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Old 12-19-2011, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Saffy View Post
...the doctor offered me methadone as the [only] thing [that] would help this withdrawal.
Not only is methadone not the only thing that will help ease withdrawal, it also induces dependency itself, and withdrawal from methadone can be as just bad (or worse) than from other opiates. It may be that it's just their standard/firstline method - I don't know.

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