- Switched to Opana 18th February 2008
... years since I've written. My PM just switched me from Methadone (180 mg) to Opana. I'm concerned that I need a higher...
... just wasn't working. At that point I was switched to Methadone which I had taken for several years but discontinued ... about 9 months ago. I'm happy to be back on the Methadone . For my money Opana wasn't worth much at all - I...
... morphine dose would range from at least 2x to 3x the methadone dose as a starting dose. That would be 360mg morphine...
... orally.
Anyway, the web site recommends that for methadone , oxycodone and hydrocodone, the conversion ratio is ... sample calculation, you would multiply your total daily methadone dose of 180mg x .5 equalling 90mg total daily Opana ... pain is actually somewhat worse than it was on the methadone and you wish a dose increase (maybe like what I noted...
- Question about Pain Management Doctors 17th February 2008
... this dosage. The hospital was giving me my 40 mg. of methadone 3x per day, AND 80 mg. of oxycodone (yes, plain, short...
- Do Not Take Tramadol!!! 16th February 2008
... tramadol in similar manner to the way I think about methadone . I do not believe doctors understand either medication...
... When I was on methadone and was hospitalized, I stopped tramadol altogether...
- mc contin/methadon 16th February 2008
... i use 60 mg methadone but I must go every day to a post to get my 60 mg ... methadone from 10.15 hour til 10.30 hour! If you arrive 2 minutes ... to control this medication. My doctor will give me methadone once a week but the pharmacy won't. I can get Ms ... How much do i need of ms contin if i dont take methadone !!! i feel good with 4 times 60mg ms contin but i ... know its to much. Can you tell me how much 60mg methadone compares to ms contin?????? Please let me know soon...
... asking how much MSContin is equivalent to 60mg of Methadone . Is that right? If so, you can find pain medication...
- Narcotics and Hormone Levels 15th February 2008
... the last 4 years depending on which med I'm using. Methadone was a major labido killer which is just one effect...
... Steve, I didn't notice a problem untill they put me on methadone . After a while and feeling really wrotten, They referred ... mgs a day. Things stabalized and I felt better with methadone and androgel but my insurance changed and I was able ... aproaching my max script benefit so I switched back to methadone and within a month I was back in the low 100's as ... surprise surprise, Dialaudid had the same effect that methadone did. The feeling wasn't as profound but we tested ... require half the dose on dilaudid that I need while on methadone but That's not enough info to draw an absolute conclusion ... it on.
I do think it was pretty obviously that methadone had the most negative impact and morphine had virtually ... impact where dilaudid had about half the impact that methadone did on me. Of course were all different, I'm sure...
... all good info.
I had a feeling that it was the methadone with me too. Before that I had used the fentanyl ... issues then compared to the period during and after methadone treatment. I was on the methadone for a few years...
...
You may not have to worry.
You haven't used methadone , right? So far we've seen a probable link with low ... T and methadone . And Shoreline wrote that going on Dilaudid also...
- Long acting pain meds.. 15th February 2008
... micrograms to adjust for its potency. Then there's methadone , which I consider to be the best. It doesn't require...
... lesser amt is released over time. I haven't tried Methadone , so I can't comment. From what I read, Methadone...
... was in PM for another prolem and I was actually on Methadone for a while.
While Methadone worked well I just...
- dea methadone law new 15th February 2008
... tell you yes or no. one person on this board gets 540 methadone pills a month so I am sure they carry that many, but...
... Woody...I'm the person that takes 180 mg of Methadone a day and gets 540 tabs of Methadone each month. ... Several years ago when I first started taking Methadone , the pharmacy had Methadose by Mallinckrodt when I ... Roxane brand for me. I having been using the Roxane Methadone for about five years now. I use to call the pharmacy ... He said he now stocks about 1,000 tabs of Roxane Methadone at all times. That way, he said if he gets another ... uncommon for Pharmacies to carry a large number of Methadone tabs and they can fill a script for 460, but I would...
- Painkillers For Everyday Chronic Pain 14th February 2008
... to something else. I have heard good things about methadone and I know oxycontin works great as I take it every...
... I dont know what else to do. I used to take Methadone and it did work except it made my legs and feet swell...
- Advice for breakthrough pain medication. 14th February 2008
... patients who have tried everything else.
I am on Methadone now and don't use BT medication. When I did, I had...
- Methadone 15 mg 14th February 2008
... No, there is no such thing as a 15 mg methadone tablet -- at least not in the U.S. or Canada.
In ... the U.S. -- methadone comes in 5 mg, 10 mg pills. 40 mg wafers (addiction...
- Dosing Goof What Should I Do? 14th February 2008
... day as possible.
As most of you know, I went on methadone about 2 months ago, and have been very very happy...
- Not Another Pharmacy Error??!! 13th February 2008
... counting my meds before I leave the pharmacy. I get 540 Methadone tabs a month, so I know how full the big bottle should...
- Fentanyl Patch 50 & Percecet 10/325 =not working, HELP! 12th February 2008
... switch your base med to something else like oxycontin, methadone , or ask him to increase your pain patch to a higher...
- Leg Pain 11th February 2008
... risksa are and how well it works for them. Did you try Methadone , I know it has been a really good medication for alot...
- Just changed from Oxycontin to Methadone and having probs.... 11th February 2008
... Your doctor should have made a transition to the Methadone by lowering your Oxycontin, while starting you on ... the Methadone . You should take a lower Oxy dose for the first few ... most docs start their patients. It actually takes Methadone about five days to build up to full serum levels in ... That said, you will not feel the full effects of Methadone for a while. That's why I said you need a lower dose...
