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单词 methadone
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Definition of methadone in English:

methadone

noun ˈmɛθədəʊnˈmɛθəˌdoʊn
mass noun
  • A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The alternative treatment for heroin addiction is the drug methadone which is taken in tablet form.
    • He thought he could carry on if he was addicted to methadone rather than heroin.
    • Maintenance of addicts on methadone reduces the incidence of fatal and non-fatal heroin overdoses.
    • But whereas heroin can be replaced with methadone, no drug has been found to substitute for cocaine.
    • Only this week I have had ketamine and methadone, both controlled drugs that merit an article themselves.
    • She hopes the course in methadone, a heroin substitute, will help her get her life back together.
    • Most people know of methadone only as the drug used to withdraw heroin addicts.
    • Among the treatments offered are prescriptions for the heroin substitute methadone and structured courses of day care.
    • Drug workers stress that methadone is just one option for treatment that is appropriate only in certain cases.
    • This prisoner has been placed on methadone, the morphine substitute drug.
    • The project, the first of its kind in the York area, aims to help addicts of heroin and other opiate drugs such as methadone.
    • You can be given scripts for methadone and other treatments, but this is just to keep the crime figures down.
    • These were followed by methadone, then amphetamines and methamphetamines.
    • Where I was brought up, heroin and methadone was the big problem from age sixteen.
    • The doctor was concerned about this, because the friend was also a heroin addict and was using methadone for his own treatment.
    • I am pumped full of drugs: methadone, morphine, opium, marijuana, the whole lot.
    • The Scottish executive has substantially widened access to methadone as a substitute for heroin addicts.
    • He said she was prescribed such large amounts of the heroin substitute methadone that she could stockpile it.
    • One of the key components of programmes designed to get users off drugs is the heroin substitute, methadone.
    • Some addicts become as reliant on methadone as they were on heroin.

Origin

1940s: from its chemical name, (6-di)meth(yl)a(mino-4,4-)d(iphenyl-3-heptan)one.

 
 

Definition of methadone in US English:

methadone

nounˈmɛθəˌdoʊnˈmeTHəˌdōn
  • A synthetic analgesic drug that is similar to morphine in its effects but longer acting, used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the key components of programmes designed to get users off drugs is the heroin substitute, methadone.
    • Among the treatments offered are prescriptions for the heroin substitute methadone and structured courses of day care.
    • You can be given scripts for methadone and other treatments, but this is just to keep the crime figures down.
    • This prisoner has been placed on methadone, the morphine substitute drug.
    • I am pumped full of drugs: methadone, morphine, opium, marijuana, the whole lot.
    • He said she was prescribed such large amounts of the heroin substitute methadone that she could stockpile it.
    • Maintenance of addicts on methadone reduces the incidence of fatal and non-fatal heroin overdoses.
    • The project, the first of its kind in the York area, aims to help addicts of heroin and other opiate drugs such as methadone.
    • These were followed by methadone, then amphetamines and methamphetamines.
    • The doctor was concerned about this, because the friend was also a heroin addict and was using methadone for his own treatment.
    • Where I was brought up, heroin and methadone was the big problem from age sixteen.
    • The Scottish executive has substantially widened access to methadone as a substitute for heroin addicts.
    • Most people know of methadone only as the drug used to withdraw heroin addicts.
    • The alternative treatment for heroin addiction is the drug methadone which is taken in tablet form.
    • He thought he could carry on if he was addicted to methadone rather than heroin.
    • Drug workers stress that methadone is just one option for treatment that is appropriate only in certain cases.
    • Only this week I have had ketamine and methadone, both controlled drugs that merit an article themselves.
    • But whereas heroin can be replaced with methadone, no drug has been found to substitute for cocaine.
    • She hopes the course in methadone, a heroin substitute, will help her get her life back together.
    • Some addicts become as reliant on methadone as they were on heroin.

Origin

1940s: from its chemical name, (6-di)meth(yl)a(mino-4,4-)d(iphenyl-3-heptan)one.

 
 
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