Significados de receive methadone en inglés

Many stable patients attend their own GP and receive methadone from their local pharmacist.

They may attend a doctor in a central clinic and receive methadone on site.

There are 1,400 Dublin addicts receiving methadone treatment and more than 500 on a waiting list.

The Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) said there are 4,596 patients receiving methadone treatment from pharmacists.

The 33-year-old from Dublin's south inner city attends the Merchants Quay Project where he receives methadone to help him stay off heroin.

The report said there were now 5,844 people in the region receiving methadone treatment, an increase of 15.5 per cent since January 2001.

The median daily dose of methadone was 37 mg. Psychotherapy was provided in 7.6% of patients receiving methadone and 4.9% of those in therapeutic community.