... s a cold and not withdrawals?
80mg is a lot of methadone to start on. Once you are three or four tablets in...
... of Oxycodone ER would be, well, we had to change to Methadone . I could have lowered my Oxy dose by using what I ... hours. The "as needed" part really thru me off because Methadone is a med that one should keep on a strickt regimen...
... became tolerant to it.
Early on my doc did Rx methadone liquid concentrate as a BT med until we learned I...
... I remember as a side effect the last time I was on Methadone . I will probably take a 5th and last dose for the ... woke up in pain and feeling really bad. Hopefully Methadone will carry thru to the morning.
[QUOTE=justsc ... became tolerant to it.
Early on my doc did Rx methadone liquid concentrate as a BT med until we learned I...
- Advice for my pain management problems. 11th February 2008
... medication that I know of that I haven't tried, is Methadone - and it has such a bad reputation for being so dangerous...
... only opioid that I know of that can help with that is methadone , which for me took much longer to become tolerant ... remained at 80mg/day until I was forced to switch). Methadone is an outstanding pain med, the best in my opinion ... with the patches. If that doesn't work, consider methadone .
steve...
... [QUOTE=cameronlanni;3436424]Hello All,
Methadone - and it has such a bad reputation for being so dangerous ... see all of the posts concerning these topics. The Methadone is no more addictive than any other narcotic medication ... and not seeing much relief then I would go on the Methadone . Do a search on this board for Methadone and pain...
- Fentanyl Questions 11th February 2008
... dose did they put you on, and what was your ending methadone dose?
steve...
... i was on 30 mg. a day methadone for 3 months. now i have on 2 12mcg/hr patches ... that i was told to put on on tues. then decrease the methadone 10 mg every 2 days then 5 mg. for one day, then no ... methadone . i was doing okay until last night when i was awaken ... long time....so i guess i was getting relief from the methadone , i just didn't know it. i really don't know what...
... the pain gets out of control and you are out of the Methadone . Remember that the pain relief from the patch will...
- Do I want to stop my meds??!! NOO!! Urg. 10th February 2008
... morphine (Avinza, Kadian), Fentanyl (Durogesic patches), Methadone . I would ask him about that if you have been taking...
... oxymorphone)
5. MS Contin CR (morphine derivative)
6. Methadone ...
... it doesn't help maybe you should try oxycontin or methadone or something. did the patch give you any pain control...
- methodone vs. oxycotin 10th February 2008
... OxyContin. I would try a web search for something like ' methadone to morphine conversion.' Since morphine is more standard...
... needs very, very careful consideration, because of methadone 's potency and the need to account for what's called ... oral morphine dose of 10mg is equal to about 5mg of methadone . This applies to "opioid naive" patients only, those ... opioids. For those with such experience or dependency, methadone becomes even more potent. For example, when going ... factor.
Now consider going the other way, from methadone to morphine or oxycodone. I know of no conversion ... account. Especially when one is coming from such a high methadone dose as you are coming from. I do know that you can ... conversion calculator tells me that if I plug in 240mg oral methadone daily and ask for an oxycodone equivalent it answers...
... You have received some good advice. Methadone crossover is not bi-directional. Going FROM morphine ... TO methadone , a general rule is to divide by 3 (but never giving ... more than 30-40 mg methadone on day 1). The higher the dosage of the opioid being ... converted to methadone, the lower the conversion methadone dose that should be used.
Going FROM methadone ... that the crossover rate is about 4.6, so that 100 mg methadone is equivalent to 460 mg morphine. Going FROM methadone ... oxycodone, you would multiply by 3. So that 100 mg methadone is equivalent to 300 mg oxycodone.
Going from 240 ... mg methadone , multiply by 3, and get 720 mg oxycodone -- considered ... a "high" dose.
Because methadone is stronger than many of the other commonly prescribed ... how it is often easier (dose-wise) to transfer TO methadone rather than FROM methadone.
Methadone is broad ... multiple mechanisms of action. Therefore, going from methadone to another opioid can sometimes cause temporary withdrawal...
- Home from Surgery & Rehab 9th February 2008
... surgery is almost unbearable. I am on 120 mgs. of methadone a day PLUS 80 mg. of oxycodone every 3 hours! And ... that I went to afterward use Malinkordt brand oxy and methadone !!!!! I was floored! Hopkins also really dropped ... were trying to handle my pain by adding 20 mg. of methadone to my normal, everyday chronic pain meds THAT'S IT...
- doctors who can prescribe methadone in florida 9th February 2008
... dr for the past 6 yrs or so and he was prescribing methadone 40mg twice daily until last week. He told me that ... he wasnt able to prescribe methadone anymore.....even though thru these boards i found ... out that he can prescribe methadone in the 5's and 10mg tablet....just not the 40 mg tablets ... clinics.
I guess my question to you is why are you on methadone and what dose? Is it a chronic pain problem or an...
- Very rough mornings...Anyone else? 9th February 2008
... recently started on a long acting med for the first time ( Methadone ) and for me the biggest improvement by far is waking...
... changing meds through the idaho pain center, going from methadone to the fentanyl patch and i hope it helps in the mornings...
... know other people on the board have switched from Methadone to the patch but I would suggest starting a new post...
- problem with headaches from MS CONTIN? 9th February 2008
... and never had a problem... then my PM changed me to methadone and was on it for about 3 yrs and it worked great ... because he thought he couldnt prescribe the 40mg tabs of methadone . Anyway, long story short... from the first dose...
- Driving, Working, Child Care while taking pain meds... 8th February 2008
... while being on these medications. I'm reading about methadone and other medicines that, quite frankly, scare me ... eventually this will be an option for me. I do know that methadone is used for heroine withdrawl, and this seems like...
