I Am Needing A Doctor Who Prescribes Xanax With Methadone (Page 2) (Top voted first)

I have been on methadone and xanax for 3yrs. and i missed my appointment to the doctor who prescribed my xanax 1mg four times a day but i only needed 3 1mg xanax daily and i'm needing a doctor in the middle tennessee area who feels comfortable with prescribing xanax with methadone.i suffer from severe traumatic axiety and panic attacks and i have tried all the benzo family since i was 9yrs old and nothing helped but the xanax 1mg and if anyone has any information about any doctors that will help me in the middle tennessee area please send a reply thanks

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 5)

Excuse me Doctor but it is spelled Halcion not "Halycion" and the generic for that is called Triazolam.

You either are no doctor or you slept through medical school.

By the way, it is unethical for any physical to make any diagnosis without evaluating a person.

You are a doctor so you should know this. You do not know what is causing the person to even have panic attacks, you just simply diagnosed it as panic attack disorder.

Come on man. You slept through medical school and I feel sorry for your patients with your attitude. You probably dont have any as you admit that you had an accident and are now doing nothing except playing doctor.

Have a nice day

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 3)

Can you guys please not use the term "JUNKIE". It is insulting. My Diagnosis is PTSD with Opioid use Disorder, Severe Depression, and Social Anxiety. On top of that I have been diagnosed with Manic Depression. My Doc wants to put me on something but he is stuck because of my past addiction.

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 3)

First there Dr joey your spelling and talking down to people in the manner that you do is sickening. As your words say all of US JUNKIES seem to know a little more than you do. Now to the prescribing of Methadone and a benzodiazepine under usual circumstances no doctor will combine the two medications at a Methadone Maintenance clinic. However, that's under USUAL circumstances. Now if you have a patient that is stable, has months or even years of clean drug panels and came there on a certain benzodiazepine (xanax, klonopin ect.) with a TBI or some other neurological disorder and after months without it shows a decline in health and symptoms of shaking stuttering and so forth then the nurse that is providing the Methadone would notify his or her counselor and then the psychiatrist and the whole treatment team would decide or intervene for the patient whether it deemed a small dose of klonopin to alleviate such symptoms. That's not to say a stringent protocol would not be in place. Since you've been clean u would have take home doses so the said prescription would be held at said clinic and only the required amount till the patient returns would be given. If they were required to come everyday which probably would be best then the small dose would be given to the patient daily. There are so many people abusing these drugs but that doesn't mean all people are sent thru the MMP like a criminal or as u say junkie.

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Re: Heather (# 14)

Those people were NOT taking it as prescribed. Yes, if u abuse it and take klonopin as you want to and not as prescribed then yes it will take u out of here with methadone. However, if taken both medications exactly as directed there shouldn't be any problems. I am disabled and housebound from the Marines and I go to a methadone clinic once a week and I have never had a problem. I have a severe brain injury so I take a small dose of klonopin but they do gas spectrometry drug panels at our clinic and I've been there 22 years and they monitor my levels regularly. I do pray for those people's families that lost loved ones. May Christ comfort them.

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 3)

For one if you're a doctor then all of your patients need help and prayers. I mean you have already condemned the patient before you've even met them. Every situation is different as every patient is different. If a person takes their medication as prescribed there shouldn't be any problems. I am severely disabled and have been on Methadone and klonopin for over 2 decades. This does not go without being checked with diversion call backs and pill counts for the first year or so but if your doing nothing wrong then who cares about call backs. I've been on the same dose of methadone for 12 years 115 mg they only allow 6 take home doses at this clinic it is a sister clinic that I moved to because it's closer to where I live. For a number of years I was taking 185mgs of Methadone and Klonopin 1 tab Q I D and Halcion 2 tab H S it cured my morbid insomnia and I felt so much better but I got to where I didnt need the Halcion anymore so I never picked up my prescriptions. The reason I'm telling u this is to let u know we are not all the same. We weren't meant to be and we do get better and I cant speak for anyone but myself but we change I try to live a good life and try to make the right decisions in life so learn to listen to people I mean your attitude is terrible and if u are a doctor then your patients are being treated poorly.

