- mscontin...can you help?? 18th July 2003
... but releases it over the hours by time release.
Methadone is a true long acting medications but it's analgesic...
... day -short version- After too many re-hab's,I got on methadone [img]http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/hammer.gif[/img ... span is 3 seconds!!
If anything, please do not try methadone 1st. But them MScontin's are DEADLY. I don't know...
... Just like methadone you are still trading one drug for another, thats...
- a lil apprehensive 18th July 2003
... approved for DR. offices after 8 hours of training) and methadone maintenance. Both of these are an answer to someone...
- Xanax + Oxy 17th July 2003
... day, next day eating 4 40 mg of oxy......am now on methadone after a 3.5 year of buprenex(buphenorphine intermuscular...
... cravings do go away when you are on an effective dose of methadone .
This is a chronic relapsing disease that dose not ... taper for many.
The answer lies in maintenance with methadone or buprenorphine. The current feeling is that buprenorphin ... whistles. If it is not holding you then a transfer to methadone may be in order.
[url="http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes ... buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/bwns_locator/dr_search.htm[/url]
Methadone :
[url="http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/facilitylocatordoc...
- Big-time Relapse 17th July 2003
... Life was PERFECT. Then one night we did too much methadone and xanax. I woke up in the hospital and they told...
... I hope you take the time to look at methadone and/or buprenorphine (Suboxone/Subutex) maintenance ... just a few days away from relief right now.
When methadone was discovered as a maintenance medication it was ... opiates. This failed and thay had agreed on using methadone to detox them but one of them siad why don't we try ... to maintan them on Methadone for a while to see what happens. Two days later,...
... needle...was addicted for about a year and went on methadone for 7 months and wanted off it cause there were more ... is a recovering addict also and put me back on the methadone ...which i never thought id do again....for my chronic...
- Am I dancing with the DEVIL? 16th July 2003
... is an opiate; its chemical structure is related to methadone .
It was tough withdrawing from darvocets; and I ultimately...
- starting over,again... 16th July 2003
... information on where to find help with Buprenorphine or Methadone Maintenance or taper. ...
- I am new - Hello 15th July 2003
... uprenorphine in the form of suboxone and subutex as well as methadone . I have done a great deal of research ans try to keep...
- she just wont stop...how can i help her? 12th July 2003
... iscoveries for other drugs may be just around the corner.
Methadone maintenance and taper and buprenorphoine maintenance...
- Saint I Ain't!!!!! 12th July 2003
... down deep...i cant do it just yet cause im on the methadone with my chronic pain in my back too.....but you paid...
- Klonopin/Ativan 12th July 2003
... Jason - Yes I am on Klonopin, I went on Klonopin and Methadone in 1998 and my doctor just kept filling the scripts...
- No Progress 11th July 2003
... assisted treatments (MAT) for opiate use disorder.
Methadone maintenance/taper and Buprenorphine Maintenance/taper ...
the nearest Methadone clinics can be found at:
[url="http://findtreatment...
- Suboxone helped me with Opiate Addiction! 11th July 2003
... heavy opiates...after a 19 year addiction, im back on methadone ...my new doc was addicted to the strongest opiate ... buprenex is also an opiate that follows the same route as methadone except methadone has a longer duration which i need...
- can anyone offer advice on subutex for vicoprofen addiction? 11th July 2003
... first glance, I got the impression this was simply a methadone -type drug that you could get a prescription for as ... easier to taper off the drug gradually (as opposed to Methadone ) and eventually stop or continue on a low-dose maintenance...
... to consider maintenance. The relapse ratio from a methadone taper is around 75 to 90 percent so many risk relapse ...
Some who try buprenorphine may need to switch to methadone because it does not have the antagonist effect the ... If it does not work for you... try a transfer to methadone after a proper wait from your last dose of buprenorphine...
- Hi all!!! 11th July 2003
... stole money, and pilfered thru our office and stole my methadone .....took two days for doc to hook me up....gotta go...
