- 5th Day clean~need advice and some extra encouragment!!! HELP 5th April 2007
... would take anything i could get my hands on. Perc, methadone , oxycontin, and whatever else. I was taking from ... 30mg-70mg of perc, or 40mg of methadone , or 80mg of oxy's, per day. So yeah, my tolerance...
... would take anything i could get my hands on. Perc, methadone , oxycontin, and whatever else. I was taking from ... 30mg-70mg of perc, or 40mg of methadone , or 80mg of oxy's, per day. So yeah, my tolerance...
- quit suboxone cold turkey...anyone share this experience 2nd April 2007
... a day sometimes twice for nearly two years. I quit methadone (120 mg ) a day to 0, two years ago and am no stranger...
... suboxone even though it made me feel great. unlike the methadone I havent been vomiting yet and no tremors, sleep is...
... go there though. last time i was in wd's was from methadone , and thank god I feel nothing like that. those who...
- Starting suboxone tomorrow 1st April 2007
... what it did; I went from being comletely detoxed off methadone (the methadone detoxed me off the oxy/heroin) but my ... cravings gone. didnt have to deal with the nasty methadone clinics, side effects were minimal and I really thought ... embrace my pain and hanfg onto it like I did with the methadone detox ( which if anyone out there is considering,...
... meetings and lie and claim to be clean, when they are on methadone or suboxone. Now that you have been honest, you can...
... meetings and lie and claim to be clean, when they are on methadone or suboxone. Now that you have been honest, you can...
... it would be very ethical if a person were on sub or methadone and sponsoring another person.
I'm new here and...
... celebrate clean time, and a person on suboxone or methadone or the like, has none. That is what withdrawls suck...
- I don't understand how this helps 28th March 2007
... doctor give someone who is addicted to pills---- methadone , or subutex or whatever else.. to GET OFF drugs? ... handful of addicts right now, who are addicted to Methadone . They've never been on heroin... but found Methadone...
... a very long time and have trouble stopping. Sub or methadone is better than popping a bunch of pills, just as long ... pills we usually take will increase over time. sub/ methadone are supposed to help you stop the cravings and get...
- It's my 4th day clean from METHADONE!!! 28th March 2007
... determined!!!
I suspect mydaughter is addicted to methadone . We just removed her children. she keeps sleeping...
- Observations while withdrawing from Vicodin & Suboxone 26th March 2007
... And although not as bad as previous withdrawl from methadone it is still quite rough. Methadone detox in my opinion ... it as I started after completely detoxing from the methadone last. I was clean and was talked into sub in order...
- methadone & recovery stigma 25th March 2007
... Are you clean and sober now, or still on methadone ?...
... other than getting back to my old non-ddicted self. Methadone , Suboxone, whatever...I am open to treatment options...
... Podee;2882228]Are you clean and sober now, or still on methadone ?
yas,I am still on methadone.I have only went as...
... Good luck on getting off the methadone . It is an opiate just like any other. Stronger actually ... the detox off it is far worse than heroin.
I took methadone for a short time but am clean and sober for many years...
... [QUOTE=Podee;2885343]Good luck on getting off the methadone . It is an opiate just like any other. Stronger actually ... the detox off it is far worse than heroin.
I took methadone for a short time but am clean and sober for many years ... hand my life is soooo much better with the option of methadone . meeting and treatment are also as important an finding...
... so I assume you were a heroin user and went to methadone while pregnant? so how is your child doing? did your ... baby have W/D'S or is your baby still taking methadone with you? I am just curious as I can't imagine this ... through W/D'S. Do you ever think you will get off methadone ? Your not really clean and sober while taking Methadone ... your not clean... I have heard of people staying on methadone for life and if that works for you, than so be it ... .... Maybe someday you will decide to get off the methadone and than you can say your clean..
SS...
... 2887840]Maybe someday you will decide to get off the methadone and than you can say your clean..
SS
I agree...
... himself "clean and sober" even though he's been on methadone for six years. Please try to detox from the methadone ... improve your life, and your son's life. Getting off of methadone is the next step. Good luck....
... I have been on methadone twice. You are very lucky that it is working for ... itself. For me I always wound up smoking crack on methadone and I don't even like crack. The second time I was ... on methadone I wound up on 200mgs. I started at 70 or 100 and ... mom. It is very easy to be content with being on methadone for ever. I am not saying you are in that mental ... rest of my life. I looked into having children on methadone . The thing is that methadone is harder on the body ... circumstance. When the time is right for you to get off methadone you will. It will be a time of healing...and you ... you are trying to consistantly improve your life and methadone is what has made that possible at this time then good ... other people say. However don't be mistaken that methadone is one of the strongest opiates out there and the...
