Methadone discussions (experiences, side effects, dosages, etc...)

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Restless Leg Syndrome board

I have the "Jerks" 15th November 2004
... Oxycontin. Oxycodone, Duragesic patches, and now I'm on Methadone , 180 mgs per day. Can anyone tell me if they think...
... How long have you been taking methadone ? I was addicted to methadone for about 2 1/2 years ... a day down to half that amount. 180mg is A LOT of methadone . I understand you have chronic pain. Have you lowered ... jerks etc. when I was coming off/withdrawling from methadone . If you are not, then I don't have any advice other...
... believe all of this is caused or brought on by the Methadone I take for chronic pain caused by IBS and neuralgea...
... ago. Both conditions are quite painful and I take Methadone for the pain I'm also on several other meds for the...
... bothered with anything even close to this until I went on Methadone for my chronic pain. Although I am on a very high...
... Oxycontin. Oxycodone, Duragesic patches, and now I'm on Methadone , 180 mgs per day. Can anyone tell me if they think...
... Oxycontin. Oxycodone, Duragesic patches, and now I'm on Methadone , 180 mgs per day. Can anyone tell me if they think...
... most common opiates for causing RLS are Morphine and Methadone . It is at the higher doseages that the RLS symptoms...
... Hey Ken, Thanks for the info about Methadone , Morphine and RLS. I have always thought that was ... the cause, but wasn't sure. Since I take 180 mgs of Methadone a day, that most likely is the cause. About three...
... the thing. Most of the RLS community (medically) use Methadone and Moraphine as last resort type of medications...
I'm not sure what this is, any advice? 22nd October 2003
... a lot of people. Some swear by vicoden, others by methadone . I find homeopathic Kali Phosphoricum to be a godsend...
Managing RLS / PLMD during pregnancy 24th August 2003
... alternative I've seen suggested during pregnancy is methadone - which doesn't sound good. What have other soon...

Schizophrenia board

Brother won't stay on meds 1st April 2007
... for a week while they:blob_fire changed over from methadone to a substitute for methadone he was still on his...

Self-injury Recovery board

There may be a PHYSICAL explanation for self injury - here's some help and hope 31st August 2007
... the cycle repeats. Several years ago I started methadone maintenance, as I tend to become addicted to almost ... maybe during the second year, that since I had started methadone , I NEVER ONCE cut or burned or intentionally hurt ... found this VERY ENCOURAGING. And while I will admit, methadone became a new type of addiction, even my psychiatrist ... exchange one bad thing for another, maybe going to the methadone clinic isn't such a bad thing. I can function and ... think clearly on methadone . I can get things done on methadone without falling ... whatsoever. Now, I don't give all of the credit to methadone , in fact, it belongs to my God, who I believe led ... concerned about the opiate part of the medicine. Methadone worked for me. But let me warn you, it is also something ... with anyone who is feeling hopeless. Going to a methadone clinic is a lot simpler than most people think. You...
... doesn't, I really suggest you discuss buprenorphine or methadone , or some other opiate type treatment with your doc ... cutter"? How about neither? How about someone on methadone maintence or bupeprenorphine treatment for a treatable...
... years.. The first three started when I started the methadone clinic consistently (going in every day but Sunday ... to get my medicine in the beginning.) Methadone can cost you anywhere from about $20-$50 a week, that ... either being addicted to cutting, or being addicted to methadone , I would have traded being a cutter for being on methadone ... otherwise self injure. I tapered myself off of the methadone on my own, without the clinic's help. And there was ... liked the buzz I got from more. (Most "junkies" say methadone won't make you high, and have successfully convinced ... the time. I'm not saying the answer was totally the methadone , but it had a lot to do with it. Opiates take away...
... the desire to self injure goes away. So you take methadone for x number of years with no self injury behavior ... they are thinking more clearly and more in control. Methadone might work but they are not the solution. If people...
Hello Everyone I am New to this Board 19th March 2007
... thinking about talking to my drug councilor at the methadone clinic that i go to about my si so me being an idiot...

Sexual Dysfunction Treatment board

how does Darvocet 100 compare to say Lortab 10's?? 31st August 2004
... Darvon is in the same calss of synthetic opiates as methadone and levorphanol, It's roughly 1/100 the strength of ... methadone , so 100 mgs of DarvecetN would be equal to about 1 ... mg of methadone . 1 mg of meth would be comperable to 3-5 mgs of hydrocodone ... couple Ibuphrofen. Because it's in the same class as methadone it can make stepping down from opioids such as hydrocodone ... easier, It als has some NMDA blocking abilty that methadone has so that may be part of why it's a good step down...
... who's his pain doc now, and he said his pain meds.. methadone 10mgs 3 times a day can cause it...have you heard...
... paid over 21k for Kadian, neurontin,Roxicodone etc. methadone does work well for pain and nerve pain due to it's...
... who's his pain doc now, and he said his pain meds.. methadone 10mgs 3 times a day can cause it...have you heard ... men with ankylosing spondylitis. May I also add that methadone is wicked bad stuff!!!! I have yet to hear a story...
... seems to maybe (hopefully) point back to that darn methadone ...I may ask doc about..and the RDS you mentioned....