- I'm Baaaack!!!! 9th July 2003
... I was around that many people since I dropped the methadone .
I tell you what, it must have really stress'd my...
- MTV--Hooked on Oxy 9th July 2003
... week (where you get your meds every morning, like methadone ) doctors are allowed to write a week's prescription...
... treatment now (since 2000), but it seems too much like methadone , even if it is much less potent. I want to be FREE...
- I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!! 9th July 2003
... WELL, HELLO ALL
MY DOCTER RAISED MY METHADONE U TO 100 MG.THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS...
... became addicted to them, thus eventually the need for methadone . You might want to try to the [url="http://www.methadone ... .org"]www. methadone .org[/url] for lots of good intelligent info on methadone ... check it out. There is a lot of misconceptions about methadone on this board. I'm sorry, but there is. cjari...
... for you Billie I am not experienced in this area of methadone for detox but I am with the taper thing I am doing...
- What has this board become? 9th July 2003
... ABOUT,I'M NOT FIMILARY WITH YOUR SITUATION BUT I AM ON METHADONE AND RECOVERING FROM USING HEROIN FOR APPROX. 14 YEARS...
- how to dump a sponsor? 7th July 2003
... to use the medication assisted treatment MAT (like methadone , Buprenorphine, Naltrexone (for alcohol) route.
...
- Help With Quitting Hydrocodone 4th July 2003
... own with no success, and eventually had to get to methadone to get off of it. Some people think it is replacing ... I know lots of people have many misconceptions of methadone , but I would still be craving the hydro-codone and ... the oxycontins that I was also put on, if not for methadone . It allowed me to get on with my life without having...
... Methadone is being prescribed for more and more pain patients...
... Varnua, I don't understand what you mean by taking methadone different times of the day. I don't want to go to...
- wellbutrin/effexor knowledge..i need to know 3rd July 2003
... it affected you...thanks,also remeber im on 40mg of methadone for two diseases...addiction and chronic disc problomos...
- My friend died Sunday from overdose 1st July 2003
... March 17 also. Her name was Stacey. We ate too much Methadone and Xanax at night and I woke up in the hospital ...
- chefob1...... 1st July 2003
... was heroin and i was stupid....a year later i was on methadone ...6 mos later i wanted out...detox was horrid...swore ... am after all these nightmare years...i am back on methadone 40 mg. a day..i do have a back problem with pain....
- Is this true??? 1st July 2003
... became hooked after 6 mos.....i was stupid,then went on methadone and after terrible w/d's i said id never do that ... addict and is helping me out...put me back on the methadone 40mg a day and i aint touchin nothin else and following...
- meth vs sex 28th June 2003
... if you'd like
if you have problems
i've been on methadone for 4 yrs just about
saddies...
- how large a habit warrants suboxone? 27th June 2003
... gif[/img], AND MY THINKING WAS CLEARER.
I TOOK THE METHADONE ROUTE 1ST, I STONGLY SUGGEST PASSING THAT, VERY STRONGLY ... PROGRAM" NOT A CURE ALL, BUT IF IT HAS HELPED ME WHERE METHADONE KEPT ME STUCK, AND EXTREMLY DEPRESSED. I THINK MORE...
- suboxone 27th June 2003
... expect the worst...hope for the best...im back on methadone , low dose, im afraid because of my previous experience...
- cold turkey vs drug help need oppinions 25th June 2003
... have posted the got off heroin only to be addicted to methadone for years or forever. He mentioned tranquilizers...
- PAIN IN THE BRAIN 24th June 2003
... LOVE THE STUFF,
AFTER PUMPIN' SO MUCH OF ALL THAT METHADONE S%^+ IN MY BODY. I STILL GOT A TOUCH OF LEG CRAMPS...
... times off buprenex...its the same as trying to kick methadone ....lortabs..heroin...the duration is just as long ... for methadone as it is for buprenex because they are long acting...
