- can't handle life sober 25th November 2006
... tranquilizers. I mean non-abused prescription meds ( methadone , suboone, campral, SSRI's). Hope I helped....
- day 4 off opiates need some help 24th November 2006
... I have a question for you all. I was addicted to methadone or maybe i still am but anyways i went cold turkey ... off methadone for 2 months (stayed away from all opiates) then got ... for my wds to go away. Am I just going through the methadone w/d's again or both herion and methadone? plz help...
- From methadone to subutex? 17th November 2006
... took the sub for about a week or so. I have heard the methadone does lurk in your system longer than other opiates...
... took the sub for about a week or so. I have heard the methadone does lurk in your system longer than other opiates ... there buckeyetim thanks for your feedback.
Yeah the methadone stays in your system quite a bit longer than most ... counsellor ive been seeing since i started on the methadone and it was actually her that got me on it in the 1st ... the best shot at getting clean. i have been on the methadone for 6 and a half years now and she has been there...
... this is my second week on this and I transferred from methadone . I was on 30mls and had my last dose of this on Tues ... as you leave it 12 - 24hrs from your last dose of methadone and are experiencing withdrawel pains, it will been...
... wanted out of the projects of detroit so i went on methadone ...stabilized at 35mg a day and after a year wanted ... zero drugs in system,relapsed...swore id never do methadone again...never did heroin again...1990 got into a accident ... for pain and w/d prevention...doc jumped me back on methadone for two years but dose crept up to 120mg...addict ... function just fine...it gives you more energy than the methadone ,sex is heaven..acts like viagra for me and no w/d ... tomoroow doc will pull me off subutex and back on methadone ...they are both long actinmg opiates...meth=72 hrs ... out of your addiction wean all the way down on the methadone and take a month off life and by the time its a montha ... being...no one wants to deal with w/d's...i did on methadone and after a month/half i was normal...except sleep...
... crossed for you.
regarding the time between last methadone dose ans first subutex dose my doc said i will get ... my last methadone on saturday morning and i hav to go to the clinic ... be ok to take the subutex on monday morning as the methadone dose will only be about 10 - 15mls. is this true? ... morning! what do u guys think?
Brunette did u have methadone the day before you took the sub or 2 days before?...
... but was only two weeks ago) - I took my last dose of methadone on Tuesday and waited until thursday before taking...
- on that road again 16th November 2006
... doctor? cuz thats the only dr. i have. i was taking methadone to try and ween off the norco but then i found myself ... of that. i didnt have to go to a clinic to get the methadone so i could take as much as i want. and my personality...
... doctor? cuz thats the only dr. i have. i was taking methadone to try and ween off the norco but then i found myself ... of that. i didnt have to go to a clinic to get the methadone so i could take as much as i want. and my personality...
... off of.
Did your primary care Doc give you the methadone ? Just curious as Its not real common for a doc to ... just give out Methadone like that.
SS...
- son showed up... 15th November 2006
... oxycodone for breakthru pain and back on small quantity of methadone until after surgery...then we will re-wean,back to...
- New Thread New Plan 14th November 2006
... do my research. I mean they could be offering you methadone for all you know or some kind of other narcotic.
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- Started at the Methadone Clinic yesterday 14th November 2006
... for you. Some people choose, Suboxone, some choose Methadone and some choose cold turkey or attend a rehab. For ... step to take and not an easy one to do. going to a methadone clinic is not an easy way out, they really can't and...
... Hi There, I have been in Methadone treatment since October 2004. It really depends on ... and what and how much you were taking how long your methadone treatment will last. I am not sure just how much I...
... first full week, or I guess business week, goin to the methadone clinic. As I saw one of you angels post that you ... emails from my family like" 20 percent of people on a methadone treatment plan can stop. The other 80 are on for...
... I finally stayed with morphine and when I started methadone I was taking 3,000mgs a say of ms contin.I am 5'9 ... have never in my life been in withdrawl) I started methadone .That was 4 years ago and let me tell you my life has ... cover's my addiction and pain.Alot of people get on methadone and then proceed to sit around watching tv and eating...
... to get off it and i always said i would never take methadone as i heard it was actually WORSE than the heroin and ... really at rock bottom before i decided to give the methadone a try and i wish i had done it a LOT sooner than i ... did!! Methadone is brilliant if you let it work. I know loads of guys ... that buzz or they are still using in between doses. Methadone doesnt give you a buzz it just prevents withdrawals ... time muler but beleive me you WILL get there with methadone if you let it do its job properly.
