SAMHSA and FDA Join to Educate the Public on the Safe Use of Methadone

"U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:05:03 -0500 (CDT)

Title: SAMHSA and FDA Join to Educate the Public on the Safe Use of Methadone

	SAMHSA and FDA Join to Educate the Public on the Safe Use of Methadone
Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:49:00 -0500

	The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today launched an initiative to help ensure the safe use of methadone. A prescription drug best known as a treatment for addiction and dependence on heroin and other narcotic pain medicines, methadone is also prescribed to treat moderate-to-severe chronic pain patients. The campaign responds to concerns about an escalating number of poisoning deaths linked to the improper use of this medication.

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