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  1. NA Newbie - Meds? 30th January 2004
    ... the 12 steppers, I will be on klonopin, remeron and methadone for the rest of my life. I dont except that either...

  2. my story 30th January 2004
    ... restless nights,diahrea....ive been there and now am on methadone for maintance and chronic back pain which can be terrible...

  3. I can't find a Dr. that scribes Subutex 30th January 2004
    ... wrong here...for maintance purposes either the sub or methadone ...if the addiction is that bad and theres no other...

  4. To Anti-Suboxone Posters 29th January 2004
    ... third type who manage the addiction with Suboxone and methadone ? You are one of those people and I believe that you...
    ... its swappin the hydros or whatever for it..hey,im on methadone ,remember?i switched over from the bupenorphine because ... that i show the other side of the coin...look,im on methadone for maintance and chronic pain and you take suboxone...
    ... lotsa of times but always failed.....same with the methadone ...shott, back in 1984 i got addicted to snortin heroin ... for about a year...instead of c/t i did the clinic methadone thing...after six months of that i asked for a ten ... meth again...my doc told me thats the problem with methadone ....nobody detoxs right off of it and then they bad...
    ... ..the govt lobbed it in with the principal behind methadone ...as a method of maintance until the individual can ... lets say they never made suboxone...would you be on methadone ......or maybe you could take dilaudid and it would ... myself to free me from the maintance drug...im on methadone but i dont go to a clinic...im fortunate...my doc ... writes me the script...docs can write scripts for methadone ...im on it for maintance but i also have a back pain ... hard core opiate addiction...it helps the same as methadone ...controlled addiction by our society...the govt has ... .you dont have to go to a clinic though like many methadone clinics...it is A LONG ACTING OPIATEalso...some folks ... can take it every other day... methadone has to be taken every day....some folks will be on ... im not a anti subox supporter..shoot,im on 60mg of methadone ....but if i stop taking the meth tomorrow im gonna ... is most likely at this stage of my life why i take methadone ...so i wont withdraw and be sick for weeks...and deal ... drug..ec t...but in the end if you think about it... methadone /suboxone are drugs...its a moral/ethical issue also...
    ... were in and go out and function. That was always methadone and how buprenorphine started out, Suboxone was just...
    ... that I could not have stayed clean without the Sub or methadone . And yes, I had called a methadone clinic the day...
    ... felt a euphoric effect from Suboxone, never. I took methadone off an on for a while (got them from someone who was...
    ... Hi all- Suboxone is an option..like methadone for detox/or maitainence..for those addicts that have...
    ... than pills. I swore to myself I would never get on methadone because I heard so many nightmares about people taking...

  5. I "think" I can do it 29th January 2004
    ... know that you will reach a point that sub or even methadone is a viable alternative...and the hydro or oxy is...

  6. I just can't do it. 29th January 2004
    ... found it impossible to kick without it, some go for methadone some dont require anything just some good in patient...

  7. . 28th January 2004
    ... pretty good. he is talking about trying to get off the methadone . $$$$ crunch! (it is a lot cheaper than the oxys...

  8. question for subutex users 28th January 2004
    ... the word suboxone was like another language. Like methadone users if you are in pain while on methadone maintenance ... they'll usually just put you on more methadone , that's why the doctor told you to take another subutex...
    ... the word suboxone was like another language. Like methadone users if you are in pain while on methadone maintenance ... they'll usually just put you on more methadone , that's why the doctor told you to take another subutex...
    ... bad is the pain, they switch a lot of people over to methadone if the pain is that bad. Let me know Cade...
    ... bad is the pain, they switch a lot of people over to methadone if the pain is that bad. Let me know Cade Probably...

  9. LaynesADDICTION-results? 28th January 2004
    ... went to a treatment ceter again and left out-patient methadone . I'd go a week then back on the MMT program until...

  10. Kinda? 27th January 2004
    ... 30 days to 6 months.??? I did it in 5 days using a Methadone Cocktail, with some Demeral shots (small amounts,...

