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I Have Been Taking 30mg Of Methadone For 6 Weeks And Changed Script Now Take Percocet How Long Will It Me To Stop Having Withdrawls (Page 2)
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Luckyshwinn2011 Says:
I have been taking 30mg a day of methadone for 6 weeks and wanted to switch to percocet and changed script now take 45mg of percocet a day. How long will it take for me to stop having withdrawls symptoms from methadone? I am feeling sick even while I am taking the percocet. Is it possible to still go through methadone withdrawls even while you are taking the percocet?
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Make no mistake Methadone is the HIGHEST death OD rate due to the low pass rate through the liver it adds up over time further it enters the bones as a poison your bones have no blood or oxygen supply so withdrawal is the worst (also with Duragesic) known to mankind. It is not a miracle but poisons.
All long acting medication will have worse withdrawal then common opiates; the pass is 3 days then 10 then about day 20 meaning withdrawal worsens from just minor reduction. It is living hell.
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Stephen Says:
To all who want off methadone teper off! 5 to 10 mg. Per. Day get clonidine! Trazadone for sleep kolonapin to relax legs and angsiety and the hard one to get aderol so u can still work.this has been a godsend for me I was taking 180mg for 10 years!!!and I'm down to 40 mg in 2 or 3 weeks, no withdraws, of course this is what's working for me it may not be for everyone and i have 40mg to go and dont forsee any problems I'm not an addict I have conic pain and now im living in pain!! this combination of meds.doesn't stop an mental cravings for an addict.that's a different subject.I would go back on it in a heartbeat when I find a dr.that gives a xxxx about my quality of life that is at o now!who wants to be in pain 24/7
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Tedster1956 Says:
As long as you have a legal prescription for your pain meds you should be ok. Drug panels are mostly used to find illegal substances in your system, not drugs prescribed by a doctor. I recently changed jobs and told them up front that all they might find is some pain meds prescribed by my doctor. I tool a saliva drug panel and never heard back from HR about the results. They are looking for marijuana and methamphetamines. If the results came back positive I was going to show them my bottle and my doctors contact information. I'm still working and take 90mg. of oxycodone, plus Xanax, Lexapro, Gabapentin and Flexaril daily. I'm a shuttle driver running our hotel guests to and from the airport. I quit marijuana several years ago because my pain management doctor regularly gives me U/A's looking for illegal substances.
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Steve Says:
I take it for severe pain.nothing else worked tried everything.best thing for my back.
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Tedster1956 Says:
You shouldn't have any withdrawal. I was on methadone for 2 years and then switched to percocet, but that sucked so I was switched to oxycodone one month then dilaudid the next. I never had withdrawals because they are all opioids.
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Chidler Says:
Suboxone is much better than methadone. You can't take opiates for yrs and think it's going to get back to normal after a week or two. That's drugs bro. I know it took me 7 months in prison for the pain and sleeping to get back to normal.
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Justsumcrazybs Says:
P450,
What a f****n moronic statement that was. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, just don't pose it as fact. *****s like you kill honest folks just looking for VALID INFO. And support.
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Aries81 Says:
Your experience is a fact lol. Js, but I'm happy you got off of it. Methadone is a serious drug & I know that for a fact from my experience.. It's worse than other opiates, smh.
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Tedster1956 Says:
Methadone is baby aspirin compared to Dilaudid or Oxycodone. You should never have withdrawal symptoms because they all opioids.
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Tedster1956 Says:
Opiods are Opiods, No matter how you cut the deck they are all opioids. Dilaudid is the best, f*** the rest.
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P450 Metabolizer Says:
@Just,
It is valid. This drug is dangerous.
Whoever posted that any opioid is the same is wrong--for example you cannot switch from Methadone to Percocet without withdrawals and they could last a very long time if you were on the Methadone a long time.
Regular opioids affect a different part of the brain than Methadone. I live with intractable pain and the two most dangerous drugs given to us are Methadone and Duragesic.
Take it for what it's worth.
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CheddaB Says:
The withdrawal from methadone is probably the worst and longest of all opiates, and unlike most opiates is known to cause seizures during withdrawal. Oxycodone is bad too but that is more because of its high bioavailability and the fact that is has been shown to affect the nerve endings after habituated usage.
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CheddaB Says:
Look at an opiate equivalence chart. As long as you have the Percocet to take immediately upon cessation of the methadone you shouldn't experience any sickness. However mixing opiates with methadone is dangerous due to strong receptor binding affinity for both drugs and the long half-life and lipid solubility of methadone.
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Kyle Says:
R u freaking serious? 30 days withdrawal just from 1 or 2mg of methadone??? I just s*** my pants hearing that because im so not ready for 30 day withdrawal from methadone! S*** id rather go back on opiates aha because that withdrawal lasts like a week and nowhere as bad as methadone withdrawal. I'm getting so tired of this crap, literally. Feel like I have a damn ball and chain.
