied to the “Drug Related Death” portion of the charts.They will attempt to frighten people by their “One Pill Can Kill” campaign which stems from a research paper about prolonged QT Intervals in the hearts rhythm. However, the research article has since been pulled because a doctor from Australia specializing in addiction decided to check the references only to find out they didn’t exist and were totally made up!A final attempt to persuade people that this 40 year old medication is deadly is often backed up with a statement claiming Heroin deaths are exceeded by Methadone deaths therefore concluding the treatment kills the population it is suppose to save. However, the number of deaths from Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Morphine, Hydromorphone, Oxymorphone, Fentynal, Darvocet, Demorol, and all the other narcotic opiates Methadone more commonly treats these days is withheld making this statement useless.Lastly, these letters usually close with recommendations for clinic guidelines that either are already in place and enforced or are so extreme that if put in effect they would close the majority of clinics in no time.Which leaves me with the result their tactics have had so far... the least of which is a society that has been misinformed and misled regarding the Truth about Methadone. This is causing a fear in communities (despite research to the contrary) about these clinics leading to massive opposition whenever a clinic wants to enter an area. Property values do not drop, crimes do not increase, etc, etc….However, people ARE dying on waiting lists to get into the few clinics available. Deaths whose blood is on the hands of these grieving mothers claiming they exist to save lives. I guess as long as that life isn’t saved by a Methadone clinic. Thank You for taking the time to read this!
Thank you for taking the time to write an article with a positive view of Methadone clinics. Once this has been received by the anti-methadone groups you will unfortunately receive their cut n' paste letters of false statistcs telling of hidden agendas by addicts to stay high & pharmaceutical companies/clinics to stay in business ...None of which are true. They will state that Methadone is the #2 killer drug in the US (also false... This is taken from the CDC mortality statistics which lists the number of Methadone deaths as being a “possible contributing factor” in death. They also note other medications found in the toxicology were not accounted for. Meaning if 5 drugs were in the system and 1 was Methadone it was listed as a “possible contributing factor” not the cause of death and the other drugs in the system were not included). They will tell you even the enormous death rates they list are underestimated due to an error in the coding system. This too is false because although there was an error in coding of ICD10 stats it was corrected in 2005 and never even applied to the “Drug Related Death” portion of the charts. They will attempt to frighten people by their “One Pill Can Kill” campaign which stems from a research paper about prolonged QT Intervals in the hearts rhythm. However, the research article has since been pulled because a doctor from Australia specializing in addiction decided to check the references only to find out they didn’t exist and were totally made up! A final attempt to persuade people that this 40 year old medication is deadly is often backed up with a statement claiming Heroin deaths are exceeded by Methadone deaths therefore concluding the treatment kills the population it is suppose to save. However, the number of deaths from Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Morphine, Hydromorphone, Oxymorphone, Fentynal, Darvocet, Demorol, and all the other narcotic opiates Methadone more commonly treats these days is withheld making this statement useless. Lastly, these letters usually close with recommendations for clinic guidelines that either are already in place and enforced or are so extreme that if put in effect they would close the majority of clinics in no time. Which leaves me with the result their tactics have had so far... the least of which is a society that has been misinformed and misled regarding the Truth about Methadone. This is causing a fear in communities (despite research to the contrary) about these clinics leading to massive opposition whenever a clinic wants to enter an area. Property values do not drop, crimes do not increase, etc, etc….However, people ARE dying on waiting lists to get into the few clinics available. Deaths whose blood is on the hands of these grieving mothers claiming they exist to save lives. I guess as long as that life isn’t saved by a Methadone clinic. Thank You for taking the time to read this!
Posted on July 6 at 11:26 a.m.