  11. Got a new Sub Appt *TOMORROW* 26th January 2004
    ... you will not go into acute w/d from suboxone or methadone if you use an opiate. They put naloxone in suboxone ... sick. It doesnt absorb well at all in the GI track. Methadone and buprenorphine just "put in" and "bind". But you...
    ... thing seems to apply to long acting opiates, i.e., methadone , and not short acting, hydro. I've been reading a...
    ... will use them in consistency through out the day. Methadone isnt effective for pain for anywhere near 24 hours...

  12. my husband passed away wednesday night in his sleep. 26th January 2004
    ... husband or not. We lose a lot of people on the other methadone boards I post at, and to me it's feels just the same...

  13. Methadone Detox Tomorrow 22nd January 2004
    ... and you probably know it. A 21 day day detox with methadone is enough time to become addicted to the methadone ... . Methadone addiction is a long hard detox. Low dose suboxone...
    ... to agree with the previous post because 21 days of methadone is alot, it takes about a week of medium to high doses...
    ... let me know how your doin...im on 60 mg daily of methadone for chronic back pain/addiction...was on bupenorphine ... for 4 years...was on methadone for 6 months back in 1984...was told you have to wean...
    ... josh- Im a x-H addict now on suboxone. Ive done the methadone detox and it works very well. Do they give you the ... methadone for a week then you stay in-patient for therapy/meetings...
    ... luck man if I could do it anyone can. Also I wanted methadone maintenace, but id suggest try doing without it then...
    ... say that I helped my brother go a 21 day detox at a methadone center and it worked very well for him. They started...
    ... Just in response to a few posts, Ive done methadone detox 7 times this year alone and suboxone just once ... .... suboxone w/d is noooooooooo better than methadone and im sure they put him on 21 days for a very good...

  14. Confiding in your doctor about your addiction 21st January 2004
    ... the doctors would come in every 8 hrs. and give me a methadone cocktail. I did alot of sleeping the first 3 days...

  15. LaynesAddiction....Question? 20th January 2004
    ... I could go on subutex for 5 days until I start my methadone program again since I have no choice and he said no ... kick, if you're on it, stay on it. The w/d wasnt like methadone or morphine, it was like coming off of zoloft, methadone...

  16. Could use some advice on how to tell my doctor 19th January 2004
    ... of suboxone and the less stringent restrictions on methadone . Telling you doctor is still risky business. If...
    ... posters recommended, please consider going cold turkey, methadone or sub. I've been on the methadone before (I have...

  17. Vicodin withdrawal 19th January 2004
    ... with oxy's,anything i could get....now am back on methadone ...swore i wouldnt touch it since 1984...was on it...
    ... you, if there is a somewhat proven "wean-down" for Methadone , for people who went went from Heroin to the Meth...
    ... think of a detox? i was fine in detox but i was on methadone , fenabarb, seroquil, etc but i used for 2 years whats...

  18. Hey all you Suboxone Users! 18th January 2004
    ... cant say enough good things about this drug. I was on Methadone for a short while and did not feel this normal. I...
    ... do a slow taper? How would you compare the W/D from Methadone and Suboxone? I W/D from Methadone and thought I was...
    ... never tapered properly...you have to slow taper from methadone and bupenorphine..they are both long acting opiates...

  19. Question - X Suboxone Users 16th January 2004
    ... an incident somewhere else, where this woman was on methadone for a very long time. Many years. They kept on telling ... her she wasnt clean because she was on methadone and she was still actively using. She was insulted ... who helped defend her). Now she feels that those on methadone are still active addicts, still taking drugs and only...
    ... You know, I take trazodone for coaine w/d as well as methadone for opiate dependency, No one ever says..... OMG! ... you're on trazodone! But methadone is like a curse word.........
    ... those people that seem to think that if you are taking methadone or the sub are somehow still "addicted". First of ... not whether or not you take a "pill".If you take the methadone or sub,and the addictive "behavior" stops,the Dr shopping ... be any different than having to take something like methadone ?If for what ever reason the person feels at some point...
    ... dependency" takes over and you go on a program like methadone and buprenorphine. BUT YOU ARE VERY RIGHT, and yet...
    ... would really get down on those who were "still" taking methadone (they didn't have the sub back way back when when I ... logic behind that as these people who were on the methadone , went from doing all the normal negative behaviors...

