Dolophine

Synthetic narcotics include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol, Mepergan), methadone (Dolophine, Methadose), and others (Darvon, Lomotil).

Notes and Definitions 2008

The FDA says it is changing the label for the drug, marketed under the name Dolophine, and also the generic brand to reflect new dosing information.

CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2006 2006

Apparently that was true, since a few Dolophine tablets were found in her room.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

She is positive that Janis, by then, had once and for all stopped junk and was taking only the Dolophine.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

As stated by the doctor in a letter to Ed Rothschild, she resisted his efforts to involve her in therapy and was interested only in getting more Dolophine.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

She'd finished the Dolophine just the day before, and that afternoon I'd thought she'd seemed edgy.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

Janis told her she'd gotten more dope, but also some Dolophine to stop.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

She stopped using the Dolophine and consequently terminated the sessions, complaining to Lyndall that the doctor was square, giving me a series of convoluted stories, none of which made true sense.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

Prior to that Dr. Rothschild sent her an other course of Dolophine.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

She did try to cooperate to the extent of going on Dolophine, the pill form of methadone, for a ten-day period of withdrawal.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973