Thank you for taking the time to write an article with a positive view of Methadone clinics. Once this has been received by the anti-methadone groups you will unfortunately receive their cut n' paste letters of false statistcs telling of hidden agendas by addicts to stay high & pharmaceutical companies/clinics to stay in business ...None of which are true. They will state that Methadone is the #2 killer drug in the US (also false... This is taken from the CDC mortality statistics which lists the number of Methadone deaths as being a “possible contributing factor” in death. They also note other medications found in the toxicology were not accounted for. Meaning if 5 drugs were in the system and 1 was Methadone it was listed as a “possible contributing factor” not the cause of death and the other drugs in the system were not included).They will tell you even the enormous death rates they list are underestimated due to an error in the coding system. This too is false because although there was an error in coding of ICD10 stats it was corrected in 2005 and never even applied to the “Drug Related Death” portion of the charts.They will attempt to frighten people by their “One Pill Can Kill” campaign which stems from a research paper about prolonged QT Intervals in the hearts rhythm. However, the research article has since been pulled because a doctor from Australia specializing in addiction decided to check the references only to find out they didn’t exist and were totally made up!A final attempt to persuade people that this 40 year old medication is deadly is often backed up with a statement claiming Heroin deaths are exceeded by Methadone deaths therefore concluding the treatment kills the population it is suppose to save. However, the number of deaths from Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Morphine, Hydromorphone, Oxymorphone, Fentynal, Darvocet, Demorol, and all the other narcotic opiates Methadone more commonly treats these days is withheld making this statement useless.Lastly, these letters usually close with recommendations for clinic guidelines that either are already in place and enforced or are so extreme that if put in effect they would close the majority of clinics in no time.Which leaves me with the result their tactics have had so far... the least of which is a society that has been misinformed and misled regarding the Truth about Methadone. This is causing a fear in communities (despite research to the contrary) about these clinics leading to massive opposition whenever a clinic wants to enter an area. Property values do not drop, crimes do not increase, etc, etc….However, people ARE dying on waiting lists to get into the few clinics available. Deaths whose blood is on the hands of these grieving mothers claiming they exist to save lives. I guess as long as that life isn’t saved by a Methadone clinic. Thank You for taking the time to read this!
Posted on July 6 at 11:21 a.m.
Thank you for taking the time to write an article with a positive view of Methadone clinics. Once this has been received by the anti-methadone groups you will unfortunately receive their cut n' paste letters of false statistcs telling of hidden agendas by addicts to stay high & pharmaceutical companies/clinics to stay in business ...None of which are true. They will state that Methadone is the #2 killer drug in the US (also false... This is taken from the CDC mortality statistics which lists the number of Methadone deaths as being a “possible contributing factor” in death. They also note other medications found in the toxicology were not accounted for. Meaning if 5 drugs were in the system and 1 was Methadone it was listed as a “possible contributing factor” not the cause of death and the other drugs in the system were not included).
They will tell you even the enormous death rates they list are underestimated due to an error in the coding system. This too is false because although there was an error in coding of ICD10 stats it was corrected in 2005 and never even applied to the “Drug Related Death” portion of the charts.
They will attempt to frighten people by their “One Pill Can Kill” campaign which stems from a research paper about prolonged QT Intervals in the hearts rhythm. However, the research article has since been pulled because a doctor from Australia specializing in addiction decided to check the references only to find out they didn’t exist and were totally made up!
A final attempt to persuade people that this 40 year old medication is deadly is often backed up with a statement claiming Heroin deaths are exceeded by Methadone deaths therefore concluding the treatment kills the population it is suppose to save. However, the number of deaths from Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Morphine, Hydromorphone, Oxymorphone, Fentynal, Darvocet, Demorol, and all the other narcotic opiates Methadone more commonly treats these days is withheld making this statement useless.
Lastly, these letters usually close with recommendations for clinic guidelines that either are already in place and enforced or are so extreme that if put in effect they would close the majority of clinics in no time.
Which leaves me with the result their tactics have had so far... the least of which is a society that has been misinformed and misled regarding the Truth about Methadone. This is causing a fear in communities (despite research to the contrary) about these clinics leading to massive opposition whenever a clinic wants to enter an area. Property values do not drop, crimes do not increase, etc, etc….However, people ARE dying on waiting lists to get into the few clinics available. Deaths whose blood is on the hands of these grieving mothers claiming they exist to save lives. I guess as long as that life isn’t saved by a Methadone clinic. Thank You for taking the time to read this!