I have now been ... on methadone for nearly 7 years and it has TOTALLY changed my life ... seen. I am now waiting to go on to subutex when my methadone dosage is low enough and then i will be totally drug ... clinic in the 1st place and trying to get onto the methadone so well done. All you have to do now is stay away ... friends that are still using and sit back and let the methadone do its job!! if you could maybe join a gym or some...
... are probably still feeling a little "good" from the methadone This WILL go away.Please dont keep going up and up ... properly.Thats if you want true success in coming off it.. Methadone changed my life,Methadone SAVED my life.I went from ... their bussiness and that if they knew how I was before methadone then they wouldnt say what they do.I also tell them ... more like a diabetics body isnt producing insulin.The methadone just replaces my endorphin level to a normal level ... replacing what isnt made anymore.Same thing with the methadone .If a person with a normal endorphin system were to ... take methadone they would get a big buzz probably because they would ... level of endorphins....Dont let anyone tell you that methadone isnt good.Most that have taken it before and came...
- Methadone taper but at what rate? 12th November 2006
... Hi Evo8guy, I have been on Methadone since Oct./2004. I was taking 115 mg. for the best...
- Im addicted to endone &the dr just took me off them,can he do that??what can I do now 7th November 2006
... is the reason?
I do believe you can get into a methadone program since your a drug user so that should not ... should seek out some help and see if you can get on methadone or suboxone and try and clean up. They do drug test...
... dont want it to be this way. I hope you can get on methadone but I think it should be for people who really want ... suffer w/d's. What happens when you taper off the methadone then what back to heroin? Well please post and keep...
... ect.They are not the same drug.I wouldn't suggest a methadone program until you exhaust all other avenues.Buprenorphene...
- 9th day without methadone 7th November 2006
... when you went to see your doctor. I detoxed from methadone in 1977. At first I was in a detox unit where they...
... a long talk with the doc about raising my dose of methadone vs changing to opana. Because of my past addiction ... oxycontin, doc said he felt better with me taking methadone . He gave me the same dosage (20mg 3 times per day ... and added another 10mg dose at night. I took my methadone tuesday evening (day 9) and by wednesday morning i...
... hear you're feeling better. I know you're taking the methadone for pain management (I'm in the same situation but ... course, after my experience in '77, I'll never take methadone again.
Well, thanks for letting me know and glad...
- This sucks!!! 6th November 2006
... DONT TAKE the ultram!!! It has the same stuff as methadone and that is a ***** to kick. Stay on your path and...
- Methadone or Oxymorphone 6th November 2006
... because I was going thru withdrawals from running out of Methadone over a week early. I didn't call my doc because he ... change, or should I ask the doc to up my dosage of Methadone (currently 20mg 3 times per day)?...
... suddenly. and yes that medication is just addicting as methadone if you run out early you are going to suffer big time...
... really really highly suggest that you try upping the methadone and stay the heck away from opana.does your doc know ... oxycontin?if you can obtain any good relief,stay with the methadone just at a higher dose,it is much safer for you to...
... several times about my past addiction. I started taking Methadone with this doc because of its lack of abuse potential ... When the patches didn't work, we kept going with methadone . After 2 years on methadone (the last 1 1/2 years ... ibuprofen 2-3 times each day along with my 60mg of methadone . My appointment is after work today and it will be ... before that he does have patients at higher levels of methadone than I am on, but he doesn't like to go much higher ... wouldn't be a problem. We have not had to do that with methadone , but if I switch I will probably ask them to do it...
- Percocet addciction 150 to 200 milligrams 5th November 2006
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Hi, I am currently taking Percocet and Methadone for pain related to disk problems that surgery did...
- Old time member here... unfortunately 4th November 2006
... few years ago. I know of a way to taper from both methadone and benzos (I have done extensive research) to the ... benzos!!!!!! My hub just tried to take the sub for the methadone and boy did he get sick! Not to mention that he could ... He just died in prison and he was there because of METHADONE ! He hung with the people from the clinic and every ... from both of those drugs. Opiates are bad enough but methadone is nothing to mess with and the sooner you get off...
... back on the sub. it is ok to transition over from methadone to sub and much easier to get off sub than methadone ... this point. Do a google search on how to taper from methadone to sub. tons of info on it other sites as well . ...
... was take the sub and no more w/d. I was addicted to methadone and killing myself, my marriage and my relationship...
... on this website.....How can i help u???? How did methadone come into play?>???? Once u got off of the sub??...