... I have detoxed from methadone twice and the whole gambit of other drugs.
frankly ... , Id rather detox from heroin than methadone . yes, its still 5 days of hell but a lesser hell than ... methadone. I would NEVER recommend methadone to anyone, if the physical withdrawl dosent kill u ... I made the mistake of going to suboxone after the methadone and am still getting over that. My regret is that...
... QUOTE=withdrawls suck;2896876]I have detoxed from methadone twice and the whole gambit of other drugs.
frankly ... , Id rather detox from heroin than methadone . yes, its still 5 days of hell but a lesser hell than ... methadone. I would NEVER recommend methadone to anyone, if the physical withdrawl dosent kill u ... I made the mistake of going to suboxone after the methadone and am still getting over that. My regret is that ... second that. I would rather come off of herion than methadone anyday. Methadone is the longest w/d I have ever...
... second that. I would rather come off of herion than methadone anyday. Methadone is the longest w/d I have ever ... could get this message out to everyone attracted to methadone , I honestly consider the experience of coming off...
... what happens if you take methadone , and smoke crystal meth?...
... QUOTE=slsmith1122;2900628]what happens if you take methadone , and smoke crystal meth?
what kinda question is ... answer u get high, what are u trying to accomplish, methadone is a (poor at best) detox tool, why are u in a program...
... Only Gonna Say This One Time: For All U Thinking Of Methadone , When U Detox U Will Think Your Gonna F-ing Die, And ... Physical Deterioration Etc Caused By Prolonged Use. Methadone Should Be Illegal....
... not me, i have a 23 yr old that has been on methadone for 2 years, throut pregnancy. baby was born having...
... 2902849]not me, i have a 23 yr old that has been on methadone for 2 years, throut pregnancy. baby was born having ... serious concern, but not nearly so serious as the methadone use, she will need a gradual taper down and even then...
... come off of heroin and a very very large habit than methadone of even a small amount any day. I don't wish that ... about a lot of people including myself is that once on methadone and even not being much of a speed person for some ... reason we did crack or whatever. Once the methadone was done and over the crack just stopped. I can't...
... talk about and re live my experience detoxing from methadone , like you put it Jesse , the closer I keep that memory ... younger men that me die in the emergency room from methadone detox. It brings tears to my eyes to know there are...
- how do i stop thinking that i need to use something, whether its opiates ,or suboxone 25th March 2007
... it is its a much safer and non addictive version of methadone ) but yet when i don't take any i feel as though i...
... is just another opiate. It is probably more like methadone than heroin, but all of these are addictive exactly...
- Can't find Suboxone Dr!!!! 22nd March 2007
... this drug, suboxone. It doesn't give you a high like methadone , so you don't get addicted right off and can be trusted...
... did not include the medicine! Well, I checked into methadone and researched it for awhile. Yes there is good and ... medication. But, I want you to know I have been on methadone for 1 month now and I feel great, clear headed, no ... pain, migraines and other minor pain issues and the methadone seems to help with this and for me I do not feel high ... management board you will read that a lot of people take methadone for chronic pain because it is suppost to not have...
- Newbbie Needs Help 22nd March 2007
... pains associated with withdrawal like Suboxone and Methadone . I too am in the process of kicking my oxycodone/hydorcodon...
- Opaite Withdrawl will NOT go away! 21st March 2007
... supposed to substitute for opiate addiction. IT IS NOT METHADONE . It attaches to one's opiate receptors....
... effect.
People take this as a substitute for heroin, methadone , oxycontin, etc. because it is only a partial opiate...
... medical maintenance programs. i am not a big fan of methadone treatment myself; having been there for a couple years...
- Quitting lortabs! 19th March 2007
... want this to be their problem. I have heard of the methadone clinics, but after poor Anna Nicole, that scares the...
... first 2 weeks....
I don't have any experience with methadone or sub, but I know that some others here do....maybe...
- How's Everyone Doing?? 18th March 2007
... methods of detoxing, whether its C/T or tapering or methadone or suboxone. My choice was suboxone and I am so incredibly...