... I'm on Methadone and have been for five years. I know the meaning...
... Hey Director, is methadone LA or do you take a dose several times a day?
...
... when I feel I need it, usually 10-20 mg at a time.
Methadone is technically not a LA drug, but it will last 24...
- i need some advice... 7th February 2008
... his butt. So, after doing the fetanyl patches and methadone , they came up with morphine tablets. I've been going...
- Dr. Appt & Methadone Update 7th February 2008
... think it's a very good idea if you can't start on the methadone yet. I wouldn't hesitate to start both increases right...
... by the pain, it would be better to get you on the methadone and treat the pain first, thereby treating the anxiety ... at once, IMHO the drowsiness caused by taking both methadone and xanex would leave you unable to make a good call ... some drowsiness since bumping up to 3 a day on the methadone , I know if I were taking xanex as well I would be ... assist your doctor in settling on the right dose of methadone for you.
I have asked the doctor to leave me at...
... also wish you could just have been switched to the methadone . Like Fabby wrote, I think it alone would have handled ... be very careful with the Xanax once you start the methadone .
steve
Fabby is SO wise.:)...
... and when they and you are ready to switch to the methadone , I think you will do even better.
Thanks for sharing...
- changing from methadone to ms contin 6th February 2008
... more if you give us some background on why your on methadone and why you want to switch?
Brian...
... to know what your dose of meth was but regardless, methadone is such a unique med, your going to have to give it ... time I used meth. I havene't heard about a change in methadone laws, but I haven't looked. If you don't mind , what...
... Just last spring I was switched from methadone to MS Contin because of a heart problem I developed ... withdrawals whatsoever. I have to agree that the methadone was the best pain med I've ever used. But I'm doing...
... I was taking methadone 40mg twice daily and i live in Florida. From what ... mandated that PM drs are no longer able to prescribe methadone ...only the clinics because so many patients have been ... him about heart problems that were associated with methadone . It is called long QT syndrome. I already have a ... my EKG was normal so he let me continue on with the methadone . As far as the prices are concerned..I just couldnt ... contin in the past and that is why i was switched to methadone . I am just lucky now because i am on ssd and have ... Anyway, thanks for the advice but would rather be on methadone because it works for up to 36 hrs..... Guess i will...
... suggested the tie in with prolonged QT interval and methadone . My cardiologist said that there was no evidence ... anyway. This was unfortunate as I really preferred the methadone . I also feel badly for other patients on methadone...
... posting! (very new here)
anyway, regarding the new methadone law...retail pharms can't sell the 40mg size anymore ... & $$ issues) & it did nothing for my pain. i like methadone b/c one's tolerance doesn't develop like it does w...
... prescribe the 40mg tablets. Pm clinics can still prescribe Methadone , but it will have to be in multiples of 10mg tablets...
... have been right on about the DEA rules on prescribing Methadone . The 40 mg wafers that some people were taking for ... your PCP or PM doctor. They can however, prescribe Methadone in the 5 mg and 10 mg tabs. You can still be on Methadone ... would recommend you ask the pharmacist when you fill a Methadone script for the Roxane brand.
I'm on 180 mg per ... you have learned that physicians can still write for Methadone for pain control, but it has to be the 10 mg tabs...
... pleased to hear that its possible to get back on the methadone ...My PM dr said he had only 2 patients on the 40mg ... started having more pain today than when i was on the methadone . I figured it was about time that the methadone was ... wait til my next appt to see if he will return me to methadone ....hope he knows what you guys are telling me. Where...
... ask him to write a script and put you back on the Methadone . Here is an advisory from the DEA that explains the ... This should take you to the DEA website. Type "40 mg Methadone " in the search and when the page opens, what you need...
... The funny thing about the 40 mg methadone was it was suggested to me by my pharmacist when he...
- Tolerance to opiods vs. opiates 6th February 2008
... such. Examples of fully synthetic opioids would be Methadone and Ultram. I believe that Demerol is also fully...
... and demerol are also synthetic ans so are meds like methadone or levordromoran.
Actually no raw opium is needed...
... oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, buprenorphine, methadone , fentanyl, etc.
Some synthetic (man-made) opioids ... include methadone , pethidine (Demerol) fentanyl, tramadol (Ultram),...
- Medtronics Pain Pump 5th February 2008
...
Hope you have good script insurance or toleratre methadone well, because that's not a low dose IT dilaudid.
...
- Oxycodone to Methadone conversion and issues..... 5th February 2008
... but it's probably around 4:1, which makes the total methadone dose around 60mg daily. Nice work!
It's reccommended ... per day and titrate very slowly to effect. For pain methadone is usually given roughly every 6 hours.
Like I...
... but it's probably around 4:1, which makes the total methadone dose around 60mg daily. Nice work!
It's reccommended ... per day and titrate very slowly to effect. For pain methadone is usually given roughly every 6 hours.
Like I...
... Please don't let this seemingly low dose scare you. Methadone is a very potent opioid, your pain should be covered...
... Wife Job Change--90 day wait) and we switched over to Methadone . I was taking 40mg QID. It work good. No harsh up ... taking Soma and Cymbalta. So when I started taking the methadone I would be up till 4am and then fall asleep and then ... earlier and couldnt. That was the issue I had with Methadone . Im hoping with my Testosterone rising all will balance ... didnt have this insurance problem. But I can make Methadone work. Will need a breakthru med probly. I like Norco ... the record. I have taken Avinza, Kadian, Fentanyl, Methadone , Oxycontin, Morphine Sulphate, Norco, Percocet... ... Please don't let this seemingly low dose scare you. Methadone is a very potent opioid, your pain should be covered...
