methadone might cause arrhythmias

November 2002

There's now concern that methadone might cause arrhythmias.

Some patients taking 65 to 400 mg per day of methadone end up getting the arrhythmia, torsades de pointes.

This is more important now that many HMOs are switching chronic pain patients from more expensive drugs to methadone.

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