You're quick on your keyboard, TEXCAT ! lol I've been patiently waiting 6000 posts for someone to make the connection---and some have come close, but not close enough until now !
POST 2: BABY BOTTLES AREN'T ALWAYS FOR BABIES !
I think a few links will tell the story as well as I can:
source: http://www.ndc.hrb.ie/detail.php?Id=325
"...The authors conclude that the use of a baby’s bottle to measure and store methadone seems to be common among patients prescribed the drug..."
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1114793
"...Our finding that a quarter of patients use a baby’s bottle to measure their methadone is therefore unsurprising. The bottle is readily available and clearly marked..."
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=1798451%2C6536
"...Many users store their methadone in baby bottles because of the measurements on the side..."
(...well, of COURSE, I HAD to throw the 'Free Republic' reference in, too !! )
OPINION:
In a household where there are both infants and methadone users, the user may not remember to isolate "their" particular 'bottle' from the "baby" baby bottles used by infants within the household, or may become confused as to which bottle is which, thus potentially increasing the risk of the baby injesting residual methadone...Also, risk of accidental injestion would most likely increase significantly if a caregiver were to attend the baby in a home where both contaminated and uncontaminated bottles were present and the caregiver was unaware of the practice of utilizing baby bottles as dose measuring devices.
A Sad, Sad story:
http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2006/10/28/
"MOTHER SOBS...the toddler was playful and ran about...for the rest of the day, but was found dead the next morning."
VERY VERY VERY COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE ON METHADONE:
(note that this article does NOT 'gloss over' the effects on the unborn child/newborn!)
http://www.drugtext.org/library/books/methadone/section4.html
"...Tolerance may go as quickly as it develops, so within a week or two of reducing the dose of methadone (or any other opiate) it is possible that tolerance will have dropped and there may be no significant tolerance to the effects of opiates.
"...This means that people post detox and intermittent users of opiates are at particular risk of overdose."
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Thanks!!! to all !!!! for the warm welcome!!!
...my cocktail of preference is no-alcohol Mint Julips, shaken not stirred, please, if it's not too much bother, oh...and...hold the methadone please (grin)
more posts to follow soon......