  20. Have No Clue 16th January 2004
    ... motrin 800 to Darvon and if that doesnt work, bup or methadone like chef said. Giving hydrocodone to a heroin addict...

  21. Day 2 16th January 2004
    ... Suboxone is great for maintenance drug. Idid try Methadone for a short time and I think Suuboxone does a wonderful...
    ... would not stop suboxone and take them. And I've taken methadone before too but I got more of a high from methadone ... than from lortabs. The methadone just made me want more methadone. The sub... makes...
    ... hey I can handle that. If and when I choose to stop. Methadone made me feel drugged as well. I can honestly say I...

  22. Chefob... 15th January 2004
    ... me and were around 8 bills a pop where im at....the methadone i get comes from my doc writing a script for 10mg...

  23. Hi I'm new 15th January 2004
    ... chef...a 44 year old male opiate addict..on 60mg of methadone daily for opiate addiction/chronic back pain...have ... your doc know/understande addiction...now on 60mg of methadone a day...divorced,lost everything...300,000 home,ect...

  24. suboxone 15th January 2004
    ... differently...my doc writes me a script for 60mg of methadone daily...he is a recovering addict,5 years sober,so...

  25. DCV Checks in..... 14th January 2004
    ... weeks. The doctor was thinking about putting me on methadone , but due to the information I got here, I shot that...
    ... need that sometimes. Are you suggesting that methadone might be an option for me? I have heard the withdrawls ... short term withdrawls of oxy. I don't understand methadone maintenance totally I guess. Does it give you a buzz...
    ... methadone and bupenorphine are the only two drugs that are used ... when you use suboxone/subutex or buprenex or even methadone to quit pill addiction we are only swappin or avoiding ... 150 pills a day..do you think it matters to him if methadone w/d's he heard are longer than perc's?nope...methadone...
    ... But just to explain to DCV, I am pretty sure the methadone gives you no "high", but you are physically dependent...
    ... suppose. I guess I still don't understand the methadone thing. Does methadone give you a buzz?...
    ... methadone will give some folks a slight buzz but if you are ... hydros and oxys then you will not get a buzz from methadone .it never did nothin for me and ive took the liquid...
    ... thats right it is an opiate blocker after you do methadone then you will not feel anything from other opiates...
    ... heroin...it takes a bit but you can "over ride" the methadone and still get a pretty good "buzz" from the heroin ... cause you have to consume more than is required... methadone sits on the receptor and is hard to push off....you ... feel slighly euphoric when you start the methadone but that goes away and im feel normal everyday except...
    ... pain issues, the doctors and everyone else recommends methadone since it's a long acting opiate that will control ... are behind you. I would talk to the doctor about methadone because the likelyhood of you being able to control...

  26. Wish I could find a sub Dr. 13th January 2004
    ... can find a sub doctor, do it. If you have to call a methadone clinic and go every morning, do it. Just try to stay...
    ... like the sub is so wonderfull, I was accepted at the methadone clinic but it is 50 miles away and you have to go...
    ... i get my methadone strait from my doctor..he writes me a script for 42 ... doctor who knows addiction/medicine can prescribe methadone for chronic pain/or addiction... you are aware docs ... patients...and that same doc can write a script for methadone ...i was in the clinic mode back in 1984..it was terrible...

  27. appointment with suboxene dr today 12th January 2004
    ... because I didnt do well with it and was switched back to methadone ....
    ... withdrawals before they take it. If they have been on methadone (which is a longer acting opiate) then I was told...