Sleep Disorders board

I have sleep apnea, have questions about a CPAP. 23rd August 2007
... opiates for chronic pain (Memere, I forget, do you take methadone also?) The V-pap controls the pressure according...
Thoughts on Sleep Study Results 23rd August 2007
... help it, just to name a few are klonapin, oxycodone, methadone , restoril, tramadol, and codeine, as well as valium...

Smoking Cessation board

velveeeta 2nd August 2007
... now is keeping me going on. I quit a pain med called methadone which the withdraws are all physical (worst then heroin...
Chantix Questions 2nd February 2007
... like methadone ? they came out with this one as a derivative of an...

Spinal Cord Disorders board

Neck Problem 11th February 2008
... uncomfortable", but I could tolerate it because I'm on Methadone for CP from a couple other problems I've had for several...
Tired of all this pain!!! 15th September 2007
... even giving me any relief and he decided to put me methadone . I am not willing to take that drug...I really had...
Questions about injections & broad based central disc protrusion?? 26th August 2007
... I never abused them but still had to detox off of methadone that I was on for my arm. I was in serious serious...
Rehabilatation Dr. next, whats his job? 18th August 2007
... that pain meds worked. He was the one that put me on Methadone . There are a few other drugs out there for pain that ... to enquire about before resorting to something of Methadone s Magnatude. Again you may want to ask about the...
Anyone here try or on Lyrica? 8th August 2007
... I took ever took it completly away. I did take Methadone for a few months and it worked the best when my pain...
Share some symptoms of bulging disc or disc problems please 6th August 2007
... not stand it and I went Cold turkey. The drug is MEthadone and please if you are ever offered this for your pain...
... not stand it and I went Cold turkey. The drug is MEthadone and please if you are ever offered this for your pain...
neck/arm nerve pain question 30th July 2007
... most of them. the one i have the best luck with is methadone . unfortunately for me, i don'do good with any narcs...
Any experiences with Skelaxin? Other options? 25th July 2007
... almost 3 years clean. Anyway I just had to detox off Methadone that I was taking for my work comp arm injury. I...
new to board c5/6 disectomy fusion 24th April 2007
... my way although I'm now walking with a cane and on Methadone and Vicodin and have sciatica in both legs. Who knows...
update 11th August 2006
... case the first does'nt work. I lowered my dose of methadone and I can now function. I look forward to hearing...
where's everybody been? update on wife 2nd August 2006
... clock. I have my own problems. I sleep alot on this methadone and it will be impossible for me to stay awake 24...
update for those interested 29th July 2006
... is going to come up. Before I started taking this methadone I had a hard time getting any sleep. I spent alot ... sleep. It seemed like I spent my life in bed. On the methadone I have a hard time staying awake. I will fall asleep ... has stated she won't live her life like that. The methadone has done a wonderful job getting me out of pain. First...
... were you I would talk to the dr. who put you on the methadone and if your pain is managed level now do a test experiment ... helps you sleepiness. I don't know anything about methadone so you would need to talk to the doc - but I tried...
... see the only way to find out is to lower the dose of methadone and see what happens. It would be wonderful if it...
update on myself and my wife 24th July 2006
... nt feel like posting the past few days. I started methadone fri and one of the side effects is being tired. It...
suppose to have new mri today 19th July 2006
... changing my medication from the oxycottin to 10 mg of methadone 3 times a day. She say's it a little stronger than...
where pain is now 6th July 2006
... won't prescribe it at all and opts for Morphine or Methadone , each doctor is different in what they prescribe....
My sister needs help 4th July 2006
... day away from her ever walking again. She's on methadone for pain along with Percocet. She is terribly depressed...
if my pet hurt this much I'd have him put down 4th July 2006
... try nutrotron and it did'nt work for me. I am now on methadone and it's doing a good job. The injection never did...
Is it legal to pull your own hair out? 27th June 2006
... acting medications such as Oxycontin, Morphine or Methadone . In fact that is a pretty rare case if you are not...
ADCF Surgery 4 years ago, need answers 2nd April 2006
... talked with my hero and told him and I started on methadone with hydrocodone for BT. ..Its SO much cheaper. Makes...
... Management doc ?....your PCP can refer you. ..and my 90 methadone a month without insurance is only abt 25$ a month...
pain almost 2 years after ADR 30th March 2006
... Im in Pain Management. I see a PM doctor and am on methadone and lortab for the pain. ... Come by the...
Post Anterior Interbody Fusion C-5-6 16th March 2006
... Long story short , Im now seeing a PM doc and on methadone and hydrocodone for pain. ..I was reading my sheet...
... now that I dont have insurance anymore, Im on the methadone 30 mgs a day with hydrocodone for BT. Its cheaper ... for BT. That was RRREEEAAAALLLLL expensive...but the methadone helps and CHEAP !..RRREEAAALLL cheap..just I cant...
Spinal Reconstruction @ 65 12th January 2006
... her hips causes muscle spasms that, at this point, methadone is her now prescribed pain killer in addition to other...
Today's Neurologist Appt. 26th September 2003
... exact words I am now on 90mgs down from 160mgs of methadone in 3 months How am I supposed to look, He acted...
EMG results and questions 21st September 2003
... trying to lower my high tolerence to opiates with methadone . 160mg per day in Apr. and now down to 90 a day, Sometiomes...
Traits 24th August 2003
... to top it all off. Pain Mgt doc is decreasing my methadone and he took away my BTmeds. Ortho Doc wants to do...
LORIRAT any update on sed rate? 16th August 2003
... cutting my meds drasticly. No more BT meds and my methadone is nearly in half from 4 months ago. So thats where...
Is it just me? 6th August 2003
... room becauseof this. Cronic pain sucks even on meds methadone and neurontin I dontfeel rested anymore Good luck...
Question lostsoul, Angelic &Jorie 26th July 2003
... called me a drug seeker and cut me off of 75mg of methadone all at once. I was soo mad at this arrogant egomaniac ... journal to show him that while he is decreasing my methadone dose monthly, that I'm gonna need something for break...
KAISER PERMANENTE-California 17th April 2003
... continue to ignore my pain, treat me with Morphine, Methadone and 17 other medications but the pain continues. ...
Spondylosis 9th April 2003
... for me is give me drugs, pain killers, (morphine, methadone and 17 other types of medication to try to keep my...
Pain meds 21st February 2003
... pain meds are you all on? I've been on around 50, now Methadone . I'm almost 21. Nothing works. Neurontin did squat...