... Sometimes we have to force the issue. I just had the methadone conversion conversation with my Dr's assnt and I was...
... taken care of. Please let us know how the switch to methadone goes this time. I hope you're not as sleepy this time...
... taken care of. Please let us know how the switch to methadone goes this time. I hope you're not as sleepy this time...
- What narcotics are similar to oxycontin? 3rd February 2008
... 3 times more potent than oxy. I personally favor methadone which is similar but dosing is complex.
Hope this...
... GP doctor last month he mentioned switching me to methadone . I was put on oxycontin by my surgeon who quit prescribing ... told me that we would more than likely switch me to methadone and/or he would start me on a taper of the oxy.
...
Fabby has a thread on this board about methadone you might want to read and her amazing success with...
- Sleepless Nights and Pain 3rd February 2008
... bedtime
My doctor has mentioned that we may switch to methadone .
I am seeing my doctor on Wednesday and I was wondering...
... night or make me sleepy during the day. I do take methadone . I have finally found someone who will give me what ... I have just gotten up to my prescribed dosage of Methadone and most of the time I do feel a differeance but I...
... at 4:22am posting. I sure wish I was still on the methadone .
Diet, I really think the sleeplessness will be...
... do agree with previous poster who said that taking methadone will probably have you sleeping. I have friends that...
... stated that he was probably going to switch me to methadone and wanted me to research it. Personally he does ... etc.
After the results that others have had on methadone , I am looking forward to a change because my pain...
... I'm just so excited to hear your feedback on the methadone and what it does for your pain and sleep...
steve...
- Help! My Doctor is going to Retire. 1st February 2008
... retired. To make matters worse, I was on 180 mg of Methadone , and I'm saying to my wife, who will take over and ... medications as they were. He gave me a script for my Methadone , which was the only one I was close to needing, and...
- Newbie Saying HI! 31st January 2008
... for the first time, although my doctor likes to use methadone . The patches seem to work well for the people I have...
- End of my rope....calling all Methadone users 31st January 2008
... surgery on my ulnar nerve. It was so bad they put me on methadone and I feel it was a very low dose. I was titrated ... up to 25 mg's a day and eventually after the methadone was in there I had great pain control. Now everyone ... experiences pain diferently but the methadone helped my pain that was a 10 all the time and the ... to PM again and just had neck surgery. I am not on methadone because I just would not go there at this time other ... lives a few hours away.
I hope my experience with the methadone helps you. I can not remember that I had any nausea...
... Oftentimes methadone is the last option used.
I firmly believe that ... given the correct dose, methadone will "make your day." Maybe "make your life." I ... need relief NOW.
Please go to your doctor and get methadone prescribed. Please!
BTW - My knees are destroyed ... and I took 80mg of methadone per day, if dosing means anything. That was 20mg...
... compared to yours. The main thing to tell you is give Methadone a try. I've been on it for almost five years and ... the day it eases up somewhat.
As far as going on Methadone , as Steve pointed out, it is something you need to...
... get into the doc and get the prescription for the Methadone . Just think of it as another CII medication and not ... responds since she has been helped tremendously by methadone . Go back a page or two on this board and read her ... miraculous story with trying methadone .
Brian...
... Hi,
Thanks Brian, you are right, I consider methadone nothing short of miraculous! I have never been on ... terrible.
I have had a little of that with the methadone , but nothing more than 5 minutes here and there, and ... med isnt right for everyone, but I can tell you if methadone does even 1/2 of what it has done for me for you,...
... Friendly,
So glad to hear that you have started the Methadone and I hope that it works out well for you.:)
Let...
... glad to see so many people achieving pain relief on methadone . It makes me actually excited and hopeful that I...
- I have a Question regarding oxy and fentanyl 30th January 2008
... sat down, read it off:
Your on:
Lortab, Xanax, Methadone , Heroin, Crack, pot, and he named 11 other illegal...
- BT Med Question 28th January 2008
... The very best, most effective med I've ever used is Methadone . Many patients and doctors shy away from methadone ... maintenance medication for recovering addicts. However, methadone is a narcotic pain medication that has been around ... doctor can prescribe it as a pain medication. With methadone I needed no BT meds, as is true for many others using ... just didn't need it. If your doc is willing to try methadone I strongly urge you to give it a try.
steve...
... won't be forever.
Thanks for the heads up on the Methadone . My mother-in-law takes it for her back and I do think ... pass out many many times and she blames it on her methadone . I have told him its the Soma and NOT the methadone...
... It's probably the combination of the soma, methadone , and the abuse that's causing your mother-in-law's ... crashing.
FYI - methadone is know for its ability to cause sleepiness, maybe ... altogether. However, if she's going to abuse the methadone anyway it may be irrelevant.
Best of Luck!:)
...
- Percocet vs. Opana.... 25th January 2008
... quickly to that med) I asked the doc to put me on Methadone which is a drug that I was on for several years before ... . I am now on 30 mg. of methadone , 3 times per day and I'm very happy with it. You may...
- Oxycodone scare for 3 years, feeling awful now, dizzy, lightheaded, foggy 24th January 2008
... switch you to maybe Duregesic (Fentanyl) patches or Methadone and maybe refer you to another doctor (sorry, I'm...
... Methadone has nothing to do with getting off of any drugs. ...
- What pain medicine can and can't be called in? 24th January 2008
... switched from Ultram and Lortabs, both class III's, to Methadone . Is methadone a class II? They carry it at the small ... cause me any extra trouble, just curious, seems to me methadone would be a class II....