- another question about oxycontin 23rd June 2003
... the synthetics turn to morpho in your body...im on methadone again...swore id never go back on it....to reclaim ... doc promises me i'll have limited w/ds even on done methadone ...they did it wrong for me back in 1984....told me...
... bad getting off of vikes....dont ever inquire about methadone ...under conroled circumstances it helps certain individuals...
... 3 MONTH DETOX OFF IT(YES, I READ ON A POST A BOUT METHADONE BEING THE MOST POTENT, IT'S PURE,(LIKE OXY'S AND MORPHINE...
- NEW - Rapid Detox for Opiate Painkillers 23rd June 2003
... back surgeries,” he says.
Bill's doctor prescribed methadone to relieve his chronic pain. Within months, he was ... addicted. “I voluntarily tried to take myself off the methadone , and I became deathly ill.”
To help him, anesthesiologis ... addicted to opiate painkillers like OxyContin, Vicodin, methadone , Percocet, Lortab and Demerol, to name a few.
This...
- For Risky and all posters 23rd June 2003
... get thru a 15 work day as a chef....heroin.went on methadone and got off...bad getting off the methadone so inever ... 4 years....couldnt do it...back on a small dose of methadone ...never thought i would again...but my doc is great...
- THIS IS DAY 4 WITHOUT VICS 22nd June 2003
... half the strength of the vikes and same category as methadone ....advice would be dont use nothin and by the end...
... heroin cause it was cheaper than buying pills..... methadone to buprenex....rehab to cold turkey....i feel like...
... there.the only other drug that rehabs may offer is methadone and you are 100% right....one drug subbed for the ... other...i was on methadone in 1984 to get off heroin...it was a nightmare to ... get off methadone , for me. while i was there other patients were taking...
... prefer not to. It is similar in chemical structure to methadone but of course very weak version, but they do use it...
- I'm scared...my last day of meds 22nd June 2003
... ive been trying to kick for years and have been on methadone to buprenex to rehab to hell and back.....im a hard...
- do you really understand pain meds/consequences 22nd June 2003
... street..it started with me in 1984.its 2003.been on methadone twice and buprenex for years.it has cost me thousands ... cuase youve gone to three drs. in one day...then did methadone and buprenex to get off the pain meds...spent alot...
... that was takin 150 percs a pop....incredible...took methadone in 1984 and swore id never go back or thru w/ds again...
- What's with you HAVE to taper or else? 21st June 2003
... meds AND you are still detoxing. Last time I did methadone treatment and I was so sick that I ruined Easter so...
... drive to outpatient detox. I've also been told that " methadone " is one of the most difficult and lengthy detoxes...
- Need To Stop...Seriously! 20th June 2003
... can't tell you what to do. I ended up going to a methadone clinic and there is good and bad in everything. It...
... helped my current partner through this. She is off Methadone and has just got off Subutex. She is down to 10mg...
- Need some advice 20th June 2003
... pain meds?Do you have withdrawls?read my buprenex vs methadone vs withdrawals and reply....
- Lortab dissociation rate in body 19th June 2003
... is something like 3.5 hrs so you can do the math
Methadone half life is MUCH longer so this may be 30 some days...
... is something like 3.5 hrs so you can do the math
Methadone half life is MUCH longer so this may be 30 some days...
- The suboxone switch 19th June 2003
... SUBOXONE AND ALL I CAN SAY IS...UNREAL!
AFTER BEING ON METHADONE FOR 4+ YRS, I FINALLY WALK OFF AT A THE STARTING DOSE...
- has anyone taken histussin hc? 18th June 2003
... DEFINITLY TRY IT BEFORE YOU EVER THINK OF GETTING ON METHADONE !! [img]http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/nono.gif...
... JUST TO STAY "NORMAL". I AM ON SUBOXONE AND WAS ON METHADONE FOR 4+ YRS. [img]http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/eek...
... JUST TO STAY "NORMAL". I AM ON SUBOXONE AND WAS ON METHADONE FOR 4+ YRS. [img]http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/eek...