  28. To Murphy 11th January 2004
    ... had to take them or get sick. I have tried tapering, Methadone and rehab, yep, failed at all. Idid stay clean for...
    ... and he put me on the Suboxone. I still was buying methadone off of the streets to keep me out of withdrawal and...

  29. John 3:16....Its Amanda...Heres my story 9th January 2004
    ... I started snorting them. I then started taking methadone after the oxy...why? I dont know. I took those for ... great for me emotionally...if you have ever taken Methadone , it leaves you not feeling ANY emotions. I didnt...

  30. I'm new too this and I have no clue where to start...HELP 9th January 2004
    ... from a ex-heroin/opiate addict currently on 60mg of methadone daily due to addiction/chronic back disc problems ... disease...i was on maintainance drugs,bupenorphine/now methadone to try to straiten out my thinking....he should go...

  31. Root, Are you lurking and Okay? 9th January 2004
    ... at least you are not getting high. You are not on methadone or any other drug that gets you high so is it not...

  32. Need some help please... 8th January 2004
    ... for 16 years...non sleep from heroin was a month... methadone was month and half,oxys was a month..i guess it all...
    ... for 16 years...non sleep from heroin was a month... methadone was month and half,oxys was a month..i guess it all...

  33. Curious about current quittiing methods 8th January 2004
    ... Back in 1993 I withdrew from a 30mg-40mg a day methadone habit, I had been on methadone for 8 months. I did...
    ... it still wouldnt be enough....i too detoxed off of methadone back in 1984 and swore id never use it again...now...
    ... Anyway, I was expecting to go and be prescribed methadone and everything be fine. Well... NO, he gave me the...
    ... medical community want to put people on the sub or on methadone just to keep money coming in? BTW back when I was ... on methadone it was FREE for me, I got on welfare and so other...
    ... could still talk to the nurse. But I think 40 mgs of methadone is not that high a daily dose -- probably average ... There are reasons that maintenance through sub or methadone is a valid choice for some people. Like I said I...

  34. addiction center tells me no help 4 ambien 7th January 2004
    ... want to get better. I dont even want to take this methadone again but I have no choice, The suboxone was so much...

  35. Suboxone - and Happy New Year 7th January 2004
    ... originally I didn't like! I never wanted to mess with methadone , because I elt that it was too hard to get off. So...
    ... have been available 2 and half years ago. I tried Methadone for about 6 weeks and hated the way it made me feel...
    ... support and help! Oh, one more thing about Sub vs. Methadone - I took Methadone off and on and I could SO easily...

  36. michelle 7th January 2004
    ... waste of time imo.philster posted a taper plan to methadone which is the same as sub so try to find it if you...

  37. Cold Turkey Help with Heroin 6th January 2004
    ... a chronic back problem....im currently on 60 mg of methadone daily...thank god i dont need to hit the clinic.....
    ... and I want to thank you for reminding me. As far as methadone , there is a 3-month waiting list to get into the detox ... are the only doctors authorized in CA to distribute methadone . I can't wait 3-months even though I did have them...
    ... have you looked into trying Suboxone? It's just like methadone except you don't get a high from it. However, it ... is... I think the withdrawals from it are as bad as methadone . But... I plan on being on it for a while so I will...

  38. to chef only (maybe) 5th January 2004
    ... of hydro's...they dont work analegesically with the methadone and the meth is supposed to help my back in these...

  39. Need advice ya'll! 5th January 2004
    ... tolerance higher and higher and I have heard, just like methadone , that many people overdose trying to find the high...

  40. How Did I Get Here??? 5th January 2004
    ... called another doc that a friend of mine goes to for Methadone . I went to him expecting to be put on that but instead ... for 'cause I think I could have gotten addicted to methadone easily since it does give you a euphoric feeling....

  41. Spark, Please Talk To Me! 5th January 2004
    ... sooo hard. Eeryone said they were easier than for methadone and pills. So this is depressing for me and I'm sure...

  42. Still Trying 5th January 2004
    ... recover from that after going through an outpatient methadone detox. I just want to get back what I had during...