- Experience w/Sub-Please help me. 12th March 2007
... junkies abused them that they ended up being the new methadone for many.
Similarly, heroin was thought to be the...
... of sub now and will tell u its so far easier than methadone (which was much worse than oxy) but is no picnic. ... in mind. I started it after completly detoxing from methadone and now regret not simply working a program, instead...
... for one LOVED sub, I never felt better, unlike with methadone and the physical deterioration it causes sub seemed ... day five of sub withdrawl and am definitly not in methadone wd's but it is very unpleasant to putn it mildly....
... give the sub a shot. Up until Anna Nicole OD'd on methadone I always had the connotation that "good for that person...
- methadone and chronic pain anyone??? 11th March 2007
... addiction? No...it made it worse and stronger than ever. Methadone is purer and stronger than many street opiates or ... and so be it. Pain issues....I don't know about but methadone would be just like any really stron pills...it would ... on it for a short time if possible. The w/d's from methadone are like no others I have ever experienced cold turkey...
- Please HELp With methadone questions 11th March 2007
... Hi there...Sorry I don't have experience with methadone as I went c/t....It was hell, but now 13 days clean...
... 2851019]Hi there...Sorry I don't have experience with methadone as I went c/t....It was hell, but now 13 days clean...
... mother too and i felt so guilty. I have tried the methadone route. I am hearing such horrible things aboutit?...
... at my long drug history and recommended that I take Methadone for my pain. I can tell you that I had immediate ... stand in line, and drink some orange juice spiked with methadone every single day in order to get the med. The doc ... sort of laughed and told me that Methadone was now being used for chronic pain and that it came ... routinely.
Nicole, I can honestly tell you that Methadone has saved my life! I know that sounds so melo-dramatic ... got used to the drug) that are often mentioned. The Methadone does not give me a high or a buzz or a warm, fuzzy ... So, in my opinion only, I think you should give the Methadone a chance to work. It should also have the added benefit...
... I was on methadone for drug addiction. It did stop me from using and ... not see going away and you need a drug for that then methadone is just as good as anyother and just as with any other ... dose on that too for the same effect. I do know that methadone quit cold turkey is not a pretty sight. It was the ... quitting for longer than two weeks. But officially methadone 's w/d's when done cold turkey last real close to a ... active addict all over again and would probably be on methadone . That is not easy when you have pain issues. What...
... on the Pain Management board, but saw your post on Methadone and I wanted to give you some information I have acquired ... .
I've been on Methadone over four years now, and I still have all my teeth ... Good luck to you and I hope you're successful on the Methadone ....
... sober for many years, but along the way I did try methadone - once to try and detox (unsuccessfully I might add ... (about a month or two) maintenance.
I found that methadone very definitely got me high, especially the first ... hour after dosing. People say that methadone does not create any euphoria, but then after long ... heroin, there is little euphoria.
As far as taking methadone for long term pain management, that makes no real ... analgesic properties will diminish down to about nothing.
Methadone will not make you lose your teeth or make your bones ... documented cases of this happening directly due to the methadone itself. I have noticed some puffiness in the ankles ... and hands among long term methadone users, but it is not clear what exactly is causing ... this. The methadone , or something else.
There may be some physical effects ... about. However the real problems, in my opinion, with methadone are more subtle than that. The real problem is that ... especially with something so powerful and addictive as methadone - real recovery is not possible. Programs like N ... to medicate, with any substance including alcohol, methadone , etc., we do not grow spiritually. In my opinion...
... was. I'm glad that you see improvement while on the methadone , however I'd still strongly encourage you to talk ... you wouldn't be able to control your dosage of the methadone if it were given to you in a monthly supply, you are ... probably better off going to the methadone clinic and getting it daily. Either way, I wish you...
... Nicole...My doctor prescibes my Methadone for me in pill form. I get 540, 10 mg pills a month ... with your doctor and ask if he'll prescribe you the Methadone and then you're able to take it at home. My insurance ... glad to hear you're getting positive results from the Methadone . Remember though, if you do have it filled at your ... don't let them fill it with Methadose. It has to be Methadone by Roxane, which is a much better quality....
- Help, More PAIN Issues! 8th March 2007
... ve been taken off ALL my meds and am on only 40mg Methadone a day. . nothing for breakthrough . I'm miserable ... am I going to do now? I need something ELSE, this Methadone gives me SEVERE, DAILY headaches, it has worsened...