- how bad will it get? 2nd November 2006
... doctor and I told him what had happened. He prescribed methadone and I have been taking 20mg 3 times per day for about...
... That Will Will Help You These Questions. I Take Methadone From The Pain Manangment Clinic, And One Time I Ran...
... able to control the pain for a few days is because methadone has a very long half life (24-36hrs) also your serum ... going to go through hell unless you get some more methadone .Mind you, you won't die from opiate withdrawl but...
... out on Sunday. The problem with that is that the methadone has not been working well lately and the doc said...
- 10 months clean 1st November 2006
... Doctor that knew what he was doing when he put me on methadone for about a month. Without that I could not have made...
- my boyfriend has been smoking crack :-( 31st October 2006
... t live more than a few years.
Wow. I was on methadone (which is like sub), heroin, eventually crack and...
- Marilyn Mara-checking on your guys 30th October 2006
... starting the sub on Friday or Saturday to make sure the methadone is out of his system. I think you read Adams post...
- Subatex Question 28th October 2006
... Well, you know the rest. My last pain medication was Methadone . It was one of the best pain relievers I'd ever used ... But, since I didn't wait long enough after my last methadone pill, I went into precipatated w/d. It was wild and...
- Since I'm pretty new here, I'd really like to get to know everyone a bit 28th October 2006
... my husband is currently tapering off klonopin and methadone and I see the pain he is going through. Try to look...
- Question on OxyContin withdrawal 27th October 2006
... started on the Oxy to begin with. It's very similar to methadone withdrawal, which I experienced in the 70s and NEVER...
- Hey Tim fever are you there????? 27th October 2006
... am so glad you know about it cause I dont! He was methadone 40mg and then we tapered it down to 20mg and then ... and then he starts his detox. I was told that the methadone had to be out of his system for AT LEAST 24 hours ... am thinking maybe 2 to 3 weeks? He was only on the methadone for 3 to 4 months but he tried detoxing cold turkey...
- Going through methadone withdrawl, would like some answers? 26th October 2006
... I've gone through withdrawal from both heroin and methadone . This was back in the '70's. Heroin withdrawal only ... took a few days. Methadone , on the other hand, seemed like it took FOREVER. ... pain management now and every time I hear someone say methadone is a good painkiller, I cringe. I NEVER want to go...
... In all honesty 15mg is a long jump when it comes to methadone .I know alot of people that didnt start having problems ... you about not going back to the clinic atleast the methadone clinic,though if I were you I would very seriously ... easier to handle.If and when I decide to taper off methadone I will be switching to the suboxone towards the end ... simply cant do then I suggest you google some things on methadone regarding diets and such as there are certain diets ... person can do that helps get rid of the left over methadone out of the fats and tissues in the body therefore...
... had to go see a real doctor i had to go back to the methadone because my blood preesure and heart rate were life...
... had to go see a real doctor i had to go back to the methadone because my blood preesure and heart rate were life...
... In all honesty 15mg is a long jump when it comes to methadone .I know alot of people that didnt start having problems ... you about not going back to the clinic atleast the methadone clinic,though if I were you I would very seriously ... easier to handle.If and when I decide to taper off methadone I will be switching to the suboxone towards the end ... simply cant do then I suggest you google some things on methadone regarding diets and such as there are certain diets ... person can do that helps get rid of the left over methadone out of the fats and tissues in the body therefore ... .
Bdean
:) hi steve hope all is good coming off methadone and feel like i'm dieing can you give me some tips...
- Suboxone 24th October 2006
... i did the 2 week treatment for coming off of methadone . it worked wonders for me.the only adverse effect...
... remember? I can't imagine its any worse than coming off Methadone or Vicadin but people say it is and that it last a...
- My husband is using again.... 24th October 2006
... am getting clean off norcos I dont understand the methadone w/d's. I know my dad did it in JAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!! So...
... day at a clinic, which is my first experience with methadone . Well, I am here to tell you that 40mg of hydro a ... gave me some catapress and 6 vicodin (I am coming off methadone ...day 7 w/ hydro to help ease sympts).
I wish I could ... some of you know, I started posting here coming off methadone . I had been going to a meth clinic in DC, and it was ... returned them to the pharmacy for a refund. I think the methadone is closely related to ultram in it's chemical makup ... am comfortable enough now, and I intend to pursue methadone administration for pain in a pain clinic setting as ... father of three homeowner chronic pain suffering addict methadone so I can get my life back. I have a half built fence ... in the backyard that I have no energy to complete. Methadone just works for me and I am tired of my HMO..who got...
