methadone has been researched along with Dementia in 2 studies
Methadone: A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3)
methadone : A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of dextromethadone and levomethadone. It is a opioid analgesic which is used as a painkiller and as a substitute for heroin in the treatment of heroin addiction.
6-(dimethylamino)-4,4-diphenylheptan-3-one : A ketone that is heptan-3-one substituted by a dimethylamino group at position 6 and two phenyl groups at position 4.
Dementia: An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
Timeframe | Studies, this research(%) | All Research% |
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pre-1990 | 1 (50.00) | 18.7374 |
1990's | 0 (0.00) | 18.2507 |
2000's | 1 (50.00) | 29.6817 |
2010's | 0 (0.00) | 24.3611 |
2020's | 0 (0.00) | 2.80 |
Authors | Studies |
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Howe, EG | 1 |
Pascarelli, EF | 1 |
2 other studies available for methadone and Dementia
Article | Year |
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Do we undervalue feelings in patients who are cognitively impaired?
Topics: Aggression; Alzheimer Disease; Analgesics, Opioid; Anger; Anxiety; Brain Injuries; Cognition; Cognit | 2006 |
Drug dependence: an age-old problem compounded by old age.
Topics: Aged; Alcoholism; Dementia; Drug Prescriptions; Drug Therapy; Geriatrics; Humans; Methadone; Pharmac | 1974 |