... Fabby,
I'm pretty sure methadone is a class II.
Glad to hear it's working for you....
... Methadone is a Schedule II drug.
It did make me somewhat ... drowsiness. I hold to a very strong opinion that methadone should automatically be prescribed along with some ... automatically Rx'd Provigil when she started me on methadone . It's a very mild stimulant and it would probably...
... I've been on Methadone for about five years now, and the last time I went ... doctor, I asked about something to take along with the Methadone . He shot down that idea right away. My doctor of ... very lucky to see him the first time and he wrote my Methadone script for the 540 tabs a month, just like I had been...
- ZACH: how are you doing 23rd January 2008
... semester. I did not have a good reaction at all to the Methadone , so my PM doctor changed me over to the Duragesic...
... to the equivalent of what you were taking with the methadone . I would suggest going up on the patch because it...
- is methadose still available 22nd January 2008
... s available, but I wouldn't recommend it. I take Methadone now and I would say to go with Methadone by Roxane...
... Hey Director,
I'm with you on the Methadone . Strangely, another customer at my pharmacy expressed...
... clinics, for detoxification and/or maintenance on Methadone . Your doctor can still prescribe the 5 and 10 mg...
- Fentanyl patch help 22nd January 2008
... assistance
4. Ask your doctor to switch you over to Methadone which is one of the cheapest narcotic medications ... your pharmacy and ask how much a 30 day supply of methadone would be.
5. If you are on the Brand Duragesic...
... assistance
4. Ask your doctor to switch you over to Methadone which is one of the cheapest narcotic medications ... your pharmacy and ask how much a 30 day supply of methadone would be.
5. If you are on the Brand Duragesic...
- Please help with suggestions for a different pain med 22nd January 2008
... meds (tramadol and Lortab 7.5's) to a long acting ( methadone ) and I can't begin to tell you how much better my ... life is on the methadone . I started at 10 mgs twice a day, and today he moved ... insurance for scripts and want to go with long acting, methadone is probably your cheapest bet.
HTH, Fabby...
... Remember Fabby, you have to take Methadone for five days to reach it's maximum serum levels. ... true feeling of the pain control you will have with Methadone . I hope this works for you....
... primary long acting meds that most PM Docs use:
(1) Methadone
(2) Fentanyl Patch
(3) Oxycontin
All three come...
- is generic Oxycontin still available, which generic works the best. 21st January 2008
... works well. I thought you were going to start taking methadone ? what happened to that? I know you were also taking ... off morphine now? I thought for sure you were trying methadone as you asked everyone about it? did it not work for...
- persistant pain control 21st January 2008
... I know that one of the cheap pain medications is Methadone . You could go on a low dose of this until your health ... Call and ask the pharmacist what a 30 day supply of Methadone would be. They should be able to tell you that. Hopefully...
... IMHO methadone is the best and probably only answer, especially since ... t have time for mfg assistance.
Lucky for you, methadone may well be the most effective pain med available...
... Thank you for your reply's. Methadone seems to be the answer. I heard it was inexpensive...
... oxycodone ER 20mg. I called the pharmacy and for 120 methadone tablets 10mg in generic was about $21.00 This I can...
... but maybe he could put you on a higher dose of the methadone and then give you hydrocodone 10 mgs for your breakthrough ... pain, its much cheaper than the oxy, and if the methadone is working as well for you as it does for me, the...
- Sunday Morning Poo Problems 20th January 2008
... other day, if I need more, which I think I will on the methadone , I plan on adding a night time herbal tea.
There...
... like me. With the years of opioid abuse and now with methadone for pain plus Sarcoidosis, there have actually been...
- Help with MS Contin 18th January 2008
... still significant pain. The only exception was with methadone , which is unique due to its own peculiarities. I...
- Support needed 16th January 2008
... switch yesterday, I moved from the ultram and lortab to methadone , and the pain is better then it has been in years ... , I am amazed.
Do they use methadone for pain in the UK? It for sure sounds to me like...
... literally just read your thread about you getting onto methadone and I'm sincerely pleased for you. From all the well ... feeling which is just lovely. I don't think they do use methadone for pain here - it's more a replacement for heroin...
- Pharmacy problems and experiences 16th January 2008
... morning by 10:00. When I go in to get my large monthly Methadone script filled, they are always very nice and never...
... pharmacy folks are when I go in to fill my monthly Methadone script. They are, for a chain store pharmacy, incredibly...
- Help, Need advice regarding fall, Please 16th January 2008
... have not been able to find one who will prescribe methadone . In the mean time my husband has not been able to...
... carry it at the small county pharmacy, they carry the methadone I was just put on, so now I can get it for 10 bucks...
- pain meds dropped shipped 15th January 2008
... able to do mail order and some you can't. I take Methadone and they don't carry it for mail order, so I fill...
- Is all this DEA hype true? 12th January 2008
... just picked up my monthly script this morning for my Methadone . I get 540, 10 mg tabs a month and take 180 mg a ... Oxycodone, Oxycontin, Duregesic (Fentanyl) patches, and Methadone . At one point, I was getting 180, 80 mg Oxycontin ... here.
When I said I picked up my script for my Methadone this morning, I actually had called about two other ... picked them up, they had also given me my monthly Methadone script, which was five days early. I won't turn it ... office visit, that I was the only patient he had on Methadone . He said he prefers to use the patch for CP patients ... really do hope the DEA doesn't notice the number of Methadone tabs he is prescribing for me each month. First of...
... really do hope the DEA doesn't notice the number of Methadone tabs he is prescribing for me each month. First of...