... plan and put it in action. I have NO DESIRE to take methadone so the temptation wont be there but my father just ... died in prison over a 25 year heroin and methadone addiction and I have such anger when I see him on ... the methadone it makes me BOIL inside. I guess I have to understand...
... talk to his Dr I understand your feeling with the methadone because of your father, my dad was an alcoholic and...
... am getting clean off norcos I dont understand the methadone w/d's. I know my dad did it in JAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!! So...
- Hello, how is everyone? 24th October 2006
... He is saying that he talked to a dr that told him methadone should be tapered over a 6 month to 1 year period...
- HELP ME PLEASE!Someone tell me? 23rd October 2006
... you are that drug helped alot when i was coming off methadone treatment.It is an partial opoid agonist which means...
- Suboxone for methadone w/d's?????? 17th October 2006
... this!??? Does ANYONE know anything about tapering off methadone with suboxone?????????????????/ Please let me know...
... you need to be in withdrawls.Try and stay off the methadone at least 2 days or longer if you can before starting ... you don't wait the buprenorphene will push all the methadone off your receptors and you will go into the worst ... withdrawls you have ever experienced.Coming off methadone is nothing like coming off of any other opiate you...
... my experience with daughtr she weaned from 70mg of methadone after 18 mnths to 30mg and was the worst w/ds she...
- i'm new here 16th October 2006
... HUGE secret I am hiding from everyone. I take Soma, methadone (when I cant find any lortab), and thats about it...
- difference between suboxone/methadone 16th October 2006
... years ago I kicked heroine with the help of good ol' methadone . I didn't use for very long ( actually got hooked ... from pills) and ended up being on methadone for almost 2 years. I pretty much decided my own ... ve been doing a search for the difference between methadone and suboxone, I don't think he's into it deep enough ... to get on a methadone clinic ...but i know nothing about suboxone. Can...
... Methadone is really for hard core addictions.Buprenorphene is...
- Son is MIA again 14th October 2006
...
Last drug test results came back positive for methadone (we tested him two weeks ago). Methadone is supposed ... nose, congested, isn't this a side effect of using methadone ?
So sick of this cycle!...
- 43 is my lucky number!! 13th October 2006
... tolerence so buprenorphene wasn't in my cards but methadone was.It's been 4 years now and my life couldn't be ... now to offer my experiences and advocate for both methadone and buprenorphene.Good day to all of us.....Dave:...
- 3 Days Clean...Sort of 12th October 2006
... that can help you why not try it? You could also try methadone and get that from the meth clinic. That is another...
- Mara, Tim, anyone else.. 12th October 2006
... went back because he was detoxing off opiates and methadone and he said that methadone is 20x worse than norcos ... and that he needed help getting off the methadone ? Do you think they are excuses? He promises me that...
- SadMum, Cram Need Advice 11th October 2006
... finally got his test results back from two weeks ago. Methadone . Of course he is saying it is impossible. Haven...
- Lortab addiction.....help ? 9th October 2006
... weird part. He told me I was addicted and put me on Methadone , and tramadol. When the methadone started making...
- I'm back... day one. (again!) 7th October 2006
... about suboxone because it's almost like switching to methadone . You aren't getting rid of your addiction, you're...
- Detoxing From Methadone 6th October 2006
... Hi Trinity, I am just curious what your taking Methadone for, is it for Chronic pain or for an addiction, ... bit better.. Its best to work with your Dr or the Methadone clinic for your taper schedule which you seem to be ... be less severe, good job!!!.
I have never taken Methadone so I am not familiar with the W/D symptoms but others...
... have landed in a great spot. While I was not using methadone , I was addicted to opiates as well. The most common...
... could cut the pills....after two bouts of dealing with methadone ,the w/d's are terrrible...it took me a month and half ... two choices,continue to use or die....i was taking methadone for chronic pain/addiction..i have a bone disorder...
... clean. I relapsed for about 3 months and jumped on methadone to remove myself from the insanity. I have HepC and ... having to do 2 more treatments, 3 total, and I used methadone to help get me thru' those last two. That was more ... get thru' all the effort it takes to clean again. Methadone has been so hard on me physically, I just felt I no ... Luckily I lead a pretty managable life inspite of the methadone .Before, getting clean was tough since I had a TON...
... there's a new life. one where we feel more now without methadone masking the pain and emotional things.
I find I become ... tempered when I'm dropping in increments.