- migraines and addiction 14th June 2003
... suppliment the imitrix when in pain. Now my dr. has me on methadone full time. I look at it as I am not addicted I am ... my life. I choose to live my days pain free. The methadone alows this. You do what you have to to make it through...
- ONE DOWN, NOW WHAT? 13th June 2003
... img]
NOW MY 2ND PROBLEM IS : NOW THAT I AM OFF THE METHADONE , FEEL SOOOOO MUCH BETTER, WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THE BENZO...
... BEEN A GOOD 4 YRS OR MORE SINCE I TOOK ONE. I WAS ON METHADONE .
THANKS FOR THE REPLY, BUT WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO...
- VENTING 13th June 2003
... FOR ME!! I REALLY DO NOT GO OUT MUCH, JUST KICKED METHADONE , AND GET SOOOOO BOARD. I'VE LEARNED ALLOT IN 2 DAYS...
- Just started Suboxone Today! 12th June 2003
... pill. What bothers me about Suboxone is that, like methadone , it is a maintenance drug...and so what you are really...
... Suboxone is the wave of the future. I see no need for methadone clinics with this pill. It can't be abused, you can ... you in withdrawal so why would anybody want to be on methadone , except for the buzz? It is expensive though. I...
... IT IS WONDERFUL, BUT NOT A WAY TO DETOX(MAYBE FROM METHADONE ?) BUT EVEY POST I'VE READ OF HER'S SEEM FROM THE ...
- Buprenorphine? good-bad? 11th June 2003
... A REGIMIN OF SUBUTEX/SUBOXONE.
PRIOR I HAD BEEN ON METHADONE OVER 4 YRS(SHUDDER), AND PRIOR TO THAT SAME OLD, SAME ... SEALING MY FATE.
I CAN NOW SAY I'VE BEEN FREE OF METHADONE FOR 1 1/2 MONTHS!! EVEN BETTER I HAVE MUCH MORE SELF...
... off by saying CONGRATULATIONS on being free of the methadone . I too went the methadone route twice. The withdrawal...
... DAY+ OTHER'S.
I JUST HAVE BECOME VERY BITTER TO THE METHADONE CLINICS
AND I WOULD POINT POEPLE THIS WAY 1ST(SUBOXONE...
... No side effects. I don't care what anybody says, Methadone gives you a good buzz then you are so drowsy you can ... up. I always felt like such a junkie going to the methadone clinic. As far as being on the Suboxone forever. ... things don't bother me. Hang in there. Coming off of Methadone and using the Suboxone is totally different than what ... million times better than a life of heroin, pills or methadone .
Stacy...
... I had to have something for the pain and joined a methadone clinic. Been on it 4 years now, and want to detox ... scared of all the horror stories of withdrwal from methadone . The Suboxone sounds to be the best route for me right...
... gif[/img]
I NO LONGER FEEL THE TETHER THAT THE DAMN METHADONE CAUSED, AND IT DOES GET YOU HIGH AND VERY LETHARGIC...
- Buprenorphine or detox? Need advice.... 10th June 2003
... and didn't take buprenorphine for maintenance (like methadone ). . . but helped them detox and maintain some sort...
... opinion is that it is a maintenance drug, just like Methadone , but much better! No side effects, accept bad constipation ... very long time. Don't get me wrong. It's not like Methadone . I have been on Methadone too. I always felt like ... a junkie going to the methadone clinic. You have to go everyday and you can never ... because you have to have your dose everyday. And methadone does make you high, it did me anyway, Suboxone does...
... WHERE YOU ARE, ALONE.
ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS I WAS ON METHADONE (SHUDDER).
I HAD BEEN ANXIOUXLY AWAITING THE RELEASE ... AVOCATE OF SUBOXONE. I DON NOT FEEL ANY DIFFERT ABOUT METHADONE AS HOW STACY PUT IT, MY SELF ESTEEM HAS RISEN!!
I...
... offices and without the bells, whistles and hoops of the methadone clinic. It may be wise to search for a doctor who...