- Two 30mg capsules of Cymbalta instead of one 60mg capsule? 11th January 2008
... re necessary. After a month of feeling drugged on Methadone without any pain relief, my doctor and I both decided...
- a better undstanding of the pain medicine 10th January 2008
... example,, Oxycodone is 1.5 times sronger than morphine. Methadone is anywhere from 3-10 times more potent than morphine...
- need help on pain killers 3rd January 2008
... weaker than percocet.
Do you still have cancer? Methadone is probably the best opioid for chronic pain although...
... there are many generic versions to help with cost.
Methadone is another outstanding pain med and is super inexpensive...
- Nothing is working for me, what do I do now? 2nd January 2008
... soon so we can change my meds. He has me on 10mg of Methadone four times a day. I really don't like this medication ... and Cymbalta. I don't feel anything. Including the Methadone , I've been on this regiment of medication for about...
... just your brains initial reaction to the narcotic. Methadone is not going to give you anything like that - I just ... stopped using Opana ER (oxymorphone) and started back on Methadone (40 mgs. 3 times daily - total 120 mgs.) and I have ... better today than it was 3 days ago when I started the methadone . I can still take oxycodone for breakthrough pain ... period of a sense of well-being. Now that I'm on the methadone I don't and won't have that feeling. The methadone ... feeling those breakthrough meds "kick in" while on methadone are very, very slim. At least that has been my experience...
... offer excellent perspectives.
I have never used Methadone , but from what I've read on this board--your dose...
... Zach,
As Conductor writes, your methadone dose seems low. How are you on the pain scale (0 ... tell your doc. He might be willing to raise your methadone dose.
About the lethargy - I've been very successful ... handle the sleepiness. It was especially helpful with methadone as it is probably the worst pain med for that.
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... of 2007, no meds were helping and I was put on the Methadone . It really helped my pain but I just could not tolerate ... effects and you are not willing to continue with the Methadone , then I would get in to see your doc and discuss the...
... fails. The misunderstanding about it's potency is why methadone deaths are on the rise. Docs assume it can't be abused...
... no relief from even the strongest narcotics, like methadone .
This is all from my experience, obviously. I am ... m sure it is for all of us. My current medication, methadone , does make me very sleepy, so it is obviously affecting...
- Update gallbladder pain problems 2nd January 2008
... medication for your particular needs. Just upping the methadone would probably increase your sleepiness and feelings...
... medication for your particular needs. Just upping the methadone would probably increase your sleepiness and feelings...
- Conversion Mistake? Help Please! 31st December 2007
... the new pain doctor decided to switch me back to Methadone . The Opana was probably the least effective pain ... that he was agreeable to switching me back to the methadone , but since my husband has come back with my meds from ... very concerned! First of all....I haven't been on methadone in a good 8 or 9 months or more (I'm a little fuzzy ... the dosage and the directions on my new bottle of methadone it says: 4 tablets every 8 hrs. Each pill is 10 ... mg. You do the math....after not being on methadone for a very long time, he is starting me off at 120...
... up with the following:
10mg oxymorphone = 10mg methadone
20mg oxycodone = 10 mg methadone
Therefore since ... you were on 80mg of the oxymorphone = 80mg methadone and then add 90mg oxycodone = 45mg methadone
[SIZE ... ="2"]Grand total 80mg methadone + 45mg methadone for a TOTAL OF 125MG METHADONE/DAY[/SIZE]
I think...
... ratio is applied to discover the equinalgesic dose of methadone . For this amount of morphine equivalent, the ratio ... probably run about 10:1. That would mean around 70mg of methadone daily.
Usually they start you a little lower and...
... a chemist or a pharmacist.
My experience with methadone is that it needs to be titrated up or down whatever...
... you should either follow doctor's orders for the methadone , or if that makes you uncomfortable, go back to your...
... Brian's advice. I did take the prescribed amount of methadone AFTER calling the doctor's office and finding they ... closed for the holiday. Today after my 2nd dose of methadone (took the first at 10 pm last night) I feel remarkably ... I do realize that it takes several days before the methadone reaches peak serum levels and I will be calling the...
... mountains over the holiday!! Today is the third day of methadone for me and I feel really well. I'll see my pm doc...
- what is considered DUI? 28th December 2007
... wrong to do when it comes to driving. I've been on methadone for about two weeks, and although I don't feel anything...
- Someone Finally Listened! There is Hope and Help out there! 27th December 2007
... doctors are a lot more comfortable writing scripts for methadone and patches and things of that nature than they were...
- Finally, some relief in sight! 27th December 2007
... as most of you know, I have been wanting to go on methadone , as the ultram and lortabs I have been on for over ... my old doctor, was more than willing to put me on methadone , however he wouldnt let me be on the lortabs or the ... mgs, and thats when I see him and he puts me on the methadone .
I am looking forward to hopefully not spending ... think my pain is going to be much more stable on the methadone than ever before.
He wants to see me every 4...
... need to taper the hydrocodone in order to go on the methadone . I would think that you could taper down on that while ... increasing the methadone . You would need to enter those into a drug interaction...
... the next 28 days ask if you can get started on the methadone . There's no harm in taking these meds together and ... getting a successful appointment. I really hope the methadone works as well for you as it did for me.:)
steve...
... here, the vast majority of folks highly recommend methadone for pain, I am excited and happy to think that I may...
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Just keep your mind and thoughts fixed on your methadone start date. Your relief is coming.:)
steve...