I too am in a methadone program that I sought help myself after admitting ... a drug.
we don't have to feel ashamed we are on methadone like I once felt but now see it as I'm being medically ... you.
there's not many people that I know who are on methadone .
i did want to ask Chef what type of bone disease...
... the fear of what we're going to feel like off the methadone completely since we've been on it for so long.
i ... better. THIS is the time I should be taking to stop the methadone and I'm going to discuss this with my significant...
... have the exact issues I had at the time I went on the methadone , almost 7 years ago. So.....I have no choice but ... a place where there are alot of ppl detoxing from methadone . You can read so many good stories. They are pretty ... anti methadone tho so be prepared for alot of out spoken ppl against ... methadone . Its still a great place and most of what you read...
... tried to detox on my own before I ever went on the methadone .
linda...
... of how well yall are doing with your detoxes from methadone .Methadone can truly make a difference in a persons ... thats the important thing when detoxing/tapering off methadone .You have to take it slow and really listen to your ... that stuff"mentality.I honestly think thats where methadone gets a bad name from some of the former patients of ... questions and just read the others posts.Some of the methadone advocate groups have GREAT forums with lots of educated ... and dealing with some of the same problems that I am. Methadone saved my life and while I dont think its the right ... taper.Also know you arent alone out there in that methadone was your choice in your battle with addiction..A battle...
- long term addiction/help 4th October 2006
... your going to be able to quit.Why don't you go on methadone and stick with it.Have you tried buprenorphene???...
... since you have been on pain pills for 20 years, or methadone ....
The sub might not be enough pain control for ... you, and the Methadone might help... but you say you tried it. I am sorry...
- Drug test positive 2nd October 2006
... for marijuana, anti depressents (tri something) and methadone (my husband tested him and he isn't here for me to ... isn't he, padding the excuses already.
He insists methadone doesn't get you high so why would he take it. How ... awhile back with herion, if you test positive for methadone on these tests does that mean you are using herion...
... Cram I would recomend doing and internet search for " methadone abuse" some people do take it and it give the euphoric ... I would be very concerned about the nyquil and the methadone as both act like a downer if abused. Not to scare ... also been an increase in deaths found in the abuse of methadone since it takes awhile for the effects people keep ... no matter what his excuse is. Also people can buy methadone on the street now to avoid w/d's from other drugs ... I would search this out. I just did a search for methadone abuse and came up with a few sites. I really hope...
... for marijuana, anti depressents (tri something) and methadone (my husband tested him and he isn't here for me to ... isn't he, padding the excuses already.
He insists methadone doesn't get you high so why would he take it. How ... awhile back with herion, if you test positive for methadone on these tests does that mean you are using herion...
... Methadone metabolites are totally different then Heroin metabolites ... so methadone would not mean it's heroin.He likely has been doing ... heroin or other opiates and took the methadone to ward off the withdrawls.Your son needs to get profession...
... narcs."
This is not correct! I have never heard of Methadone being used to help someone withdrawl from Cocaine ... , only opiate based drugs.
Methadone has 2 main uses:
* Methadone is a narcotic pain ... reliever, similar to morphine. Methadone also reduces withdrawal symptoms in people addicted ... "high" associated with the drug addiction.
* Methadone is used as a pain reliever and as part of drug addiction ...
In a nutshell:
German scientists synthesized methadone during World War II because of a shortage of morphine ... . Although chemically unlike morphine or heroin, methadone produces many of the same effects. Introduced into ... effective when administered orally as it is by injection. Methadone 's effects can last up to 24 hours, thereby permitting ... detoxification and maintenance programs. High-dose methadone can block the effects of heroin, thereby discouraging ... continued use of heroin by addicts under treatment with methadone . Chronic administration of methadone results in the ... that associated with heroin withdrawal. Ironically, methadone used to control narcotic addiction is frequently encountere ... overdose deaths.
A lot of additional information:
Methadone has a slow metabolism and very high lipid solubility ... making it longer lasting than morphine-based drugs. Methadone has a typical half-life of 24-36 hours, permitting ... maintenance programs. The most common mode of delivery at a methadone clinic is in an oral solution. Methadone is almost ... Tolerance to the different physiological effects of methadone varies. Tolerance to analgesia usually occurs during ... is no tolerance formed to constipation produced by methadone or other opioids, however, effects may be less severe ... after time.
Current research shows methadone has a unique affinity for the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartic ... significantly more prolonged.
Opiate addiction
Methadone has traditionally been provided to the addiction population ... in a highly regulated methadone clinic, generally associated with an outpatient department ... then nationwide. In addition to obtaining a daily methadone dose, some who go to this type of clinic for addiction ... attend drug addiction programs but many are not.