... buprenorphine is far easier.
The relapse ratio after a methadone taper is 75% to 80% withing 18 months. The feds have ... put a limnit on those who go to a methadone clinic for a taper. Only 2 tapers per person per...
- HELP !!! MY BF IS ADDICTED TO HEROIN, COCAINE 9th June 2003
... QUIT. I SUGGEST YOU LOOK INTO THE SUBOXONE. I WAS ON METHADONE AND HE WILL REMAIN A SHELL IF HE GETS ON THAT!
THERE...
... ive been addicted to pain meds for years...i was on methadone to get off the heroin the first time in 1984...it...
- suboxone use in methadone withdrawal 4th June 2003
... taking the Vicodens because I was trying to get off of Methadone about 6 years ago. AFter a month, I just couldn't...
- Opiate Addiction Question 3rd June 2003
... an acquaintance and learned that he had access to Methadone . I purchased some, counted my remaining percocets ... my journey.
Sunday morning, I woke and a ate some Methadone , and a 5mg percocet. Since, my average intake has ... been 15 mg methadone per day, and 10mg oxycodan (two percocets). I'm on ... good physically, and spiritually. Now, I'm out of methadone , and have two percocets left.
Later tonight, someone ... horrible I'm going to feel tomorrow when I've run out of methadone , and don't have any percocets left. I know the hydrocodone...
... Be VERY careful taking methadone and any other opiate at the same time. Methadone ... opiates like OC. You can overdose real easy when mixing methadone with any other type opiate. Congrats on trying to...
... m only taking a two hydrocodone, since I've taking methadone as a replacement?
Thanks for your kind words, prayer...
... the advice.
I'm pretty sure that 15mg per day of methadone is a rather small dose, but I'm certainly no expert...
... know people who have shot up over 100MG of liquid methadone at once, and we have both made it through detox. As...
... evaluate what you'll be withdrawing from and when.
Methadone , no matter how weak, has a very long half life, stays ... over with by now. And they might be worse as most methadone users will tell you.
So -- try not to mix up one...
... evaluate what you'll be withdrawing from and when.
Methadone , no matter how weak, has a very long half life, stays ... over with by now. And they might be worse as most methadone users will tell you.
So -- try not to mix up one...
- Yup, another script... 2nd June 2003
... to get my brother to quit, he has been going to the methadone clinic for about 5 months (100MG/day), but still scores...
- Weaning off the patch 2nd June 2003
... became sick.'
I was told to expect that, being I took methadone for so long.
You can now go to a doctors office! It...
- Didn't Make It Thru Suboxone W/D..HELP!!! 30th May 2003
... they said that this was much easier to get off than methadone ; I'm not finding this to be so.
If I had to do it...
- Hardcore user, Stomach pains 28th May 2003
... Very comfortable place that doesn't LIKE to use methadone but as a last option. They started me out on Catapres...
- Risky and Our Freaky Dealers 28th May 2003
... was. I thought I was better than him. He was in a Methadone clinic and I wasn't. I shower and look my age--he...
- Methadone Question 28th May 2003
... DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT go the methadone route. I did that twice. It is 100 times more addictive ... other drug on the face of the earth (just my opinion). Methadone is the reason I became addiction to pain meds. The ... never met anybody that successfully withdrew from methadone , including myself. I am not trying to be negative...
... Thank You both for your input. I have heard methadone is just bought time, and it is worse than anything...
- Any Advice?... 24th May 2003
... my attention. Darvocett is structarlly silmilar to methadone excwept lot milder. If possible rest will help till...
- re:Autumn Angel 20th May 2003
... area. He put me on PT ,trigger piont injections and methadone and OxyIR. With all of that I have had most of my...
- Detox advice 18th May 2003
... help me, it is related chemically(but much weaker)to methadone . I does help physically. Mentally if he has the...
... Greg,
Some say methadone was a godsend for them, others..well, ya know. The...
