{"product_id":"mother-of-methadone-a-doctors-quest-a-forgotten-history-and-a-modern-day-crisis-hardcover","title":"Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelody Glenn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings together the stories of two doctors battling the opioid epidemic half a century apart to reveal the origins of today's public health crisis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A call to remove the stigma against addicts, addiction, and treatment providers \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Melody Glenn was a burned-out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realized how effective harm reduction treatments could be and set out to discover why they weren't used more broadly. That's when she found Dr. Marie Nyswander. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1960's, Nyswander defied the DEA and medical establishment to co-develop methadone maintenance as a treatment for heroin addiction. According to some addiction specialists, its discovery could be considered as monumental as the discovery of penicillin. Yet, it still carries a stigma today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeftly weaving together interviews, media coverage, and historical documents, Glenn recovers Nyswander's important legacy and reveals how the forces of racism, fearmongering politicians, and misinformation colluded to set us back decades in our understandings of opioids. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Nyswander as her guide, Glenn also shares her journey through addiction medicine as she confronts her own personal and philosophical quandaries around bias, ambition, and saviorism in the medical field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the US continues to struggle with opioid and fentanyl use in communities, \u003ci\u003eMother of Methadone\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful reminder of the ways biases have prevented doctors from saving countless lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelody Glenn, MD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a practicing addiction and emergency physician and assistant professor of psychiatry and emergency medicine at The University of Arizona. Her addiction research has been published in medical journals and presented nationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63571434602845,"sku":"9780807017760","price":38.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/sbOlXLhAFc9780807017760.webp?v=1771862113","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/mother-of-methadone-a-doctors-quest-a-forgotten-history-and-a-modern-day-crisis-hardcover","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}