Methadone Maintainance & Weight Gain!!! Help!!! (Page 5)
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I AM A METHADONE MAINTAINANCE PATIENT, CLEAN FROM OXYCONTIN FOR THREE+ YEARS & I HAE PACKED ON 40 POUNDS! I AM RETAINING WATER & EXPERIENCE HORRIBLE CONSTIPATION...ANYONE WITH SIMILAR ISSUES OR TIPS TO HELP ME OR FIND THE CAUSE???

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You are experiencing Narcotic Bowel Syndrome/Opioid induced constitpation. There is a prescription for it, you can check with you MD. I used to buy Dulcolax for my son and it seemed to work well for him.

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WTF i was at perfect weight and size before getting on methadone soon as i got on no matter what i ate or how little i ate id still gain weight. Been on it for 9 yrs and dont c an end in site cus i do know if im not on methafone. I surely would kno where id b...

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I really need to know how you dogs it please and thanks

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I go to a methadone clinic and before I've never weighed over 130 lbs and yay was right after I had my son and I thought I was big at that weight because I'd always weights about 111-118 but after I started the methadone, the weight Judy started piling on and I now weigh about 211lbs. I am so depressed and just disgusted with myself. Since I've been in the clinic, I have watched many new patients start methadone treatment and they start out looking great then surely you'll see the weight start piling on them too! Thus happens to almost everyone in the program but it seems to be more drastic for the women! Methadone will blow u up like a balloon. I've experienced it and witness it everyday! TG bc snks

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I've been on the clinic for 2 years and I eat very well I don't eat a lot of sugar and sweets and I haven't gained any fat at all I work out regularly and gained 10 pounds of muscle

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Vitadone it's a multi vitamin for people on methadone . you can only order it off Amazon.

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Would u reccomend gettimg off the merhadone and switxhing to pain pills if thats really the reason i go to the clinic and they treat me like a damn criminal i cant even drink a beer even tho that wasnt my problem but i got ina accident and messed my body up i need pain meds the methadome worka but i haye the clinic and the weihht gaim. Do u reccomens me goimg back to the pain meds

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I just bought a bottle of Vitadone and I'm not eating in the middle of the night like I was! I recommend it. Guys say it is also good for sweating and constipation and like I said sugar cravings.

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As someone who has been on MMT for years, listen closely: The sweating and sugar cravings will begin to diminish as you start decreasing your dose. I have never been over 100 mg but each time I came down, the weight came off and the sweating stopped. When I went back up, weight went up as did the cravings. The lower the dose, the less weight gain and sugar cravings. As soon as I got to around 60 mg, I started noticing the difference. Come down off the high doses asap and you will notice the changes.

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Well, I hope you're still alive. As I'm sure you have come to realize is that 500/700 is not enough. I hope you're healthy and have realized what you're doing is just another addiction in itself.

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Hi Josh! (:

One thing about herbalife is if you are doing your shakes healthy little snacks in between meals are also a good thing to try because if you don't feed yourself enough (healthy) calories your body could actually start storing away everything you put in it like a starvation mode. so the key thing is to do your shakes 1-2 a day, i usually do breakfast and lunch then i have either fruit or healthy crackers in between then eat a very healthy dinner but also filling. As well as taking all my vitamins throughout the day i would recommend trying Prolesso-duo, its one of the herbalife products it is amazing in that it makes you feel fuller so you want to eat less and also burns fat at the same time. {edited for privacy}. I hope this has helped you. Have an awesome day and stay blessed

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I have had to take methadone for quite a while now. - Roughly seven years. I weigh what I weighed at full term with my heaviest pregnancy, and I have had five children. My normal weight ALWAYS has ALWAYS been 125labs -130, always. I weighed in last month @ 158 lbs. I have been working my tail off and am now @ 154. Yeah! I know. I'm very discouraged. I am positive it is the methadone. My Doctor even agrees.

