Foreword    
     
Section 1

The history of methadone and methadone prescribing

  
     
Section 2 The research basis for methadone prescribing  
     
Section 3 Methadone manufacture and the preparations available  
     
Section 4 Physiology and pharmacology of methadone  
     
Section 5 Methadone and the law  
     
Section 6 Assessment  
     
Section 7 Treatment aims and treatment choices  
     
Section 8 Getting the starting dose right  
     
Section 9 Methadone detoxification  
     
Section 10 Practical issues in methadone prescribing  
     
Section 11 Prescribing for groups with special needs  
     
References    
     
Credits    
   
Note Important note on long-term detox: reducing doses over 1 month or longer