... 50mg of Ultram per day before starting you on the Methadone . My experience has been different - I was on the ... hours for breakthrough pain when I first switched to Methadone . I took my patch off in the morning, took my first ... dose of methadone in the evening and NEVER had any withdrawal symptoms ... wondering why your doc doesn't just put you on the methadone and have you continue to taper (but more quickly) ... Ultram and hydrocodone. With the right amount of methadone you shouldn't be experiencing anything close to full ... reach before stopping the Ultram and starting the Methadone . Anyway, I really think that you'll be very pleasantly ... suprised if you go on the methadone right away. Will your doctor be wiling to do that...
... 50mg of Ultram per day before starting you on the Methadone ... KathyMac
I'm totally with Memere on this one ... spot on the web and there are no interactions between methadone and Ultram. I added Prozac to the mix, as I believe ...
Please ask your doc if you couldn't start on the methadone , even if it has to be a low dose. I really bet it...
... refuses. He is really young, and is convinced that methadone makes you so at risk for accidental overdose, no other ... rather take the leap now and take my chances with the methadone than spend another week in agony.
I will keep...
... really believe that if you are put on the right dose of Methadone that you can just quit the Ultram cold turkey with ... pain management. There are many, many folks who take methadone and a break through med stronger than Lortab. I am ... I have breakthrough pain and still take 120 mg. of methadone per day. Perhaps all the media hype about Anna Nicole ... Smith and her son over-dosing on Methadone is making some docs gun-shy about using it. I think ... that in the end they decided that it wasn't the methadone that killed them, but I can't remember what the final...
... needed to", so that he would go ahead and start the Methadone !! Because really, what you "need to get down to"...
... early. Hopefully he will just put me straight on the methadone and not have me mess around anymore, especially since...
... following this thread as i also would like to go on Methadone , so far ive had 2 Docs refuse me, while having me...
... this doc puts you on an adequate starting dose of methadone , I suspect you won't feel the withdrawal from Ultram ... as much, or even at all. I have lots of faith in methadone as a pain med. Plus - think about it - heroin addicts ... go right on to a relatively low starting dose of methadone , and have little to no withdrawal at all. Methadone ... tells me he really does know what he's doing with the methadone . This is exactly how it should be done. It gives...
... prefers all of his pain management patients be on methadone , and he really seems to understand it and how it works ... lol.
He was more than happy to start me on the methadone a week early, 10 mgs, 2X a day, see him in 4 days ... hopefully it can help some of you who would like to go on methadone .
Hugs, Fabby :)...
... I went in a week early and asked to be put on the methadone then and there. since the first dose, I havent even ... the 3 lortab 7.5's per day without tapering, but the methadone is similar and a lot stronger, so I didnt feel any...
... forward to my appt on 2/6. I hope they do switch me to methadone . I really could use RELIEF!!...
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I am SO GLAD for your relief. I really think methadone is magical. What an incredible pain medication. ...
... Today was a miracle for me. I have been on the 10 mg methadone , 3 x per day, for about 5 days now, and other than ... last time that happened, but it has been YEARS.
Methadone has just been nothing short of amazing for me, I hope...
- methadone schedule 27th December 2007
... [QUOTE=acaptainn;3364534]How is methadone prescribed (generally ),as in evry 4,8,12 hours ? ... 20mg every 6 hours. From everything I've read, when methadone is prescribed for pain, it's dosed every 4-6 hours...
- morphine addiction 27th December 2007
... opiate use has 3 distinct phases. People seem to think methadone is somehow the hardest med to discontinue, which simply ... hold true for every opiate, whether it's hydro or methadone or morphine. 2-3 weeks to get passed the intial withdrawal...
- Depressed, Hurting, Ready to throw in the towel! 26th December 2007
... and tell him to get me off this stuff and back on Methadone or anything else he wants to try. As far as the Cymbalta...
... Talk to your doc. Why did the doc take you off the methadone ? Methadone worked great for pain but the side effects...
- ok I give up...I'm depressed 23rd December 2007
... trying to lower my dose of tramadol so I can go on methadone , and in the past 12 weeks I have also had both pnemonia...
- Why would PM doc not want to prescribe meds after my surgery???? 23rd December 2007
... surgery it really flarred up to the point I was put on Methadone . I hated hated hated the side effect form that drug...
- Pharmacy Tips 22nd December 2007
... but there are some we still fill locally. I am on Methadone and the insurance company does not do mail order on ... the head pharmacist who orders the meds. He keeps Methadone in stock (a large amount) to be able to fill my script ... month.
Because of the holidays, I just had my Methadone filled, but I did it two days early. Not because...
- Is there one particulair pharm.company to avoid with generics 20th December 2007
... point I am not willing to go back on anything like Methadone because that drug just had to many side effects that...
- Morphine Question ?? 20th December 2007
... fully synthetic narcotic (opioid) is fentanyl, and methadone is also fully synthetic.
An agonist is one that ... dilaudid), oxymorphone (Opana), hydrocodone (Vicodin), methadone , fentanyl (Duragesic patch, Actiq, Fentora), etc....
- Pain Mgmt Update...oxycontin.......Methadone ??? 19th December 2007
... exactly how I am feeling and make me suffer. I too took methadone many years ago and did not have much pain relief from ... the time did not want to up my dosage. I then tried methadone again with my current PM DR and he did place me on ... drug for them. If you search the post's here for methadone you will find quite a bit of information that could ... opinions around the boards you will also hear that methadone is one of the hardest medications to boot once you...
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You deserve this kind of news!
As far as the methadone goes - it was the very best pain med I've ever taken ... had to switch because of something unrelated ot the methadone - too bad for me. But I think you are really going ... to benefit from methadone 's pain killing properties. And it sounds like your...
