Rx FOR pain The Journal Gazette Fort Wayne, IN: "Methadone also comes with a potentially deadly surprise. While it relieves pain for four to eight hours, its side effects - mainly depressed breathing - last from eight to 59 hours.
'Just because the buzz has worn off, that doesn't mean the drug is out of your system,' said Kosciusko County Coroner John Sadler, who has handled 10 accidental overdose deaths in the last two years - eight from methadone and two from fentanyl.
'You take more, and you're stacking doses unintentionally, and then you're in trouble.'"
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