Assertion: methadone | /r/CapableOf | prevent withdrawal symptoms
Facets:
value: in people
type: LOCATION
value: in this way
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: When taken at the correct dose, methadone prevents withdrawal symptoms and reduces drug cravings without causing the person to feel high (euphoric) or sleepy.
text: It prevents withdrawal symptoms because its effects are slower than other painkillers.
text: Interestingly, methadone is used most often to help prevent withdrawal symptoms in people who've become addicted to other opiates such as heroin, and who are undergoing treatment to break that addiction.
text: Cross-suppression between heroin and methadone allows methadone to prevent or reverse withdrawal symptoms, and thus reduce the need for the person to use illegal heroin  .
text: In this way, methadone can prevent withdrawal symptoms in people who have stopped using these drugs and help eliminate cravings for these drugs.
text: Methadone also prevents withdrawal symptoms and reduces craving in opioid-addicted individuals by activating opioid receptors in the brain (i.e., a full opioid agonist).