How to Use methadone in a Sentence

methadone

noun
  • Records show he was supposed to be on a methadone taper.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The boy got his hands on his grandmother's methadone and took the drug.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018
  • With the help of methadone, Isaac has been clean for more than 12 years.
    — Brenda Cain, cleveland.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • In the fight against drug deaths, there’s no tool more effective than methadone.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Mackey’s son has since gotten clean through a methadone program.
    — Cat Ferguson, The Verge, 21 May 2018
  • Smith’s life has not always revolved around her methadone clinic.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
  • For nearly a decade, methadone has helped Stephanie juggle jobs and take care of her kids.
    — Kim Krisberg, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Doctors then treated her with methadone to try to wean her from her addiction.
    — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The withdrawal symptoms are said to be worse than those from heroin or methadone.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Given that the research for methadone is so strong, the findings are very promising.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Even still, some patients treated with methadone begin to use other drugs.
    — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Her daughter, Mev, a methadone addict, is renting a place down the street.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Opioid painkillers include pills such as oxycodone as well as morphine or codeine, but not methadone.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Bradley struggled with substance abuse and had been taking methadone for a week to treat pain from a knee injury.
    — Time, 8 Dec. 2017
  • And their tab at the methadone clinic is $150, and steadily rising.
    — Joe Leydon, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Harper went on to note that the tests are not designed to detect oxycodone, methadone, or clonazepam.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • As time went on, the effect of methadone treatments on crime becomes more subtle, the researchers found.
    — Josh Magness, miamiherald, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Only then they’re only allowed one take-home dose of methadone every 90 days.
    — Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2023
  • To get to their school, these three teens must also walk through a neighborhood that includes two methadone clinics.
    — Paul Wisenthal, The Atlantic, 21 May 2017
  • Chanel is heading to her new drug-treatment program, a methadone clinic in Harlem when the call comes.
    — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
  • This could be a godsend for those who don't live near a clinic since those patients must pick up new methadone doses daily.
    — Dan Primack, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That's an incentive for some states to expand access to methadone, the oldest of the treatment drugs.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2017
  • That’s an incentive for some states to expand access to methadone, the oldest of the treatment drugs.
    — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2017
  • But the report also states Cole may have ingested more methadone than he was prescribed.
    — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026
  • The acupuncture, combined with tapering doses of methadone, helped many patients get clean in as few as ten days.
    — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Many of those programs have required patients to attend the clinic each day in person to receive their methadone dose.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 25 June 2026
  • The person who overdosed was using heroin and methadone at the time of the overdose, Manning said.
    — Kate Magill, Columbia Flier, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Use of methadone to manage pain began increasing in the 1990s.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Cedar Junction is one of three prisons required by the new state law to provide buprenorphine and methadone to inmates.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The Crossroads of Louisville methadone clinic is situated on a dead-end road.
    — Katrine Jo Andersen, The New Republic, 27 June 2018

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