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My Nana has been on Xanax for 30 yrshe has had a stroke an major anxiety can’t leve the house wth out them or even have anyone over to visit an her doctor took her off 4 bars a day down to 2 blue football a day if she has a stoke or something bad happens to her I’m gonna sue who ever started this like i said she been on them for 30years they only make her feel normal an be able to talk wth out stuttering her doc of 30 years retired an now there trying to kill her im worried for my nana if anyone knows a doctor tht takes Tennessee ten care plz plz help my nana god bless those who need them an not abuse them

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If you, the Dr. , keeps the patient on a strict regiment, what's the problem? Talk with them thourghly and make the assessment if they are non abusive. If they misuse, it's their decision. At that point give the patient one slip up. If it happens again, start cutting them back. Some people truly are in need of such meds.!

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I know way too many people who died taking Xanax & Methadone...that is a lethal dose ? Why would ANYONE take that ? Addict, Junkie or just someone in pain? Why not just kill yourself...I'm NOT trying to be Rude at all, but if you know something can kill you instantly, who does that ?

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Benzos are not opiates. Methadone and benzos combined are a killer. 16 ppl died in the past year from my clinic cuz of this combo. Plus the blackouts the combo causes. It's bad all around and Klonopin is just as bad.

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Re: Tina (# 2)

I would rather see anyone on subs then any other opioids.im here to tell you it does work I was a bad addict on all the opioids including haroin subs saved my life it only takes a day for it to start to working you just cant take them both at the same time please just try it.it will save you from a world of hell or even death God Bless and good luck

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Re: Kannr20 (# 13)

I agree,what gives anybody the right to play god, especially this day an age it's not really a perfect world,why not give people what they need if makes them feel bit better,I wonder if the dear dr enjoys a wine every night to help him relax an play god the next day!! I'm in Australia same crap goes on here,whatever you do don't help people especially if they can't cope with all the crap in this world.

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Good luck - I'm in the UK and u would have no chance of getting all that. They love giving methadone and subutex out but f*** me it's hard getting benzos. Took me a month to get diazepam. Only good thing is it's free.

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Looking for a doctor that prescribes benzodiazepines in Syracuse New York just having trouble finding one I just moved into the area a few weeks ago and I have been recently getting anxiety more than usual and the panic attacks have come back in full swing and I can’t deal with it I’ve been off my meds for the last few months and need a new doctor thanks

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Re: Scally (# 31)

Hey Scally,I'm in Australia same thing happens here,the whole systems changed,to top it off it costs at least $50 for packet of cigs,the times sure have changed.

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Re: Abby (# 32)

Good luck mate,I'm in Australia ,it's so hard here as well, especially finding one who wants to help you,things sure have changed ,good luck.

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Re: Tina (# 2)

Really!? Why are YOU replying to "her" on here? You putting others down that became addicted because of different circumstances is just IGNORANT! Addiction is addiction, and if something is ONLY for a specific person's eyes; then ya are on the wrong forum. Just saying-- everyone has an opinion, if you don't like it; move on.

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 3)

I really wish you'd stop using the word junkie so much. You seem to lump every addict together. There are some exceptions to patients on methadone needing certain benzos. Not everyone is looking to get high while on methadone. Just because you "sign off on these things everyday" doesn't mean you really know anything that didn't come from a text book. Don't generalize people or rather junkies as you call them. Many methadone patients went there for help and are doing everything they should.

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Re: IN2B8U (# 36)

I completely agree with you. I hope no one listens to that so called Dr!

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 1)
It's hard for me to believe you are a Dr. Of any kind. Methadone is not just prescribed for drug addiction, it is also prescribed for chronic pain. No dedicated Dr.would refer to the person with this illness of addition as junkies.

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Dr. Joey What a GD JOKE. Patrice has your ass pegged. Your no damn doctor.

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