Methadone pharmacology and induction

Episode 20 of Cracking Addiction explores methadone, its origins, the pharmacology behind methadone and how to commence a patient on Methadone.Methadone is a synthetic long acting mu receptor agonist suitable for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Methadone has a longer plasma half life than morphine (average 22 hours (15-32 hours) vs 2 hours for morphine) which permits once daily supervised dosing.https://www.meducate.com.au/blogAbout Meducate ®Meducate provides online education for doctors, clinicians, health professionals and the public.See the website to browse the many different talks and courses availablehttps://www.meducate.com.au

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