  43. Trying to stop hydro 4th January 2004
    ... get some sleep. Assuming you are not addicted to methadone , you are going through the worst of it now. You should...
    ... The worst is over. Although, if you are w/d from methadone , I believe it takes a little longer than loratabs...
    ... own "Mind over Matter"...... As for the METHADONE , thats a different story altogether! And I can't help ... as much history about "HOW and WHY" you are taking METHADONE , and how much . He will help you from that point...

  44. Taper plan not working...need help 3rd January 2004
    ... you and there is no shame in that! Maybe Suboxone or methadone is better. The nice thing about Sub is you probably...

  45. I'm new, kicking hydro 2nd January 2004
    ... opiates for years for back problems...now im on 60mg of methadone daily for addiction/chronic back pain....try to get...

  46. A question for Phil 2nd January 2004
    ... been written on this. Most of what I'm finding is on methadone LAAM treatments and the difficulty addicts face trying...

  47. Phil--taper question 31st December 2003
    ... many have trouble, thus the need for Suboxone for Methadone . You can do it, many have and many have not but I...
    ... want to take, or should I just go straight to Sub or Methadone ? I would not go part way with taper then switch to...

  48. Thank-you 31st December 2003
    ... have no idea what sub is and I have never had to take methadone so I can't say any thing about that any ways I am...

  49. Today I was turned away from the VA Hospital attempting to get on the wagon. 30th December 2003
    ... away with their detox programs out here, at least methadone detox. They now use bupronex and it's only for 3 ... thing for me. I ended up going to a county outpatient methadone program with a 21-day blind detox. It was only $150...

  50. Feel Worse Than Ever 30th December 2003
    ... rock solid with hydro and could probably help with methadone but Sub is an area I haven't gone or read much about ... in regards to tapering. Methadone is such a different animal as its half life is so ... Sub (buprenorphine) is 20-60 hrs. Very similar to methadone , which means you have to go extra slow. OK I found ... this schedule for a person tapering off 80 mg of methadone . I know it’s not Sub but it has a similar half life...

  51. Giving Up On Trazodone !!!! 30th December 2003
    ... hospital) they gave me 3 times day something called a Methadone Cocktail with some other stuff added to it that the ... with a script for 5 day wean-down to come off the methadone , and I had no physical problems....But as you said...

  52. methadone withdrawal 29th December 2003
    ... oxy/whatever i could get...currently im on 60mg of methadone daily even though i swore i would not use that particullar ... detox to keep his license...anyways he told me that methadone being a long acting opiate with a half life of up...
    ... least 2 months before you reach pre-addiction status. Methadone is a long hard ride. I have been there, more than...
    ... and Body hit it on the nose, it's the half life of Methadone that is the killer. 72 or more hours verses 3.5 to ... 4 hrs for most opiates. Methadone taper has to be so slow and most people who do go...
    ... :) Methadone to me, is by far the hardest of the opiates to kick ... of years of about 1 gram a day and after a 28 day methadone detox program, it only took me about two months before...

  53. Methadone or Suboxone? 29th December 2003
    ... methadone is used to treat addiction. a drug history will get ... in your life. this is a good first look at what a methadone program is comprised of....
    ... I would think that the sub. is way better than the methadone !! The methadone is 10 times harder to get off of than...
    ... on what ive read on you DCV please DO NOT begin a methadone maintenance treatment [MMT] program. you are practically ... clean compared to the majority of those in methadone programs. you would be increasing your dependance ... addiction being what is recommended for getting into methadone treatment. chef is preaching the gospel on opiates...
    ... do research on your own so you have the facts about methadone so then you can talk more with a doctor, but also...

  54. got to say something 29th December 2003
    ... Michelle, I m pretty sure she is talking about sub, or methadone etc... - but I may be wrong. Hope you are doing well...
    ... whatever you consider helpful (outside using Sub or Methadone ) you will still feel the pain of withdrawal; and that...
    ... take to get themselves clean- being with using sub, methadone , cold-turkey with aids from other medications is their...
    ... you saying that someone using Suboxone/Subutex and Methadone are wrong for not just stopping drugs without any...