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I had the exact same problem with methadone Anthony. Very dangerous drug unless absolutely needed and prescribed. It did make me weigh more. It did make me crave sweets. And that s*** is sweet enough. I wonder if anyone's on Dolphines and has the same weight and sugar craving side effect?

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I had the same problem. Went from 165-235lbs in 2011. I have had the constipation problems as well. Try upping ur fiber Iintake. Methadone attacks your calcium levels in your bones. It will make you damage your teeth. After three yrs I got kicked off the program. Rapid detox. 160mgs minus 10mgs every 3 days. Never touched it again. Went to the dentist for my teeth, back to normal. I have to say it was the hardest drug I ever had to deal with. It ate me up and spit me out. I'm 6 mnths clean of everything illegal U CAN DO IT!

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Rei, Please share the name of the expensive multivitamin, I'll spend anything for something that works, I take 6 vitamins a day all from diff threads I read on Google saying it would help with weight, metabolism and getting my period back as its MIA for a yr & a half, instead of getting it every month I gain 3-5 lbs, eat healthy, drink slim fast 2x a day when craving chocolate, I'll try anything!! Is it vitadone or nutridone??

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Hi, I so know how u feel I've been tiny skinny my entire life never weighing more than 110lbs. And also in my teenage years and as a young adult suffered severe anorexia and bulimia. I was totally against methadone maintenance BUT I AM A CHRONIC RELAPSER and couldn't find a SUBUTEX provider because I burnt all those bridges with each Doctor :( So while in rehab it was HIGHLY recommended that I go on Methadone so with long thoughts and talks with my family and counselors I decided to start it, I gained over 150 lbs. in 6 months! I instantly began retaining water after just 2 days of dosing at 10mgs. I did ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING I COULD TO STAY SOBER AND GET MY LIFE BACK AND IM DOING BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE!! Methadone is GREAT for treating addiction if u r willing to put in the other work involved and some people do NOT retain water or GAIN ANY WEIGHT! :( CRAZY WISH I COULD BE LIKE THAT! After getting and staying at a therapeutic dose of methadone I started HERBAL LIFE (diet) joined PLANET FITNESS and STARTED TANNING & getting my nails done again and since then I've lost a lot of weight! I'm also on a prescribed diuretic through my PCP & am still working very hard at continuing my weight lose goal, staying sober, and feeling good about me again! It's NOT easy BUT what in life is, especially those things that we want very badly! I wish u ALL THE BEST AND AM SENDING POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND ENERGY YOUR WAY!!

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Have your thyroid function tested. I was on it for 14 years. After 3 years I blew up to 298 from 140! My thyroid had shut down! Once I started my thyroid medication, I lost all of the weight! Good luck!

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How do u get Vitadone? Is it thru prescription or ordered online?

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I am on 55 mg for the last 4+ years. I have been on a steady dose. I would like to get down to a very low dose to help with pain but I no longer feel need it for S/A. I am currently having a separate issue with workers comp and it is causing some issues with me being able to start a decrease... Long story... Anyway for the last month I have been taking Vitadone and it truly has made a huge difference in such a short time. I recommend it to all Methadone clients. Of course speak with your own dr first but I swear by it now and will continue taking it as long as I am on Methadone, which just might be forever due to chronic pain. I am going to get to the lowest dose possible that will still control my pain.

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This seems to be a severe problem with both Men and Women, if you are on more than 120 mg for longer then 2 years it can cause Edema or Water retention in your Legs, feet and hands!! The Doctor has me on 2 water pills a day. I have had all kinds of blood work and there is no doubt the Methadone is the cause. So i was at 180 mg for three years and he has rapidly taken me down! I have gained alot of belly weight. I cant breath and my feet ache!! It cause you to crave sweets Methadone and like all Opiates it drys your mouth out so Ice cream is now a problem. Anyone else? Im not the only one where i live and for U/A's there is only one washroom for everyone. Men and women have to share and there isnt any Nurses up here so men are being watched on Camera by the Doctors Secretary!!

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