Methadone is considered to be generally effective in management ... rates from needle sharing. There is no evidence that methadone use decreases dangerous sexual behavior, crime, or ... stability or likelihood of employment. At proper dosing, methadone usually reduces the appetite for and need to take ... heroin addicts report more difficulty in quitting methadone than heroin. While there is much debate over the treatment ... schedule and duration required, treatment at a methadone maintenance clinic is intended to be for an indefinite ... dose schedule, and some follow the philosophy that methadone maintenance treatment is not curative for heroin addiction ... .
Chronic pain
In recent years, methadone has gained popularity among physicians for the treatment ... than short-acting drugs like morphine or hydrocodone. Methadone , with its long half-life (and thus long duration of ... for pain that doesn't respond to weaker agonists.
Methadone prescribed for chronic pain is also tied to an increasing ... Charleston (WV) Gazette[5], medical examiners listed methadone as contributing to 2,992 deaths in 2003, up from 790 ... accidental- and most deaths involved combinations of methadone with other drugs (especially benzodiazepines).
...
Data confirms a correlation between increased methadone distribution through pharmacy channels and the rise ... in methadone associated mortality. This supports the hypothesis ... that the growing use of oral methadone , prescribed and dispensed for the outpatient management ... addiction treatment), explains the dramatic increases in methadone consumption and the growing availability of the drug ... for diversion to abuse.
More information on methadone associated mortality can be found at Substance Abuse ... there has been an explosion of deaths related to methadone . Germany noted that one-half of its deaths due to ... drugs were caused in whole or in part by methadone . In 1996, more than twice as many people died from ... methadone than died from heroin in England. This trend seems ... should be noted that most overdose deaths involving methadone were caused by concurrent use of benzodiazepines or ... as ex-drug addicts and addiction counsellors that methadone is as dangerous and as harmful as heroin. It offers ... incentive for an addict to stop taking drugs."
Methadone has almost no scientific study supporting its use ... dangerous. Therefore, many reputable physicians discourage methadone use for any reason.[citation needed]
Abuse
Most ... methadone abuse is perpetrated by friends and family members ... basis for medical conditions.
Although not common, methadone is encountered on the illicit drug market and has ... primarily from opioid addicts unable to get into a legal methadone program, or addicts who have been removed from a methadone ... program due to some infraction. Methadone is not a common drug of choice because, generally ... opioids. Studies have shown that the vast majority of methadone diverted to the illicit market comes from pain management ... maintenance patients.
Similar drugs
Closely related to methadone , the synthetic compound levo-alphacetylmethadol or ... approved as a treatment of narcotic addiction. Like methadone , LAAM is in Schedule II of the United States Controlled ... other countries, however, not only buprenorphine and methadone but also diamorphine (heroin) and other opioids may ... that oral morphine provides better results than oral methadone , and studies of heroin maintenance have indicated ... that a low background dose of methadone combined with heroin maintenance may significantly ... responsive patients.
Another close relative of methadone is dextropropoxyphene, first marketed in 1957 under...
... Proward, I don't understand why anyone who has had methadone out of their system for 4 months would dabble in it...
... I will be sure to pass your rendition of uses for methadone onto our rehab center here, Im sure they will be interested...
... was only saying that I have never read anywhere that Methadone is or ever was being used to help aid withdrawl from ... discuss it with some one who has used it for such. Methadone has traditionaly been used as part of a program for ... I have read everything ever written about Opiads, Methadone , OTC Opiad meds, etc.
If I offended, I apologize ... the most comprehensive that I have found concerning Methadone , from both sides. There is a group called NAMA (National ... Alliance for Methadone Advocates) and there are Physicians and Addictionologists...
- norco,etc.....addict needs you. 1st October 2006
... of pain (which is why I started taking vicodin and methadone in the first place for a bad back) then of course ... story we all know.
I was taking around 25 10mlg methadone pills a day toward the end! So it got to the point...
- suboxone questions?? 28th September 2006
... I just made the switch from methadone to sub and It is not fun. I don't know what is in...
- I'm beyond help 20th September 2006
... an addict it is rididculous!! I haven't taken any methadone since wednesday(it is sunday now) I feel like crap...
- addiction & withdrawals 20th September 2006
... many withdrawals with Lorcet, oxycontin, and now methadone , but by FAR the worst withdrawals I ever had or could...
- HHHEEELLLPPPP!!! Methadone! 19th September 2006
... Hi Jen,
I dont really know much about methadone so I dont know how much help I can be- i do know however...
