Doctors Who Prescribe Methadone (Newest replies first)

lynn Says:

Tue, May 15, 2012

I am addicted to strong pain meds and I am tired of having to come off of them, the withdrawal is awful. I went to a urgent care doc and was prescribed suboxone. I take anxiety meds too but he wants me to stop. I really need the anxiety meds but he wants me off them. How do I get him to change it from suboxone to methadone so I can take my anxiety meds?

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Robbie Says:
Fri, November 10, 2023

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That’s good to hear because after years of taking it gets into your bones and is probably one of the worst withdrawals anybody could ever go through. Just be careful and you are okay now. Glad you didn’t suffer a long time because sometimes it takes months depending on your dose of methadone before you start feeling better and it takes two years for you to start sleeping like you were since it was only short term taking it. 160 mg is a pretty high dose for methadone at a clinic. I think your body was telling you something when you weren’t feeling good from taking it. I get scared to death sometimes and I’ve been going to a pain management doctor for over 10 years now, and I was only getting Methadone at first, and then he put me on high a high dose of oxycodone because of a really bad car accident I was in, but I never asked for it and now I regret ever taking one oxycodone. You know how doctors are. They're the biggest drug dealers out there and a lot of them are on at their practice making people suffer who need medication no matter what the medication is! Glad you’re feeling better. God Bless and best of luck!

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Robbie Says:
Fri, November 10, 2023

And I just wanted to add, it is very hard to get any benzos while you are on methadone. It is a deadly combination, benzodiazepine and methadone combined. Suboxone is much safer if you want to take your anxiety medication, but it’s very hard to get both methadone and benzos at the same time.

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Robbie Says:
Fri, November 10, 2023

Can I please tell you something? I’ve been getting prescribed methadone along with oxycodone, and you might want to do some research, because Suboxone is nothing —and I mean nothing— like methadone. Suboxone is used to get off opioids. Methadone, nowadays, is used to treat heroin addiction, along with fentanyl, which some states have as a substitute for heroin. It kills many, many people. But I just wanted to say, methadone is a very strong, long-lasting pain medicine that was made back in the '50s. I don’t want to say by whom, but it's the worst person in American history, and his name begins with an "H". His scientists created that for people in the war so they could fight longer, and he was also taking it. But back to the point—you might want to try to stay on Suboxone, or try to get Subutex instead of Suboxone or methadone, because I have been on methadone for many years, and it is very hard to get off of, probably more than any other drug in the world. It’s a very long withdrawal. I’m sure you know if you have taken it before. But don’t compare that to Suboxone because they’re nothing alike. Only pain management doctors can write prescriptions for methadone in my state. Primary care physicians used to write it for me, but now pharmacists will not fill it if it’s not from a certified pain management doctor. I just wanted to tell you, they are not alike in any form. You might want to try Subutex and see if they will write that for you because that doesn’t have the same ingredient as Suboxone. I just wanted to let you know they are nothing alike. Just do your research and use Google, and you’ll get every answer that you’re looking for. Good luck.

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Kristie Says:
Fri, November 10, 2023

I went to the methadone clinic for 2 yrs. I got up to 160mg per day. It started making me sick so I tried a week at home and ending up going into a week of detox at Eagles crest. The nurse who prescribed my meds had to research how to get me from methadone to suboxone. It was a hard week, but by Thursday I was feeling much better.

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EvolWorld Says:
Thu, November 2, 2023