... as well as dillaudid. I will have to read up on the methadone and coming off of it. Ughhhhh....I can never do anything...
... You are in a bit of a tight spot. I sure hope the methadone agrees with you. It was so good for me. And because...
... Yes it is very scary -- Now I need to research methadone and I can honestly say from what I have read I am...
... curiosity, what is it in the research you've done on Methadone that makes you say, " I am not sure I like that choice...
... really got flarred up to the point that I was put on Methadone .
I hated the side effects of this medication but ... experience my differ from others.
I was only on the Methadone for about 3-4 months and then I was ready to see how ... off all meds in 2-4 months.
Anyhow I hope that my methadone experience has helped you in some way and if you have...
... Pepper, I understand your concerns. I started on methadone the first time in May. The main side effect I had ... symptoms, so I am not sure if it was really caused by the methadone . The only thing I would say is since you hopefully...
... Besides its outstanding pain killing capabilities, methadone is also difficult to develop tolerance to. I was ... predominant story is of difficultly getting off of methadone . But each person is different. There are as many ... stories that say because methadone resides in tissues that the withdrawal is much less ... maintenance medication, it can only be dispensed at a methadone clinic, or possibly daily at specific pharmacies. ... Any doctor with a DEA prescribing license can Rx methadone for pain. Just like any other narcotic.
Best of...
... all,
I had the same questions and qualms about methadone and there was a thread posted a few weeks back that...
- diffrent brands methadone 18th December 2007
... Hello there,
Methadone is methadone , if it was different it wouldnt be methadone it would ... been on pain medications for over 5 years an tried Methadone to get off the opioids but I was severly allergic ... the shorter acting ones like Vicodin or Percocet. Methadone will last up to 12 hours for pain relief other than ... 4-6 hours like those two others. My fiance is on Methadone for her severe back pain and she swears its better...
... actually saw my PM doctor yesterday and just started Methadone , and after MONTHS of not seeing the difference between ... prescriptions for brand names. However, when it comes to Methadone , it really is just Methadone. Unlike Hydrocodone, ... Lortab, Xodol, etc., and almost all other medications, Methadone is just plain lold Methadone. I think this is probably ... pharmaceutical companies that I know of that manufacture Methadone : Mallinckrodt and Roxanne. There may be others, I ... 'm not sure. Mallinckrodt markets the Methadone under the name Methadose, and Roxanne under just Methadone ... and I'm not sure if I included all information about Methadone , it may be produced in different varieties, but this ... think these are the two most prevalent versions of Methadone .
Feel good, and I hope if Methadone is your drug...
... Actually Zach, Dolophine is name brand methadone, Methadone HCL is the active ingredient in Dolophine and the ... use aside from Mallinkrodt who calls their generic methadone product Methadose. Their inferior methadone tablet...
... I knew what I was talking about. Yes, I've been on Methadone for about 36 hours now, but I've been doing research ... LA medications for more than a week, specifically Methadone .
I did come across information about Dolophine, ... gave out any wrong information though, and I do hope Methadone works for your Randy if that's what you and your doctor...
... about how to spend the rest of your life and choosing methadone as a first line of opiate treatment is a choice that ... t mean you have to spend the rest of your life on methadone . It may provide relief, but there is a cost that comes ... choices. It is your choice, just because a doc offered methadone doesn't mean you couldn't say no, lets stick with...
... I have been on Methadone for almost five years for CP and will only take Methadone...
... difference between the Dolophine and the generic Roxanne Methadone ?...
... Hi Zach - I've had some history taking Methadone (Roxane brand & Methadose by Malinkordt). What everyone ... never steered me wrong in the past. OK, back to the methadone . Malinkordt has a really inferior rating among MOST ... I'd make an exception though for what I call a " methadone virgin". Obviously that is someone who has never ... nufacturer is better. If you've been prescribed 10 mgs. of methadone (I have no idea what you take) and the Malinkordt...
... don't remember for sure. If I had to say, I think Methadone from Roxane and the brand Dolophine are pretty much...
... in this thread regarding Dolophine and brand name Methadone . I just have a quick question.
I asked my PM doctor ... to write my Methadone prescription as brand name, and although I'm sure ... bottle lists in small print what it is generic for. My Methadone bottle only says Methadone 10mg, with the small print ... really matters anymore seeing that I'm coming off of Methadone , I was just curious where some of you guys have seen...
- pregnant taking 100mgs hydro a day and tapering 18th December 2007
... even mothers that are addicted to heroin are put on methadone because it is so dangerous to the baby to just stop...
- Just got back from PM appointment, relatively pleased 17th December 2007
... medication. The first thing that came out of his mouth was methadone , and he said it was his "favorite drug" and prescribed ... it to me right away. I've been hesitant about the methadone , because I have heard many good things about it, but...
... thing that I would like to know is if you start the methadone , soma, cymalta, and increase the Lyrica and you have ... on the Cymbalta and hold off starting the Soma and Methadone . That would be what I would do.
Brian...
- Nerve Medication List 17th December 2007
... Methadone is now being successfully prescribed for neuropathic...
... for a long time, I hope you can make the switch to methadone soon, Like I said, I will let you know how I do, I...
... others on this board. Thank you and I pray that the methadone works for you. Who knows maybe my GP will start me...
... tired,I checked in to detox and there i was put on methadone for withdrawl of the opiates.The withdrawl was deadly ... but my pain was half of what it had been before methadone ???I couldnt belive it???no pain in my back wow luckily ... detox they sent me home and i went back daily for my methadone until I saw the Pain doc and he put me on it for good ... have the pain and an addiction to boot.
I know that methadone is not for everybody and that it may not work miracles...