  55. What exactly does Sub do for chronic pain? 28th December 2003
    ... one. It is addicting but not nearly as addicting as methadone . Your use of suboxone will be monitored but you won...
    ... stay off of pills and failed. I have done tapering, Methadone , and detox and rehab, yep, failed at all. But Suboxone...
    ... before she could start the suboxone, because she had methadone in her system for detoxing. But luckily, we had a...

  56. Am I cheating with Suboxone?? 27th December 2003
    ... long as you’re taking something whether its Sub or methadone you are still not sober. My thinking is you are implementin...

  57. DDianna 27th December 2003
    ... addict has chronic pain, I believe they advise using Methadone or a different type of non-narcotic pain relief. ...

  58. chef says happy holidays to recovering opie addicts 27th December 2003
    ... have no plans to anytime soon at all) but can I take Methadone for about 2 weeks (probably 20mgs day) to help with...
    ... any other opiate....they are all opiates...hydro,oxy, methadone ,demerol,dilaudid,heroin,codeine,bupenorphine,darvo ... have to go real slow off of long acting opiates...so methadone ,real/real slow...then discomfort,so clonidine and ... for an addict and then discomfort and then?...using methadone to help with w/d's off of bupenorphine will only prolong...

  59. Another rambling thought that may help those: 26th December 2003
    ... method to getting of drugs (CT or taper or Suboxone or Methadone ) there were a few thing I used outside of medical...

  60. Going Cold Turkey Tomorrow Need Adice 26th December 2003
    ... most comfortable detox I've had was a 21 day, blind methadone detox for opiates. Where I live it costs $155.00 ... would only do it as a last resort. From experience, methadone is the most comfortable route to go, although as with...
    ... clinics use benzo’s, others use Ultram, others use methadone , while others may use Suboxone or vitamins. Greg, ... Again just my opinion but whether you use a benzo or methadone or suboxone it’s all the same and if this is a short...

  61. I'm back (and failed miserably) 22nd December 2003
    ... truly an addict and has chronic pain, they recommend Methadone but I could be wrong about that. Suboxone is an opiate...

  62. im an addict 21st December 2003
    ... into inpatient detox due to a PM doctor putting me on Methadone for pain. I had a reaction where my tongue swelled...

  63. most painless and effective methods for withdrawls 21st December 2003
    ... months. I tried tapering, cold turkey, rehab, and Methadone and failed all! Suboxone has changed my life. You...

  64. Has anyone actually recovered...? 21st December 2003
    ... opiates in my teen years and quickly progressed to methadone . I was on the program for 5 years. In spite of having ... Thirty years now have passed since I got off the methadone . I have done fairly well in my life in spite of the...

  65. Abusing suboxone? 20th December 2003
    ... you WILL get through this. I wish you could go to a methadone clinic for just about 8 days and take a low dosage...

  66. still still worried re heroin addicts 19th December 2003
    ... Has she been to an inpatient facility? Has she tried methadone or buprenorphine maintenance programs? I am an opiate...

  67. Suboxone Taper 19th December 2003
    ... to use maintence therapy you might as well go with methadone as it is much cheaper and easier to get.this is all...
    ... suboxone will be at least as long, if not longer than methadone . With me, the taper down from 16mg to 8mg was very ... pep pills (early name for amphetamines), heroin, methadone , ultram, ambien, valium and I'm sure a bunch of others...
    ... a little runny nose and that's it... Nothing like Methadone ". Can you guys believe that crap? Anyway, he's out ... and waiting a day or two and then taking 20 mgs of Methadone for about a week. Would that be dangerous? I've...
    ... suboxone will be at least as long, if not longer than methadone . With me, the taper down from 16mg to 8mg was very ... pep pills (early name for amphetamines), heroin, methadone , ultram, ambien, valium and I'm sure a bunch of others...
    ... a little runny nose and that's it... Nothing like Methadone ". Can you guys believe that crap? Anyway, he's out ... and waiting a day or two and then taking 20 mgs of Methadone for about a week. Would that be dangerous? I've...
    ... subxone and have had to go back to sub for life or methadone or back to the oxys and hydros.my dr said that since...
    ... when I was in pain, I absolutely refused to get on methadone (also used for pain) because i learned how horrible ... it was to get off of methadone . this was not what I heard about suboxone thought...
    ... with the flow, it will be ok. I have tapered off of Methadone and made it. They say this is not near as bad. I am ... when it comes to withdrawl so if I can do it off of Methadone , I faith you guys can do from Suboxone. Keep your...
    ... always failed. October of 2002 I tried the methadone program and immediately knew it wasn't for me. I ... went into in-patient detox. That was worse than the methadone withdrawal. The drugs they give you in there are...

