title: The early history of methadone. Myths and facts.
abstract: This review refutes some enduring myths surrounding the discovery of methadone and presents the known accurate facts of its creation and its early development in Germany, the United States and Great Britain from 1939 to the early 1960's.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: Ray J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Defalque
authors.forename: Amos J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000266:history*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000266:history*; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000266:history; D014481:United States; D047789:World War II
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D008691:Methadone