- Need help with Lortab addiction 7th March 2007
... As we were taking morphine by then he prescribed us Methadone . My husband took way too many (just to feel better ... later and went back to the same doctor and got more Methadone . This time he didn't abuse them but the damage from ... leaving the hospital. His cause of death was acute methadone toxicity. It will be 2 years this Thursday since ... he died and I have been on Methadone the entire time up until 9 days ago. I am sick and...
- Help! Having dental surg tomorrow and know she'll RX vics for the pain 6th March 2007
... oxycontin, bring it on EVEN BETTER, morphine bring it on, methadone , bring it on, ( never had that but i am sure i would...
- Day Four 6th March 2007
... and stayaway from substitution drugs like subutex, methadone etc...theyre gonna take you right back to where u...
... suboxone WD and compared to previously detoxing from methadone its a much lesser hell, but someone who has never...
- Subatex Question 3rd March 2007
... oxycontin, etc. as well. Can also be used to get off methadone , but not an easy ride as methadone is very long acting...
... oxycontin, etc. as well. Can also be used to get off methadone , but not an easy ride as methadone is very long acting...
... and get help the right way. you could also go to a methadone clinic and get clean that way to, UNDER A DR'S care...
- I'm back....and ready to be DONE w/hydro for good 3rd March 2007
... or substituting one drug for another (i.e. taking methadone or suboxone), fail miserably in the long term.
...
- Just shaking my head in disbelief.... 1st March 2007
... I'm not knocking addiction recovery programs with methadone or something similar, but they just seem to be a trade...
- New boyfriend herion addict 1st March 2007
... would tell my best friend to run too.
He is not on methadone . He quit cold turkey because he went to jail for...
- Would anyone who has been clean for awhile like to talk? 27th February 2007
... people who claim to be "clean" but are still on drugs. Methadone . Suboxone. Alcohol. Etc....
- My story........ 26th February 2007
... me are addicted to pills only his drug of choice is methadone and mine is norcos. They truely are the devil, and...
... hey i feel for ya guys, i remeber coming off methadone , it was the worst withdrawal ive had, the pain in ... make u worry of course :s)i would never go back to methadone . Ive relapsed myself, and also new here, i feel for...
- Methadone vs. Subatex/Suboxone 24th February 2007
... methadone you have to go to a clinic to pick up every day. it ... is given in pill form.
the clinic I go to for my methadone is pill form but mixed with water.
why would anyone ... want to get high on methadone ? I"m there for a purpose and that's to get clean. ... methadone has saved my life.
even though I have to drive there ...
it is very difficult some feel to detox off the methadone once you've started it. I started on 90 mg and went...
... Hi there ACL2006,
I was on Methadone for pain through my pain management doctor. I did ... least amount of medication. I was not offered the Methadone until all the other stuff no longer worked and I really ... along and take life as it comes.
My experience with Methadone is this....It was great because it did take the pain ... doc and can't tell you anything but my experience.... Methadone was hard to get off of but everyone's body is different...
... Just to clarify re the myth of the methadone clinic -- you do not have to go to a clinic to get ... methadone . Doctors can write for it -- in fact, any doctor ... reason most people think you need to go to a clinic for methadone is that very few doctors will write for it. I have...
... TrampyG;3101634]Just to clarify re the myth of the methadone clinic -- you do not have to go to a clinic to get ... methadone . Doctors can write for it -- in fact, any doctor ... reason most people think you need to go to a clinic for methadone is that very few doctors will write for it. I have ...
The problem is the only way a doc can prescribe methadone is if they prescribe it for pain. It is illegal for...
... everyone here is right!
Any doctor can prescribe methadone for pain, and also for addiction, but only for two ... clinic somewhere.
I currently take a low dose of methadone for addiction and I read up on it before I took it ... learning all I can in order to be an advocate for it. Methadone saved my life - maybe not my physical life, but my ... Nicole was almost surely taking other things with her methadone or overdosing on it - low doses help when trying to ... perfect way to describe the way I feel when taking methadone is this: Like I have never done drugs. Not that...
- Already know the answers 23rd February 2007
... the addiction, by now i was hooked on crack, heroin, methadone and benzo's. But you get through it, you find something...
- opiate addiction and the damage it causes 15th February 2007
... withdrawl symptons because 4 years ago you couldn't get methadone in NH. Its hard on the stomach but really worked along...
