METHADONE
(Dolophine, Methadose)

Use
OPIOID ADDICTION, TREATMENT ADJUNCT PAIN, COUGH

Side Effects
More frequent:
CONSTIPATION,
DIZZINESS,
DROWSINESS,
FAINTNESS,
HYPOTENSION,
LIGHTHEADEDNESS,
MALAISE, WEAKNESS,
NAUSEA,
VOMITING

Less frequent:
ATELECTASIS,
BRADYCARDIA,
BRONCHOSPASM,
CONFUSION (DRUG INDUCED),
DIFFICULTY BREATHING,
LARYNGEAL EDEMA,
LARYNGOSPASM,
POUNDING PULSE,
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION,
TACHYCARDIA,
APPETITE LOSS,
BILIARY SPASM,
BLURRED VISION,
DECREASED URINATION,
DIPLOPIA,
DRY MOUTH,
FALSE SENSE OF WELL-BEING,
GI IRRITATION,
HEADACHE,
INSOMNIA,
NERVOUSNESS,
URETERAL SPASM,
VISUAL CHANGES,
ALLERGIC DERMATITIS,
ALLERGIC REACTION,
ANGIOEDEMA,
DEPRESSION,
HALLUCINATIONS,
HIVES,
ITCHING,
SKIN RASH

As an analgesic, methadone is used in the relief of severe pain. Methadone oral solution is used to relieve severe, chronic pain (e.g., in terminally ill patients). The oral concentrate solution may be used for the relief of severe pain and in detoxification and maintenance treatment. Although the drug has antitussive activity, methadone is no longer approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for this indication.