Health News - New York Times
Bill Crandall for The New York Times
Dr. Howard Heit is a leader in pain management and tightly controls methadone use of patients. Checking pain sensitivity of patient Alexandra Sherman.
Once used mainly in addiction treatment, the drug is now more widely prescribed and is a growing cause of deaths.
* Video: Methadone: The Pain Killer | Graphic Graphic: The Methadone Boom
* F.D.A. Weighs Training to Dispense Narcotics
* Times Topics: Methadone