- What do you do instead?? 15th February 2007
... took me to the vicodins, and Loritabs, and finally to methadone ....Most addicts, look for a better high after they...
- Out of Detox-on Suboxone 13th February 2007
... In my opinion, suboxone is no different from methadone , which are together no different from heroin except...
... abuse. Suboxone is only a somewhat weaker version of methadone and you will still have very serious withdrawls. sub...
- I have to try suboxone 13th February 2007
... the cure for morphine addiction! Now people think methadone is the cure for heroin addiction. The cycle never...
... the comments regarding maintenance or detox (Sub & Methadone ), we should understand it’s an individual decision...
- Going Crazzy 12th February 2007
... won't admit that they have a problem, some are on methadone and were supossed to be weaned off, it was only to ... my nephews, got so desperate for the pain meds and methadone , and had no money, that he went to a clinic and robbed...
- Chronic pain and addiction weaning off and in so much pain 12th February 2007
... relate to the predicament your are in, i was long term methadone user for 12years then got clean to find myself in...
- How long does methadone stay in your system 12th February 2007
... having issues w/ a person in my life who has been on methadone and is trying to get off.... I am aware of the tapering ... someone was to "switch" drugs of choice how long will methadone stay in your system?
Susiek , I'm not sure but will...
... Susiek
I have no experience with methadone at all. The only knowledge I have is what I have...
... I knew someone who tapered down to 1 ounce of methadone and she stayed on that dosage for two years. Methadone...
... i am on day 13 of being totally off the methadone . it is really nasty stuff. still can't sleep w/o ... free from the stuff. did a really fast taper off the methadone , and quit cod turkey from norco and xanax. thought...
... saying that this person in your life is abusing the methadone and now switching to some other pain med?
How high ... so angry! It does not help, only makes it worse.
Methadone is a very long acting drug. It has a long half life...
- How can I help my MOM???? 11th February 2007
... going to OD and I don't know what to do. My mom takes methadone , percocet, vicodin, xanax, and when she can get her...
... I am sure my daughter is addicted to pain meds. Methadone , oxicotin, etc.... She falls asleep in the middle...
- am gona get off the codeine.will you help me? 10th February 2007
... go to the chemist everyday (I assume you mean for methadone or subutex??). Friend, either the tough decisions...
- Is this common? 9th February 2007
... My boyfriend has had an on off opiate (vic, oxy, methadone ) addictionfor several years. He has reccently kicked...
... I'M SERIOUS!!, in my expirience the withrawl from methadone can last for weeks, its not as intense as most opiates...
- sleep needed, any help? 8th February 2007
... because he has come this far getting off pills and methadone . Any suggestions for the sleeplessness, and any thing...
... him gettin off the drugs..
was he prescribed the methadone from a DR or did he get that off the street ? what ... let us know what its called. How come he was taking methadone ? is he a pain patient? Just curious. the best of luck...
... years ago, and this past summer he started taking methadone , from a friend, to try and wean off the pills. This ... he died 3 years ago, while battling addiction to methadone . his death was not drug related, but his life would ... have been alot better without methadone and that is what i keep telling b/f now.
Two or Three...
- Weening Off Percocet Question 8th February 2007
... what, though. My sister died from her persciption of methadone , so I wouldn't recommend that. And I really don't...
- Methadone detox to Suboxone 6th February 2007
... I was wondering if you could get methadone from a Dr. in the town you're moving to. Maybe they ... just don't have a methadone clinic. It seems if the Dr. wants you to have it and ... coming off fentanyl pain patches and I'm going on methadone for two weeks and taking the fentanyl patch off the ... addiction for another. I'm only supposed to be on the methadone for two weeks tops.
Good Luck and I hope things go...
... reccomended that a patient slowly taper down to 30mg of methadone or under before making the switch to suboxone..And ... antagonist..And if you were to take it while having methadone in your system or not already in acute withdrawals ... from the methadone then shortly after taking the suboxone its gonna go ... in there and push every bit of the methadone off the opiate receptors and place you in full fledged...
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Ok my husband and I are on 70mg of methadone and are moving to a new state. In the town where we ... are moving to does not have methadone , and the doctor wants to put us on Suboxone. Can anyone ... withdrawals you might go thru while switching from methadone to suboxone. If anyone can help please let me know...
- Home detox from Methadone 1st February 2007
... I progress in the taper.
My understanding about Methadone , although I have no personal experience with it, is...
