I Am Needing A Doctor Who Prescribes Xanax With Methadone
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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: Tara (# 15)

He lost his license for rape of a patient.

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 1)

This f***ing guy thinks we believe he’s a doctor. He’s on the Megan’s Law website. The f*** outta here pedo.

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Re: Patrice (# 19)

What mg I'm on .5 and my doc won't rise mygs because of methadone and I really need the help

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Re: My nana (# 55)

NaNa should not be on 4 bars a day? Many seniors shouldn't be taking Xanax, and if they do take it, the smallest amount possible is very prudent. It sounds like this physician seems to know what they're doing, however a 75% reduction can be very hard on NaNa. Perhaps NaNa is a candidate for a drug treatment inpatient program. One that can take you off the medicine slowly and safely, And yes, she does face the possibility of a stroke or seizure in the short term

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Re: Pat (# 53)

Absolutely 100% We’ll Said my friend.. I told a little bit of my story with Methadone and Valium (213 msg) Methadone and 5mg times two a day. And I am prescribed Restoril 15mg sleep pill with Valium inside of it.. That man whoever he is should be reported on to the hospital that he practices medicine in in the hospital over the teachers residence and interns and get this guy fired.. everything he said in raged me.. Shame on him!!

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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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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 1)

Why do you assume that this person is a junkie because they take methadone? I’m a chronic pain patient from a motorcycle accident I had at 19 years old which altered my entire life and future.. For several years I was given every single type of schedule 2 narcotics and I found I couldn’t function on them. Because of being “Impaired” I told my pain management doctor about my problems with those heavy duty pain pills and he told me that Methadone might be much better for me. Like you at first I was a hypocrite and said “Isn’t Methadone for heroin addicts?” He said yes but it’s different for patients like you that are suffering from severe pain conditions and I agreed to try it out and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. My quality of life came back to me and I didn’t require those very strong pain medications anymore.. that was 25 years ago and I’m still on it with absolutely no problems or complaints whatsoever and Aside from having to have 6 very invasive major surgery’s over the years and I needed to take schedule 2 pain medications for the post-operative pain and as soon as I’d healed enough I didn’t request or require said prescriptions anymore.. You are a horrible doctor and an especially horrible teacher if you are teaching residency doctors to automatically think that people that are on methadone are all no good junkies and too put everyone into a specific category... SHAME ON YOU!!

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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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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)

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: 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: Patrice (# 19)

Who is your Dr if u dont mind me asking?

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 3)

You love to call everyone junkies???
I pray no one in your family has an addiction problem....

KARMA
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR PAIN MANAGEMENT.

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Re: Patrice (# 19)

Where's this Dr at need a Dr ASAP

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 3)

You're probably addicted to pain pills yourself. You act like a cocky arrogant a-hole.

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Re: Abby (# 32)

There's a guy named Dr Joey who will help you. I haven't seen him post recently. My docs have been giving me hard time at my clinic , because I was told that no one could take more than 120 mg a day on a med equivalent to morphine,I was taking 7 30 mg of oxycodone that they had put me on, before that I was taking 30 mg of oxycodone 6 times a day. I have serious scoliosis, cervical and spinal stenosis, my legs are burning. Well, that;s it/

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Re: Tina (# 2)

Sending blessings and love to you both- sounds like a really tricky situation where you need a prescriber with enough empathy to listen to your background and actually want to help ????????

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Re: Tina (# 2)

It took me 6 days cold turkey off methadone at my house 150 mg then I went into detox and got off the methadone seventh day they gave me suboxone 7 days after methadone use and I do not have precipitated withdrawals I've been on it for almost a month now it's working I've been on methadone for in 10 years and I'm glad to finally be off Xanax cold turkey also I'm still going through it but it's safer to take Suboxone and Xanax then methadone and Xanax I'm just looking for a doctor in the Tampa area

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Re: DrJoeyMDPhD (# 1)

I was on 120 x Xanax 2mg, 120 x Methadone 40mg, and 90 x Adderall 30mg. People do prescribe it, but Methadone sucks as a drug and it was made for hitler (Dolophine).

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

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