- I AM GOING INSANE 15th May 2003
... and longer acting drug that hydrocodone. Perhaps methadone would be wise in your situation? There are many knowledgab...
- WD's are coming.... 14th May 2003
... themselves do treat detox with other drugs for example Methadone is widely used for detoxing and thats alot stronger...
- opiate withdrawal-depression and Ultram 13th May 2003
... a day. I tried tapering with my internalist using methadone for 3 months, did not work!! About 1 year ago this...
- Darvocet for W/D...like Methadone?!?!?!?!?! 13th May 2003
... moderate chronic pain.
They are structurally similar to methadone ... but very very weak in comparison -- so being addicted ... to darvocet doesn't come close to being addicted to methadone (which is very hard to get off of) if that's what...
... I was given Methadone from an ex heroine addict. And I found myself rather...
- Please Don't Laugh-- 7th May 2003
... still around , i too am addicted to pepsi, i also am a methadone patient, i have gained a good 150 pounds within the ... past 1 1/2 , and i don't know if it is the methadone or the pepesi that causes this severe weight problem...
- Pain and Addiction : 3rd May 2003
... got in a wonderful pain center and was put on 2-10mg Methadone a day and was just increased to 3 a day just a month...
- help question on methadone, heroin & vicadon 1st May 2003
... Zkim . . . sorry, but I know nothing about methadone and what it does to one taking it.
Did just want...
... get better. i am no doctor but have had considerable methadone involvment. it really sounds like your wife needs ... when relaxing. but in know way should it be painful. methadone is a life saver if the right dose is administered...
... Hope this helps. Usually the methadone clinic tries to "match" the dosage to an estimated...
- Heroin addict that needs advice/help. 27th April 2003
... withdrawl and blocks the cravings.... it's kind of like methadone but it's not addicting and the program is for about...
... tolerance and addiction. If you don't want to try methadone , try snorting or smoking your heroin. You won't get ... same. The idea hear is the same as substituting with methadone - your high is more gradual and manageable, giving...
... drugs. My friend (used to be partner) just went to a methadone clinic and was in there for 3 days and is clean now ... . It was a different type of methadone treatment than the ones i've heard about, they started...
- Jabber!! 24th April 2003
... as insurance won't pay for surgery, had to detox on methadone been clean on Narcs since Feb 02,now if I can only...
- Methadone for pain,,,any thoughts ??? 24th April 2003
... really would hate for you to have to take more and more methadone .
#1Texan...
... chronic pain is addictive; not fair! I don't know if Methadone is more addictive than anything else, and often it...
... admitted it.
The last 10 years of her life she was methadone therapy and she told me that it's main purpose as ... pain. I hope things work out.
From what I understood methadone did help her control her addiction. But she was addicted...
... much out of my mind, the pain was so bad.
The Methadone has helped me big time and it has also helped me to ... Your reply is much appreciated. I always understood Methadone to be a drug that was used just for helping addicts ... more drugs. I just found out about 9 months ago that Methadone was also prescribed for chronic pain. I was having ... to get thru life one day at a time. Now with the Methadone , all I take is 3 a day and I'm not harming my liver...
- books on addiction/recovery 23rd April 2003
... street narcotic (isbn-0877547696)*****
by ann keene
- methadone (isbn-0823922863)****
by carolyn simpson
-heroin ...
- methadone detoxing 21st April 2003
... ive been on methadone maintence for two and half months and i was told that ... i just want to be sober from all drugs including methadone . will i still have cravings for heroin when im off ... the methadone ? as of now i dont have any cravings at all and i dont ... any thing to do with heroin but thats probably the methadone . will that stop when im off the methadone? i really ... talk to about it, so please if you no anything about methadone let me no your info and opinions. thank you jason...