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If you do the Step down, withdraw properly, you won't even feel methadone withdrawal. I came off after 18 years on methadone at 190 mg. It took me 2 years to step down but I never felt withdrawal at all. All the people who doubt this misconception need to stop just because they try to jump off. At a high-dose doesn't mean that the rest of the world is morons too. And towting suboxone is a miracle drug is just stupid if you think it's a miracle drug I relapsed after 3 years off of methadone and I went on suboxone after 6 months taking it stay and clean, I ended up in the hospital for 5 days in a few states. Not knowing who I was or who anyone else was. And thankfully, the doctor knew it was the suboxone causing it. It took 5 days after stopping for me to recover. 18 years on methadone. No problem 6 months on subs. And I lost who I was for 5 days. I have never felt worse than any other medication than suboxone. It never rid me of my cravings it only got rid of the withdrawal. I constantly was thinking about my next dose of sub, and they had me up to 4 -12mg a day. I even tried sublocade shot. No relief from cravings. If I'm in recovery, I don't want to constantly think about the drug. I'm recovering from and if you can't get rid of my cravings then obviously, your drug isn't working. They both have their ups and Downs. But methadone has been around for many, many more years. And there's been a lot more research on it. Subs were created to make a book in the painkiller market. Until they realized it didn't work very well as a painkiller. If you don't believe me, there is a documentary all about the creation of subs. After the formula was perfected and approved 16 people from the office that created it went and checked into a hotel together, and each of them had 5 to 10 subs, and they basically went and got high. This is the medication that is a miracle cure for addiction. But it was created to get people high. Methadone was created to relieve trauma pain. If I had been thinking clearly I would have never done the switch to subs. I would have stayed with what has been researched and been around forever. I was cleaned for 18 years. I was able to step down off of it. I never felt anywhere at all and I only relapsed after I had been off of it for a few years. I'm currently back on it and I will stay on it for the rest of my life just so I can remain clean. I'm taking 160 mg this time. I'm at a new greater clinic than any other I've been to. This clinic gives you 6 takehomes after 28 days clean or not. As long as you see your counselor twice and then once a month. And you show a real desire to change. You will get your 6 take homes after 28 days of dosing.

If anyone is interested in the name of the clinic I go to and it's location, and you are in either greater, DEL MarVa or southern Pennsylvania, they still do 6 take homes after 28 days. You go up to thirteen takehomes after two clean U/A's. The maximum I believe for our clinic is twenty eight. Maybe 29. {edited for privacy}

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Ladyluck Says:
Wed, March 15, 2023

You can’t take anxiety meds on methadone you can die

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Felisha Says:
Tue, July 5, 2022

Methadone is terrible and from experience they won’t allow you to do benzos with the methadone either for fear of heart failure. But! If you really wanna try, go to a methadone clinic, strictly a methadone clinic and tell them you want to start methadone and the counselors there will get you transferred and onto the methadone from SUBOXON.

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Felisha Says:
Tue, July 5, 2022

Try SUBOXON. I was on strong strong strong pain Meds for 3 years, breakfast lunch and diner! I went to methadone when I wanted to quit- WORST MISTAKE EVER! Do not EVER use methadon, THE COME DOWN/ WITHDRAWAL IS SO MUCH WORSE and can last for months, NO JOKE! Mine lasted for almost 2 months! But then I got on SUBOXON! AND IT SAVED MY F****** LIFE! It makes you feel normal again, like before you took that first pill. It takes the craving away completely, NO WITHDRAWAL, no kicking, none of the terrible stuff you dread and someone how totally takes the thought that you need pills away idk how to explain it. Best part, if for some reason you don’t have any or miss a day or two or decide to quit, headache and nausea is THE WORST OF THE WITHDRAWAL- for me anyways. I’ve been taking it now for 2 YEARS AND IVE NEVER LOOKED BACK! It’s a godsend

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Justine Says:
Sat, June 18, 2022

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That is not true, I had a doctor in Portland prescribing me methadone 120 a month and he called in my script to the pharmacy every month, he never called me in for a appointment once.

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samantha Says:
Tue, March 1, 2022

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thanx for stating that one cannot be prescibed methadone prescription from a physicians office. All this bull about methadone scripts for addiction.

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Jesse Says:
Wed, February 23, 2022

Re: chad (# 12) Expand Referenced Message

Not true !! All methadone is the same be it tabs or liquid or pills !

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Jesse Says:
Wed, February 23, 2022

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This isent always true as I k kw peoe on bensos and have been going to the methadone clinic for years. If u were on them for a serious reason sometimes they make an exception, but not often

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