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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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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@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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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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Methadone is baby aspirin compared to Dilaudid or Oxycodone. You should never have withdrawal symptoms because they all opioids.

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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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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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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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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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I take it for severe pain.nothing else worked tried everything.best thing for my back.

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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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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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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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Best advice iv seen so far! Methadone has been a miracle pain medication for me...I have severe chronic pain,without it I would be stuck taking many pain pills all day and night...just for a 2hour relief at a time

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Lucky you should never go from a LA drug like that to SA. That is suicide. Call the physician who did this and titrate properly. Depending on your amount of Methadone it might take you months to get off the one and then use SA.

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I think it can be a 'demon' if not severely needed to save a life...Such as severe opiate addicts that may die anytime... And as well as chronic severe pain sufferers that ive seen that methadone is a miracle medication for which can actually feel like they can live life some...and get out of bed and actually walk with it! Methadone is a Blessing for So Many!

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Not at all, Methadone i have been on now for 7 years and have always had dirty u/a's for methadone even after i had been clean off of it for 2 months. This is my opinion from experience and not facts.

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I was interested in your post because I went from 10 to 7.5 with no withdrawals and am going to try 7.5 to 5 next week. Do you think I have less wds because I was only on 10 for the last 3 years? I used it for pain management and not opiod addiction, and am under a doctor's care. I have ativan and clonidine which I have only used a couple of each to help me sleep, but I am sleeping a lot, so I am not going to take those again unless need with the jump to 5. Then I want to use suboxone just for the last jump because you can cut into strips and go down 1 mg at a time. Any suggestions?

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You will find that the perks may make you feel better than the methadone does, IF you take enough of them, but they dont last nearly as long and arent no where near as strong. In my opinion you should go back on the methadone. In the long run it will work much better for you. You build up a tolerance to oxycodone so fast that before you know it you wont be able to take enough to feel it, or to get out of pain. unless you end up getting off pain medication all together, most people end up on methadone anyway, and it really is a much better drug. You dont have to take it every 4 hours only to actually get about 2 hours of relief, like you do with perks. It lasts all day and is so much stronger.

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I was on 120 mgs of methadone a day for 4 years. I quit cold turkey and the withdrawals lasted every bit of 5 months. Definitely switch to subs or percs and I would add some maeng da thai kratom. You can legally order it on the web. It's quite close to an amphetamine / opiate feeling. Get the capsules though. The damn powder is like eating crap dust. Buy 100 pills take 5 at a pop and see if it helps. It def helped yours truly. God bless guys. Stay strong.

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It will take 30days to withdraw methodone even if 2mg.

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So you're going from an extended pain reliever to a short-term pain reliever? Does that mean your slowing weaning off? If you're taking 30mg, I'd try to wean off instead of going cold turkey. Cut them in half and take less each day. You will end up feeling like crap but much worse trying to go from 30mg to nada.

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