... Hello. I was on methadone twice and have known many, many people on methadone ... I don't care what anybody says, detoxing off of methadone is the worst thing in the world! I don't believe ... there is such thing is "detoxing" off methadone ! I have never met anybody that was able to do it ... . Methadone is more additive than heroin. I became a prescription ... pain killer addict after "detoxing" off methadone and 6 months later I was still too sick to take care ... anybody. Alot of the people that I know that tried methadone went back to heroin to detox off the methadone! I ... t get "high" off of it, LIE! I was higher on the methadone than I was on heroin. I am sorry! I got off the ... bad. I just talked to a friend of mine that is on methadone and he hates it! He hates that he has to run his...
... Hi - It's a little hard to remember when I got off methadone 24 years ago, but I know that my ex and I had stockpiled...
... im doing really good too, but its probably just the methadone thats making me feel this way. i wish i would have ... live without it. i feel normal now, if i get off the methadone how will i feel? if anyone can answer that let me...
... this weekend will be my third month on methadone and i want to get off of it as soon as possible, i ... feeling like ****? if anyone has any info at all on methadone detoxing let me know cause i need help, i hate living...
- methadone detoxing 21st April 2003
... Jason-
I was on Methadone maintenance for a year and half. I maxed out at 95 ... anymore (65 mg.) My daughter was born addicted to methadone and spent 2 weeks in the nursery while they got her ... March until July 4 is when I took my last dose of methadone I believe I was at 12 mg a day. By then I was already ... getting through the withdrawals, I have to say that methadone withdrawal is pretty bad. However, I dont think ... behind you 110% - there are so many people that stay on methadone for years and years and never even try to get off...
... hope it isnt that bad, i just want to off of this methadone . but if i start to feel sick then im going to stay ... ever went through in my life. and people say that methadone withdraw is worst, i just dont want to have to put ... up with that sickness again, thats why i got on the methadone in the first place. well if you want to write back...
... I once worked in a methadone treatment program. Opiate addiction is ugly, hard ... to break and causes tons of pain and grief. I saw methadone do wonderful things for folks, but stopped working ... there because I didn't like seeing what getting off of methadone did. I do believe that in many ways it is better...
- Examples!! 21st April 2003
... This is exactly why I was asking about methadone maintenance as it seemed like substituting one addiction ... for another. Or am I wrong about methadone ? Does it keep the physical withdrawals at bay while ... not producing the high or does the methadone user still get a high?...
- 21 year old recovering heroin addict 20th April 2003
... really good about my self and my recovery. i've been on methadone for about 2 and half months now. i started to take ... better too, and i actully have goals for the future. methadone maintence is the greatest gift for a heroin addict...
- methadone 16th April 2003
... Hey,
I was addicted to methadone for a while...it was used to help me come off heroin...
... There is nothing in this world worse than Methadone ! I was addicted to heroin 6 years ago and tried the ... Methadone thing! Because the withdrawal lasts for so long I ... say that I have never spoken to anyone who thought Methadone was a good choice. Its easier to withdraw off of ... heroin than methadone . My doctor told me it would take 6 months to get...
... Thanks Stacy, I have ben on Methadone for 2 years and for the cost I want to come off...
... ive been on methadone for 2 and half months and i am trying to get off of ... was switch addictions and it is harder to get off of methadone than heroin. i hate being on the methadone, it helped ... can move on with my life without any drugs at all. methadone is $90 a week here and my moms been paying for it ... before i quit heroin. as of now i owe about $1400. methadone is only good for detox. you just have to go to na ... take your recovery serious or you'll never do it. methadone helped me get my life back but i wish i wouldnt have ... saying is try other options first before you go to methadone because it is a long process. thank you Jason...
... Hi - I was on methadone for about 2 years 25 years ago. At the time I was...
... I was on methadone for over 2 years. I started out on hydro 30mg day ... My Dr cut me off cold turkey, ended up going to methadone clinic to ease the w/d. At $12.00 a day to dose was ... Upon seeing a pain specialist, he took me off of the methadone , and put me on 200 mg of morphine per day. I had ... tried to quit taking methadone several times cold turkey. The w/d are too much to ... bare.
Methadone is way harder to detox off of than any other drug...