Thyroid Disorders board

Did Thyroid Storm kill Anna Nicole Smith? 12th February 2007
... with the loss of her son. Good observation! Being on Methadone too, maybe it masked a lot of symptoms....
High T3 26th August 2004
... Amiodarone, a drug used for the heart Amphetamines Methadone Some clinical states that can raise TT4 levels...

TMJ Disorder -TemporoMandibular Joint board

Trigger Point Injections for TMJ? 13th January 2008
... 75mkg Fentanyl every 48 hours, a small amount of Methadone (20mg/day), and Oxycodone for breakthrough. That...
Why did we all get tmjd 26th August 2007
... for me now. I take the following every day: 100mg. Methadone for pain, an average of 60mg. Oxycodone for breakthrough...
Methadone 22nd February 2005
... thought. I can't believe that anyone would give you methadone for pain. They give methadone to people getting off ... have witnessed the withdrawls of people coming off methadone . It was a very ugly sight, the people were really...
... onstipation, weight gain, increased appetite. As far as methadone being prescribed for pain; I was surprised when I...
... I have read a lot about Methadone being used for nerve pain here recently. It seems ... type of monitoring did you have to have while taking Methadone ? I have read a lot about Elavil helping with pain...
Cymy Sue a question for you. 11th May 2004
... all else fails, the narcotics are tried. Usually methadone . It is often successful. Highly addictive which...
for "Puzzled" 20th October 2003
... neuralgia, but neuropathy. Have you tried morphine, methadone , or amitriptylene (Elavil)? You obviously don't get...
... times when I'm really desperate. I'm afraid to try methadone , because I've heard that it's next to impossible to...
... all at night. I do understand your concern about methadone and its addictive quality. I've heard people say...
IS THIS A TMJ HEADACHE? SUE, ELAINE, ANYONE? 10th March 2003
... consider is a long acting pain medication (oxycontin, methadone , etc). Those stay in your system and keep the medication...
What meds are you on to manage your TMJ? 1st March 2003
... breakfast tomorrow. Pain-free. Though she also takes two Methadone 10mg daily, morning and noon. And pain-free is a...
... muscle pain (by doctors and in print). I know the methadone wasn't really helping, and the pain doc said that...
anyone treated in atlanja 31st January 2003
... in Atlanta (physiatrist.) Pain clinic has her on methadone , which does not seem to help much. Nobody wants to...
... your wife happy with the pain clinic, even though the methadone doesn't seem to be working? I am currently looking...
Elaine-Crystal, More info please!!!!!!! 31st October 2002
... guys. The last one I went to, tried to put me on methadone for minor back pain. If you have time to read this...

