How come using methadone when we are in a general anesthesia time doesn’t make us an addict, like if we used methadone in our personal time awake.

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I have a question I couldn’t find in the search. I’m not sure if I am wrong with this question, but I thought using methadone in our time awake, it would change us into addiction. If that’s true, why does using it in general aesthesia in a surgery, not do the same thing? When they wake up, why does that not make people into addicts?

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I wanted to add, using pain killers for my example: when you take pills for fun, you get high because you do not need them. When you take pills because you’re physically injured or in a lot of pain, the pills are busy being pain killers Vs being fun. You might feel a little silly but it’s not the same. This an important thing to note when someone has to take pills for a while after a major injury or surgery.