- 50 days clean off opiates 13th September 2006
... addiction. At the end, I was taking Norco's, Oxycontin, Methadone , Fentynol pops and patches. I was a mess.
It's...
- ToughTime 13th September 2006
... seemed it at the time. They seem to treat it like a methadone clinic or something. It might not hurt to look into...
- Cold turkey dangerous? 10th September 2006
... opiate ,1mg of stadol is about the same as 10mg of methadone ...
- Quiting 6th September 2006
... but anyhow, I think you should ask your pain doc for methadone ,, I think it;s the best pain med out there for nerve...
- posting about dad 5th September 2006
... like having a new dad. well he is doing it again. methadone , percocet, a pill called roxicet, muscle relaxers...
... percocets and roxicets away from him and just give him the methadone he would fare much better.If you can get him on a ... stable dose of methadone then he will be as normal as you and me.There is no ... tylenol in methadone and methadone doesn't hurt any major orgins after short or long ... which is oxycodone with tylenol and then you have methadone .All these drugs taken together in an abusive manner...
- Flintrock, I know exactly where you are coming from 5th September 2006
... a child into her environment. She's supposedly on methadone , so the poor baby will be born addicted either way...
- How much methadone can I take? 4th September 2006
... You need to see your doctor asap.Don't adjust your methadone without talking to him\her first.It sounds like they...
- Encouragement for detox from oxys using suboxone 3rd September 2006
... Hi Fred, I detoxed off a heavy methadone and xanax addiction using suboxone. It wasn't a walk ... is recommended that you be down to at least 30mg of methadone before you start the sub and at least 24-48 hours ... would recommend that you be at least 48 hours off methadone before you start sub. Suboxone will cause precipitated...
- Detox after Oxycontin use questions 27th August 2006
... having such a hard time because his doc had him on methadone for those 5 days it took him to get into the detox...
- SUBOXONE rather than Methadone!!!!! 27th August 2006
... about 6oxycontins 80 mg a day. His doc had given him methadone for about 5 days until he was able to actually get ... why she gave him that. He said that he thinks that methadone made it worse. The docs in the detox keep trying ... in there agree that the suboxone is better than the methadone ....
... I'm on methadone and tried to change to Subutex, it was horrible, I...
... Sha: When making the switch to buprenorphene from methadone it is important that the patient be stable on 30mgs ... of methadone or less.When your ready to switch you need to stop ... taking your methadone for at least 36 hrs otherwise you will go into withdrawls ... .Most methadone patients come down to fast on their methadone and...
- methadone addiction 25th August 2006
... What about going to a methadone clinic???They will detox you there if that's what...
... hello there
my husband has been on methadone for almost a year now- MMT program 120mg day.he is ... going through a rapid detox program to get off the methadone . he was told he can be tapered down 1mg per week at ... accomplished:) . he gets sick and sick fast without his methadone and it is not pretty to watch. this all started 5 ... in the last 48 hours of physical withdrawals from methadone .instead of going through the physical pain and sickness...
... hello there
my husband has been on methadone for almost a year now- MMT program 120mg day.he is ... going through a rapid detox program to get off the methadone . he was told he can be tapered down 1mg per week at ... accomplished:) . he gets sick and sick fast without his methadone and it is not pretty to watch. this all started 5 ... in the last 48 hours of physical withdrawals from methadone .instead of going through the physical pain and sickness ... you ,i would sue that doctors *** off for giving him methadone in the first place,he could have given him dyhidracodine ... short name dfs)they help just as much,but normally methadone is given when you are coming off hard drugs which...
- My sons a oxy addict 24th August 2006
... I now don't have to deal with trying to get off of methadone . Maybe you could ask your doctor about a place like...
- Mixing Pills and Alcohol - Sick to my Stomach 24th August 2006
... alchohol that you can have respitory failure.I've been on methadone for 4 years now and every time we hear of a death ... of a methadone patient from an od, it almost always comes out that ... they were abusing valium or xanax ect. Methadone and benzo's are a lethal mixture if not taken properly...
- 30 Days of Pain Pills 23rd August 2006
... I have run out of my methadone and won't get anymore for 3 days. I am fixing to ... get the full effect of the pain medicine? My last methadone was 80mg today. I was on a 160mg a day dose. I just ... heard that methadone prevents pain meds like lortab from providing their...
- subutex question 22nd August 2006
... sounds like a long time but i think it can be like methadone and it depends on how long you have been taking it...
