methadone maintenance therapy

a drug-rehabilitation therapy in which those with dependence on heroin and other opiates are prescribed a daily oral dose of methadone to blunt craving for these drugs and to diminish withdrawal symptoms. A controversial treatment, it is nonetheless widely considered the most effective approach to heroin addiction. The use of an opioid partial agonist, buprenorphine, particularly in combination with naloxone, is increasing as an alternative to methadone maintenance therapy.

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Psychology term of the day

January 24th 2025

perceptive

adj. describing an individual who is sensitive and discriminating, especially in the judgment of people, works of art, and so forth. —perceptiveness or perceptivity n.