| yawkaw3 |
| (Pooh-Bah) |
| 02/21/04 02:39 AM |
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 methadone
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If you go to the meth clinic, you have to have opiates in your system. Plus, they need to know how much "junk" you're taking in order to fill your dose accordingly. Just being honest, because most methadone clinics are for heroin addicts.
lemongrass
Lemongrass is correct. And not only that, you have to be dependent on opiates. They will give you the naloxone challenge test, which determines if you really are dependent. They give you a shot of naloxone (Narcan, it's an opiate antagonist) and if you show early withdrawal symptoms, you immediately get medicated with your first methadone dose. If you fail the test, you have to sit through a lecture about wasting their time. Might vary from state to state, or even clinic to clinic, that's how they do it in NYC. And no, I don't know this first hand- I'm no heroin addict.
-yawkaw