... Hey there. My sister works as a nurse in a methadone clinic. I will ask her about this when I talk to her ... some time today. Are you going through a methadone clinic also? Hold tight....
... Ok, Talked to my sister. She is the head nurse at a methadone clinic here in Columbus, so I think I have some good...
... Ok, Talked to my sister. She is the head nurse at a methadone clinic here in Columbus, so I think I have some good...
... I progress in the taper.
My understanding about Methadone , although I have no personal experience with it, is...
... I am reporting on the 14th day of getting shot of Methadone .
The headaches and sweating have ended, the urge...
- Anyone know about Suboxone????? 31st January 2007
... heard this is much much easier to get off of that methadone , is this true? And should I be on this forever or...
- Here's where I am 30th January 2007
... much incentive to quit so if you did get on either methadone or sub, the pills would do nothing for you as far ... buzz goes.
Have you thought about checking out the methadone clinic? It might be a good idea for you to look into...
- Ultram Help 26th January 2007
... m in bed at night. dur to my history of heroin and methadone use my consultant is reluctant to give me morpheine...
- searching for help 25th January 2007
... to take care of him, because they didnt offer him methadone , or anything but a kick in the teeth every chance...
... maens he is tired an done.I can only speak for me but methadone has worked for me an I have tryed it all.Tar is a ... especally evil withdraw.all methadone clinics are set up as confidental(sorry bad speller...
- Drug free for 8 years now.. 24th January 2007
... a question about a urinalysis I had to take in the methadone maintenance treatment program I am a client at.I recently...
- My boyfriend is an addict and trying to stay clean but can't stay clean 17th January 2007
... including alcohol, or prescription drugs such as valium or methadone , subutex, etc.), usually end up just as bad as ever...
- Have questions please help! 15th January 2007
... somewhere below 1 percent I ended up haveing to go to a methadone clinic and I wasnt to keen on being labeled a addict ... wasnt for the nurses and docs the support and the methadone from the clinic . so if she is having some real problems...
- Suboxone withdrawals? 15th January 2007
... the fight is in our head.it is basicly the same as methadone an opiate receptor blocker.in world war2 they were ... running short on morphien so a german scientist created methadone hydrocloide.witch is the same thing.and its very powerful...
... the fight is in our head.it is basicly the same as methadone an opiate receptor blocker.in world war2 they were ... running short on morphien so a german scientist created methadone hydrocloide.witch is the same thing.and its very powerful...
- help from the most unlikely place 15th January 2007
... stop.well im stared on 4th day with out anything no methadone no anything. im not gonna replace one with another...
- 20+vic daily recovery 12th January 2007
... I bought xbox360 and a lot of games. I don't like methadone and the new "detox" pill. This replaces 1 addiction...
- Something that may make you think twice 11th January 2007
... patient rehabs I'm finally clean.I had to turn to methadone to do it but I feel like it's a fair trade.I know ... I'm now addicted to the methadone but it's a more worthwhile addiction.(is that possible ... effectivly(mostly and what I'm not doing is on me not the methadone ):p I now pay my rent and other bills,buy food,get ... me to my clinic.One day I will taper down from the methadone .I can see a wonderful future for me and my kids where...
- Good with the bad, Literally.week off Vikes 11th January 2007
... get to the root of the pain. He also had my mom on methadone . she is almost a month clean from it. Needless to...
- Kicking Opiates - what's working for me after 3 1/2 years of struggle 9th January 2007
... disgusted everytime I think about a Hydro or an Oxy or a Methadone pill. BUt, with the Quinine, I have had no RLS or...
- Just for Today.... 8th January 2007
... real physical pain. I have no help in the form of methadone , but Ive always been skeptical of that in any case...
- sorry this is so long 8th January 2007
... love an addict and need help. My brother has been on methadone for a few years now. Prior to this he was shooting ... he would end up this way. He continues to go to a methadone clinic, on a daily basis. He is also prescribed xanex...
- Day six... so awesome 7th January 2007
... As of last Tuesday (1/2/07) at 8 am (did 2 - 10mg methadone ), I have had no opiates after a 3 1/2 year battle ... to 160mg a day of sniffing oxys or 30 to 40mgs of Methadone when no oxys were to be had. Haven't had a drop of...
... disgusted everytime I think about a Hydro or an Oxy or a Methadone pill. BUt, with the Quinine, I have had no RLS or...
- Major doses of Oxycontin 6th January 2007
... been 2 days since you last dosed?