  68. My Dad is addicted to.... 16th December 2003
    ... are in chronic pain, would you/could you consider methadone in place of morphone?...

  69. To Michelle 16th December 2003
    ... with this. oh yeah, my husband is a oxy addict on methadone now. he is doing better. sure is a lot cheaper than...

  70. boyfriends Lortab addiction 14th December 2003
    ... and friends for almost 2.5 years. today, he is on a methadone maintenance program preparing to taper down off that...

  71. Im in suboxone hell!!! Help Chef....Anybody 13th December 2003
    ... .. how did you stop those? Did you just start on Methadone immediately after the bup got out of your system? ... Please let us know... I can get some Methadone to take for a week or so if I get off of Sub but I...

  72. Please help - I'm scared! 11th December 2003
    ... divorce I couldn't afford it anymore so my GP put me on methadone and told me to "take it as needed" - What a thing ... doing a very good job. I was about a month into the Methadone and started getting the chills, not knowing where ... headache so I used the Stadol. I guess when using methadone , it builds up in your system and doesn't leave as ... efficiently as other opiates, I was using 140 mg of methadone a day. New Years morning I woke up normal and then ... living. We think the stadol was an antagonist to the methadone which put me into instant withdrawls & then some ... ! So then I detox from methadone - 6 months totally clean. I even made it through...
    ... stay clean. Have you thought about going back on the methadone and methadone alone? That is for addiction AND pain ... meth with the other medicine, you could only take methadone and nothing else. I believe you would be safer and...
    ... the time comes. I don't think I would ever do the methadone route again - I know that it was most likely an interaction...
    ... unconsciously. I think Banker's suggestion makes sense. methadone is being given more & more for pain and a maintenance ... medication right now or will, so maybe if you go back to methadone and be careful what you mix it with, that might be...

  73. Suboxone fears 11th December 2003
    ... told by docs that it's easier to get off of it than methadone and other opiates if weaned properly. But from...
    ... pills (except Xanax) - NONE! Now, when I got some methadone one time, I was able to control those but only because...

  74. Methadone Detox...Mystery Pill causes extreme reaction???? 11th December 2003
    ... success convincing the hospital that he needs the methadone ? I bet they are being especially difficult because...
    ... if this will help any but back in January I was on Methadone and used another analgesisc called "stadol". Within ... remember a thing. Whaat I think happened is that the Methadone builds up in your system - I'm not exactly how much...
    ... did the medication have a bad interaction with the methadone , it put him in immediate opiate withdrawl. Combined ... counseling, NO XANAX or other drugs, and to slow down his methadone detox if he feels too poorly. That's one thing I...
    ... BetaChiAngel, heroin addict. methadone program. is the clinic controlling his withdrawal...

  75. Withdrawls from Suboxone Vs Hydrocodone 9th December 2003
    ... Chef, Which is worse? Methadone or Sub. withdrawl? I was on Meth. for about 6 weeks...
    ... to "treat" suboxone w/d? other than tapering (like methadone ). I ALWAYS stayed away fom methadone because it ... . i heard suboxone was not that way, easier than methadone and other opiates. Maybe the manufacturere just said...

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