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    Methadone and Pregnancy
    Methadone and Pregnancy
    Methadone and Pregnancy
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    Methadone and Pregnancy

    By Travis Nevels

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    Methadone Treatment, although it has been around since the 1960's, is still misunderstood by most people. A pregnancy can be complicated enough on its own, but when you add in substance abuse, Methadone maintenance, and other factors, the uncertainty of the outcome increases. In regards to any pregnancy, it is important to concern yourself with the health and safety of the mother and the baby separately, as well as together. If you or someone you know is not on Methadone, pregnant, and is still using illicit drugs, then this book will serve as the road map. Knowing that both the mother and her unborn baby are both addicted to Methadone or illicit drugs certainly complicates the possible outcome. This book attempts to present the risks associated with such a pregnancy, and offers help in regards to how best to proceed. If you're thinking about getting pregnant, this book will help you understand what the risks are and how best to manage those risks to insure a healthy outcome. This book also discusses Buprenorphine, and will help you determine whether or not it is safe to switch off of Methadone.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateOct 27, 2014
    ISBN9781483542157
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      Methadone and Pregnancy - Travis Nevels

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      How Addiction Works

      Opium is the liquid that comes from poppy seed pods, and has been cultivated by humans for around for 7000 thousand years. Modern day chemistry isolated the key ingredient in the poppy seed pod, and today we know it as morphine. Later morphine was manipulated to create codeine and heroin, and they are known as semi-synthetics. A purely synthetic opioid, which is not synthesized from opium or any other plant based material, is methadone. Methadone is a pure synthetic opioid.

      The driving force behind heroin and opioid pain pills is the intensity of the high it creates. These addictive drugs force the brain to manufacture natural brain chemicals which are already made by the brain, and in fact are necessary for survival and normal mental functioning. The word endorphin is a short word for endogenous morphine. Endogenous means inside or within the body. Morphine, as we know is chemical that has the potential for pain relief. When we receive a serious injury endorphins are released to block and diminish the feeling of pain. This also occurs when we take opioid based pain pills or heroin. These opioid substances are converted into morphine in the body, thus drenching our receptors with morphine. And, we like it, it feels good. Many of us are known to take opiods repeatedly and in large amounts; way beyond what a doctor would prescribe.

      Another thing that happens however, is the brain senses an overload of endorphins, and to protect itself it stops producing endorphins on its own, or at least produces very little.

      In addition, opioids stimulate the brain to manufacture naturally occurring neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin.

      Dopamine is a neurochemical that the brain makes on its own to make us feel good. When we eat something sweet, or watch a movie, fall in love, or have sex the brain rewards us with a small dose of dopamine. This is what we experience as pleasure.

      The high that drug abusers experience comes from a large dose of morphine which attaches to a large number opiate receptors, also known as mu receptors. When endorphins (morphine) attaches to the mu receptors, they’re hyper stimulated to produce Dopamine. Our brains produce Dopamine naturally, but not in the extreme high volumes that opioids force our brains to make.

      Finally, there is another neurotransmitter called Serotonin, which is known as a mood elevator. When the brain produces Serotonin naturally, we feel better, and our mood improves. Things that stimulate Serotonin production includes exercise, eating food, having sex, walking in the sunshine, eating

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