... sounds like a long time but i think it can be like methadone and it depends on how long you have been taking it...
... Thanks I know they test for methadone so that is why I am so worried.
I only took subutex ... 6th so I am very nervous.
with them testing for Methadone it seems to me that the subutex will show up to.
...
- pain pill addict-methadone treatment-methadone addict-what the hell is going on? 20th August 2006
... everything sucks!!! So i decided to get help-to a methadone clinic:) Come-one-come-all:) Well almost 2 years later ... cold,evil,the people who got you addicted to this methadone **** never letting you know just how bad you will ... better be good or they will find a way of taking your methadone away,as your looking to them with those hurt-painful...
... pills a day.......never even thought about taking methadone ..............withdralls lasted about a day and half...
... Hi Vicki: Methadone is unlike any other opiate as it is extremely powerful...
- methadone detox 16th August 2006
... daily of subutex - which is about the same as 20mg of Methadone , over the next 10 days i am on a lofexedene detox...
- My next week 12th August 2006
... Councilling) service. There i was offered a choice of Methadone or subutex. I chose Subutex because at the high dose...
- My hell withSubutex (Buprenorphine) 9th August 2006
... smoking Crack. I had a choice, I could have gone on Methadone , again, but was told that Subutex was far safer than ... that were plying me with a drug much worse than H ( Methadone is the same) and had got me on it by way of lying...
- methadone to subutex 9th August 2006
... can anyone give me some advice about changing from methadone to subutex,i've been on meth now for a good few years ... this will work as i have detoxed right down on my methadone over the past six months and i'm now down to just ... trick is making sure you are moving from your current Methadone dose to the right amount of the Subutex. I'm not sure...
... have to be in the early stages of withdrawal from Methadone or Heroin, otherwise the Subutex, which binds very ... opiate receptors in ones brain, will kick all of the Methadone off of the opiate receptors in ones brain, leaving ... and thus causing immediate, severe withdrawals. With Methadone , because it has a fairly long half-life, the wait...
... one thing I learned is that you need to be off the methadone and in withdrawals before starting the sub. I was ... off methadone for two days but still went thru precipatated withdrawals...
... one thing I learned is that you need to be off the methadone and in withdrawals before starting the sub. I was ... off methadone for two days but still went thru precipatated withdrawals ...
Either way, you're right, you have to be off of Methadone enough so that you are in withdrawals before you start ... You don't have to stand in line everyday to get a methadone pill. You can take the Subutex once or twice a day...
- chef,cram,flintrock all ok 5th August 2006
... cocaine, meth,amphetamines,opiates, benzos, barbits, methadone , TCa and oxy..........$39 but was worth it. If you...
- ultram/tramadol addictive properties 4th August 2006
... Ultram and am now terrified. It seems to be a bit like Methadone . Fortunately I have only been taking them about a...
- Snorting 2 1st August 2006
... 22 years doing it and it dam near killed me.I'm on methadone now and likely will be for life but at least I'm not...
- 8th day off opiates, still no sleep 31st July 2006
... I went through the same thing with methadone w/d and I can say for sure that I hated that more...
- Weight Gain W/Methadone?? 29th July 2006
... I have spoken to a few different people who are on Methadone and like me, the to gained a good amount of weight ... . I've been on Methadone for about a year give or take, and I've gained close...
... first time since you started using.Another reason is methadone is notorious for making a person crave sweets.I know...
... heroin but I don't think it has anything to do with the Methadone its just that your lifestyle changes so drastically...
... I've been on methadone for 4 years and I have put on some weight but what ... I put on I needed.If your going to be on methadone long term then you have to do a couple of things so ... it and you'll be surprised at how much better your methadone works when your active.Alot of people on methadone...
- How can I Help My Friend? 28th July 2006
... am curious about is what Suboxene does? Is it like Methadone , just replacing one "addiction" with another? Does...
- Day 5 off pills 28th July 2006
... day for a week, and then topped it off with 30mg of methadone b4 I stpped. Now it's been 5 days. I spoke pre-maturely...
- 4th day of recovery of pills 27th July 2006
... Oxycontin for like a week following that, and then 30MG methadone before I took the plunge. And I've been taking pills...
- Ready to end my Loratab addiction 27th July 2006
... my 4th day quitting C/T off Norcos, Oxycontin and Methadone . And i'm really not feeling to bad compared to previous...
- Detoxing from methadone 26th July 2006
... lessen the symptoms as much as possible. He's went w/o methadone for 4-5 days out of necessity in the past and had...