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HQFarm Says:
NO! Ask about Clonidine!!!!! Many concerns exist aboug getting off Suboxone, usually far more painful that whatever you are getting off. Dr. Drew does not recommend it for replacement therapy, either. I heard something about trips to Europe and doctor's training to prescribe and treat with it.
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Patrick Says:
Yeah Katie, I was kind of wondering about that when I read your first post. If you understand that if you don't have chronic pain to an extreme extent then you don't know we are looking for relief, not someone to preach at us like the government is right now. They give us some quality of life back then after a few years snatch it away. No you can't have quality of life. Wonder why? Our wonderful exciting government and different agencies of course. They think that if you're in that much pain then most likely you're on disability. that's like most ignorant people, they think disability is a drain on our society. well I've been paying since I was 11 years old working and getting a paycheck. I have paid for Social Security. This is not welfare, this is not a handout, but they would just assume that we just go ahead and die because there will be more so-called overdoses. The overdoses are actually more like suicides. Most families don't want suicide known outside of your family, especially certain religions not being able to bury their family member in consecrated ground. But suicides yep there will be a lot more suicides. People can only stand pain for so long. It's like being tortured every single hour, every single minute/second of the day. You have to find a doctor that will give you some quality of life back. A lot of your pain gone. Amazing science is a wonderful thing. You have a few years of quality of life participating with your family and all of a sudden it's snatched away and you no longer can have quality of life. It's possible but we as a government or we as a country have decided that it's best that you live in this torturous pain. Maybe you'll go ahead and commit suicide and no longer be a drain on our society. Am I being paranoid? Maybe, but most likely not. Have a lovely day Katie. I truly hope no matter my opinion of you and your opinions that you're not a chronic pain patient especially if it's to the extreme. I would not wish this on anyone. I would not wish this on my worst enemy.
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Tina Says:
Definitely you are going to feel the withdrawal symptoms of methadone even when you taking the Percocet because methadone is way more stronger than the Percocet that you're taking. You just need to stick it out take some 800 ibuprofen I'm just letting you know that I came off methadone and came down off of it from 70 mg a day I got taken down 2 mg every day and after that I came off pf it i couldn't eat, sleep, for 4 months for it was awful. I might get an hour here an hour there its worse 4 months of my life I'll never forget it ever and I had nothing else to take I couldn't get a prescription or anything. I had nothing to take so it was like cold turkey it SUCKED. I'M glad you have those Percocets and keep taking them if you have to take one and a half maybe that will help you but don't keep going up on the Percocets because you're going to have to come off are those eventually unless it's the pain management good luck God bless
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Jason Says:
Re: Kady (# 1) 
Dont listen to these guys. Please I’m begging you, because it takes 30 days to quit withdrawals from methadone without any drug to help and it hurts in your bones, but it takes 44 days to quit withdrawals from suboxone and zubsolv the same and you will hurt 10 times as more coming off suboxone than methadone. Please just quit cold turkey. Be strong. But if you do take percocet to help your withdrawals it is only postponing your real withdrawals. I am a recovering addict. I’m 33. I started when I was 14 and I just don’t want you to listen to the other people. I’m just keeping it real and I promise you cold turkey sounds hard but if your honest with yourself and really do want to quit please just take it one minute at a time. Then you go one day at a time. Then before you know it you will be clean. It is hard but when your craving something please try this for me because I believe in you and anybody who can be strong enough to want to quit is stronger than anyone else on this planet. So do this when you’re craving, don’t take any other medicine, just look up to the sky or god (I believe in god but if you don’t just stop thinking about your withdrawals) and think of everything that you have been blessed with in life and everything that you are happy about. If that doesn’t work imagine all those kids at st. Judes that are dying with cancer and fighting for their life every day and here we are trying to hurt ourselves and cry and blame everyone else but ourselves. Sorry if that is offensive. Please just think of the great things you have in your life and if you don’t have great things then when your depressed and wanting to use, make your mind up to go out and get good things for your life. No other drugs will get you off drugs. {edited for privacy}. If you ever need a shoulder to lean on or an ear to listen I will love to help you. It’s easier than you know, trust me please.
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Lesley Says:
Re: Stephen (# 22)
I also take methadone for chronic pain. 110mg a day. I've found when taken in higher doses like this once a day, that my pain is mostly controlled. Yes, I have breakthrough pain and take medication for that, but my pain isn't nearly what it used to be. I also take adderall but forget often and end up with 40 leftovers a month. Lol. I'm also a nurse who works in a clinic where the patients come in and meet with the doctor/nurse/therapist/and groups. We give scripts to the patients for all meds, including methadone, so it isn't a conflict of interest for me to work there.
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Lesley Says:
Re: Barry (# 10)
Sounds like u had a tolerance built up and needed a higher dose of methadone. Doctors can do a peak and through to see if you need a higher dose. I'm just a nurse who happens to be on methadone for pain. So I understand. If u need someone to talk to, feel free to write me back. {edited for privacy}. Even if u just need a non-judgemental friend. Take care.
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