Urology board

Hi, New and need some help. 5th January 2008
... the IC but no blocks yet for my lower half. I am on Methadone for RSDS and Fibro. Could you help me with some...

Women's Health board

First time on Lupron Depot, bad experience 3rd May 2006
... managment for my endo pain. My PM doctor prescribes methadone and it works quite well for my pain level....
Verdict in: Doc thinks Endo 6th March 2006
... years of being on many differnet pain meds I am now on methadone which helps amazingly well...but it is pretty strong...
... I hadn't even realized ow much until I started the methadone and all of a sudden am able to function competely...
Lap done Lupron again 10th February 2006
... them to treat your pain etc... I was switched to methadone about three months ago and it has worked the best...
Possible Endometriosis? 20th January 2006
... sent me to a pain management doctor who put me on methadone and it has been working great for my pain. I...
... That is why my gyno wanted to get me started on the methadone . She felt it would be right for me since I'd built ... my pain was so bad. Well, she was right about the methadone . It has been a miracle for me. It treats my pain...
endometriosis? 12th January 2006
... years. But my pain managment doctor has put me on methadone and it works INCREDIBLY well for me. Better than...
Lap over and done with 12th December 2005
... my pain. I was on vicodin, then oxycodone, and now methadone for severe pain managment. I actually asked to have ... until last week which is when they started me on the methadone but now I am feeling pretty good for the first time ... in YEARS. The methadone really treats the pain well. SO, hopefully we will...
Internal Endometriosis: what were your symptoms? 5th December 2005
... ineffective for my pain. I was recently switched to methadone for the pain. I can take less and it is much more...
... probably need pain management too. I'm curious if your methadone will always be helpful at the current dose, or will...
stabbing in ovaries 8th November 2005
... about the vicodin. My doctor just switched me to methadone a month ago. I had been using the vicodin for my ... for the past 5 years. Not sure how I feel about the methadone yet. I would love to go off the narcotic pain killers...
I am so upset 22nd October 2005
... management doctor though recently and he suggested methadone . So I just made taht switch a few weeks ago. You ... those days I have been taking an extra dose of the methadone . It seems to work a LOT better than vidodin did....
Increasing pain,nothing seems to help (possible endo) 27th September 2005
... so many years, which is why my doctor now has me on methadone which is much stronger. I am so, so, happy for...
Pain and weakness post lupron injections 20th July 2005
... referred me to a pain managment doctor to be put on methadone which is really working great for the pain without...

Open to All Health Related Topics board

Pain, sleep, and euphoric prescription drugs. PLEASE help! 11th January 2008
... my friend has a routine where he takes 3 days of methadone , 3 days of klonopin, and then he has another four...
... thats all.could you explain? FB Yeah, after taking methadone for three days, it stays in ones system for 5 days ... again in order to avoid dependence. so - 3 days methadone . 7 days no methadone (to avoid dependence). then ... is tramadol, which wont even really work until the methadone is all out of his system because methadone blocks...
in pain bup not enough 28th October 2007
... control ill effects of detox...kinda like suboxone and methadone . It is meant to block the effects of other opiates...
need some helping finding answers 23rd May 2007
... just in Feb. And she past of combined drug toxcity of methadone and alprazolam. Which neither should have been givin...
... from a combo of vicodin and xanax(alprazolam). Methadone and benzodiazepines (xanax, for example) do NOT mix...
waiting long to see a doctor 24th March 2007
... willing to prescribe all the meds we need (I take methadone , percocet and a benzodiazepine just for pain...other...
Intrathecal Opiate Pump Granulomas 21st March 2007
... suggestions would be appreciated. I am currently on methadone for withdrawls and percocet and Fentanyl patches for...
withdrawl from opiates 17th August 2006
... I am new to this site. I am taking methadone 10mg. 4 times a day. I am wondering, if there is any ... hydro,any of that kind of stuff. That's why i am on methadone right now. I have all kind of nerve damage that's ... very painful. Antiinf. med does not work, methadone works. I need to know if there's anything else that...
Methadone overdose 6th July 2006
... alot about people actually ODing on something like methadone itself.there is usually at least one or two other...
Can't tolerate pain meds anymore. 15th February 2006
... making me sick. I went to the hospital and then gave me Methadone to come off it. The Methadone was far better than...
... see a good pain doc.alot of them do use methadone for certain types of pain.if this did work for you...
my husband is a stepfather, acts like a jerk 6th October 2003
... when we told him he would have to pay for his own methadone , he wanted off it. they brought his dose down very...
My Mother with MS and Me 9th September 2003
... My mother got worse while I was away. I am now on a Methadone program. I am clean from illicit drugs and I am getting...


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