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To the Editor: Fiellin and O'Connor (Sept. 12 issue)¹ note that 40 percent of British prescriptions for methadone are written by general practitioners (family doctors). They fail to mention the dangers of this practice.

The number of methadone-associated deaths in England and Wales rose from 371 in 1993 to 675 in 1997, when it was the most common cause of death associated with drug misuse.² Nonfatal overdosing is common: in the past 21 months, there have been 51 cases of methadone overdose treated in our hospital alone, and several have required intensive care. The first two weeks of treatment are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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