Try to get a few methadone pills. Take a couple 10mg pills when the withdrawls...
- Feelbad and anyone else in Pain Mgmt 5th January 2007
... had 2004 and the lumbar is still a problem. I take methadone 40mg/d, oxycodone 5mg-6/d, and cymbalta 90mg/d. Your...
- Oxycotin Users Please Help 4th January 2007
... this last year instead of uping the OXy..he added Methadone to the mix. Not sure of all the mg's..but here is ... what he takes:
OXY 80mg 3 times daily
Methadone I think 20mg twice a day
Lexapro daily
Nortryptilyn...
... her everything.She verified it all and sent me to a methadone clinic.I've been there two years now.My life has changed ... 100 percent.Yes,I'm addicted to methadone .But I don't take more than prescribed.I have never...
- My Story 2nd January 2007
... when I got pregnant for the second time. I was on methadone at the time and my doctor would not start a methadone ... hospital for 2 weeks, hoping to try and wean me off the methadone . Well, I can honestly say now, that was the worst ... was released from the hospital and returned to the methadone clinic. At the clinic I met a girl who was selling ... vicodin, Methadone clinics are a great way to meet people to do drugs...
- I quit smoking and pain pills today 1st January 2007
... have what i need in advance.
I just went off of methadone . It was awful for 2 weeks but i was also going on...
- codeine withdrawl 30th December 2006
... pain which only surfaced after coming off a 12 year methadone addiction, id rather not have to use but i cant cope...
... me, my P.M, consultant is informed of my long term methadone abuse (this wasnt for pain) and obviously has the...
- hydro after oxy 24th December 2006
... something similar. He did stints in detox and did the methadone thing and suboxone for a good two years and then after...
- wife(xanax) + hubby(vicodin)= MESS 19th December 2006
... that also. This lat time, the Quack Dr put him on methadone to get him off of everythig. The first month, 10mg ... WHOA...I thought we were weaning him down???
The methadone eventually caused anxiety because with the methadone ... missing and him being TOTALLY messed up and he lost his methadone . I called his Dr and spilled the truth about hubby...
- Addicted to VICODIN & HATING LIFE 15th December 2006
... THANK GOODNESS.
Monday I almost drove myself to the METHADONE clinic. I thought that was the answer. Then, I prayed...
- suboxone vs methadone 14th December 2006
... I'm on methadone and going to Suboxone. Methadone is so much harder to get off of. It gives a feeling ... sleep ALOT! I'm on 15 milligrams and I've been on methadone for 12 years. I went from 5 milligrams to nothing ... off of. My question would be WHY? would you go to methadone instead of just detoxing off of Suboxone and then...
- Filling the Void 12th December 2006
... everyday at the same time, trying to taper what I have. Methadone / dose is a nasty bugger of a drug. Half life of...
- anyone here a codependant? 6th December 2006
... trying so hard, but now is taking small amounts of methadone each day to come off of pills. anyone here coping...
... trying to wean him off of pills with small amount of methadone each day, usually around 10 to 15 mgs. i know i need...
- How much can I expect to pay for Suboxone? 6th December 2006
... day and how much it costs. My therapeutic dose of Methadone is 120mg per day, so, what does that translate to...
... costs. It's quite varied. It is not comparable to methadone in cost. Plus, you need to taper down off the methadone ... experience is that I had to be completely off the methadone before I could begin the sub. I started suboxone ... after being off methadone for two days and still went into precipatated withdrawal ... . It was awful. Once I had the methadone out of my system, the transition to sub was easy....
- Day #5 still no energy 5th December 2006
... works well also. I would really think twice about the methadone , unless you are looking to stay on it for the long...
- Going from 'done 2 Subox.....any suggestions/feedback/ideas? 5th December 2006
... I am currently a methadone maintenance patient and have recently had a dosage ... punishment? And is it not against every tenet of the Methadone Maintenance ideology to use methadone reductions/suspension...
... lternative in fighting your addiction. My sister works in a methadone clinic and she has said that they will kick people...
- At What Point Are You "addicted?" Help.... 28th November 2006
... Most people with chronic pain sometimes take the methadone too. I'm sure if you stopped you would have w/d's...
- deadly combination 27th November 2006
... was ruled an accidental overdose due to crack and methadone .that said that with his heart racing from the crack ... and then slowing down from the methadone that his heart did not know what to do and just stopped...
