Methadone less help to addicts than heroin

Published June 5, 2010

Methadone less help to addicts than heroin
LONDON — Some heroin addicts who got the drug under medical supervision had a better chance of kicking the habit than those who got methadone, a new study says. In a British study of 127 people who previously failed to beat their addiction, scientists gave them either injectable heroin or methadone. After six months, those who got heroin were much less likely to continue taking the drug …