Methadone Drug Info And Reviews (Page 2)

Can anyone tell me about Methadone please?

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Do you think there are people who have to remein on meth.for the rest of thier lives? i get to below 10 mgms. and i just can't do it. i have tried several different methods. I am a strong person;mentally more than physically and have come to grips not to use for over 10 to 15 years (somewhere in there) but the cravings always seem to return somewhere near 10 mgms. wheather its a blind detox or of my decision to come down, but i just can't seem to do it. Do you really think there are people who have to stay on meth the rest of thier lives? I have been off and on sine 1968 when they told us it was a drug you would never come off of? By now I have become very frustrated and stressed out and just want to live. I hope there is someone who can shed some light I haven't heard yet. I have figured out one thing---you have to truly want to stop or you will always be in denial. HELP!!!

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Exactly How was methadone involved in her death?

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LANIE, AND ALL, I WENT TO A CLINIC AND GOT UP TO 90 MG A DAY. MY SON ASKED ME TO STOP GOING TO THE CLINIC FOR HIS 17TH B-DAY. THIS WAS ON HIS 16TH B-DAY. I STARTED TO LOWER MY DOSE, BUT THE CLINIC WOULD ONLY ALLOW ME TO COME DOWN TO 30 MG A DAY. A CITY CLOSER BY OPENED A CLINIC AND I STARTED GOING THERE AND TOLD THEM I WANTED OFF. THEY LET ME GO DOWN TO 20 A DAY. BY MY SONS 17 BDAY, I STOPPED GOING TO THE CLINIC, BUT I CONTINUED TO TAKE METHADONE BY STREET MEANS. I WOULD CUT BACK A LITTLE AT A TIME, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PINCHING OFF A PEICE ONCED A WEEK . I GOT TO WHERE THE ONLY TIME I WOULD TAKE IT WAS AFTER STAYING AWAKE ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF HAVING TO STRETCH MY LEGS, WHICH DIDNT DO ANY GOOD. I NEVER TOOK MORE THAN WHAT I HAD TAKIEN THE PREVIOUS DOSE. ON MY SONS NEXT B-DAY, I STOPPED TAKING ANY AT ALL. I STILL COULD NOT SEEM TO GET OUT OFF BED. FOR A MONTH THIS WENT ON. I DID GET UP AT TIMES AND HAVE A DRINK, BUT I WAS NOT AN ALCHOHOLIC. AFTER THIS MONTH WAS OVER, I HAD IT MADE IN THE SHADE AND FELT GREAT. NO DRUGS TO GET ME THRU THE DAY FOR A WHOLE YEAR. BEWARE, DONT EVEN START A LITTLE HERE OR THERE OR YOUR PROBLEMS WILL RETURN. MINE DID. I JUST DONT TAKE NO WHERE NEAR AS MUCH AS I USED TO. MAYBE 3 MIL A DAY. FOR ALL OF YOU THAT DONT KNOW THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ADDICTION OF METHADONE.. YOU NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT I HAVE SAID. AT ONE TIME I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO DOSE. I WAS SO SICK THAT HAVING A BABY PAIN, DIDNT HAVE S*** ON HAVING A NON DOSED METHADONE PAIN, AND THATS NOT ALL THAT COMES WITH THAT. IF YOU CANT GET TO THE CLINIC FOR WHAT EVER REASON, I PROMISE YOU, YOU WONT GET THERE IF YOU GET SICK UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEONE PHYSICALLY CARRY YOU OR HELP YOU TO NOT JUST GET TO THE CAR, BUT TO GET OUT OF BED. THE FLU FEELS GOOD COMPARED TO THIS. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED, ! DONT GO ANY HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. USED TO BE 30 A DAY. EVENTUALLY YOU WILL REALIZE THAT GETTING TO THE CLINIC BECOMES YOUR FIRST PRIORITY IN EVERY DAY LIFE. . IF YOU DONT HAVE TO START, !DONT!!!!!!!!

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I would like to commit on methadone

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Is there any help out there? Other then the one Methadone Clinic we have in Spokane WA. thats so totally inconvienient you cant bring kids because of confidentiality my son is 5 months old who is he going to tell! They close the doors at 9:00 a.m. if you arent there by then tough you have to get there by 5:30 a.m. if you dont want to wait for 2 hours it was just a bad scene all the way around sothat is why I decided to find a doctor to get me off I have been on done for 8 long years I started at 25mg a day i lived in sandiego ca. and i would drive over to the mexican boarder to get my dose evey day then i found sandiego alliance and was there for about 4 years they kept increasing and increasing whenever i said i was uncomfortable there they where how much you want to go up? I didnt know any better so in s.d. i was up to 150 or so when i left and went to Sac to live transferred to clinic there for 4 years and got down to 70 mg then i GOT PREAGNANT and moved again to spokane and that is wher i am currently they raised me to 170mg a day during my pregnacy ( I think that is why I had him prematurely ) i had myson who is now 5 months when i sawwhat he had to go through because of mydaily methadone use i had enough i was totally discusted with myself and i wnted to quit so i stopped going to the clinic because i found a doctor who was going to help me get off so he took 40 mg off right off the bat and let me tell you i felt it from the begining but i thought he knew what he was doing and i can stop and stablieze if it gets too bad well i was wrong he had me off within a month at about 50 mg i was like i think i need to stop for a while and he was like no that wasnt in the contract what contrat i didnt sign a contrat so now i am buying wafers at 25 a pill i am a single mother and i cant afford it but its almost i ant afford not too my back is killing me i have no patience I had to drop out of school my hair is even falling out what can i do there arent many options here in washington and i am stuck i wouldt even know what kind of doc to call or what i would say can anyone help?

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Barbie-i know all this stiff, i just wanted to know a slow detox from 30 mgms.that someone had tried ar something that works.I am currently already in a clinic fpr0 yrs but nothing. i get down low and I relapse. Maybe someone got off succrssfully that can help.

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You know it stinks how you get treated when you go the the pharmacy to to pick up a prescription for pain medicine and they treat you like your a druggie I just wanna wish this upon them ,That they would have as much pain as i have or more and get treated like crap by the Doctor who dont want to give you anything for pain then when you finally just about beg for your meds you get that through then go to the pharmicist they treat you like crap for being there tooo get your pain pills...i find that taking one 10mg methadone tablet in the morning instead of 6 or 7 lorcet is fantastic .why do they make it so hard to get??

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I know someone that overdosed on meth and is in a comma right now.. It has been 8 days and she hasnt come out of it yet....

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If you want to know about send me an email... i've been on it for 8 months and i have had amazing results with it...50 ml a day is what i'm on, and i used to use for about 10 to 12 years, on and off, heavy heroin use... so i know what i'm talking about. I'm not a bad person, i just have this one demon named heroin that buggered up my life... i don't drink, i don't smoke, i don't even smoke pot and that's practically legal in canada, but for some reason, i tried heroin, felt invincible and it took ahold of me... i had great parents, good upbringing, i had no excuse to go there... i mean life is never perfect, but i knew better... and still i got hooked on heroin, but with the use of methadone, I've been totally craving free. No side affects. healthy skin, perfect teeth, no muscle loss, no bone loss... my doctor is very caring and would never prescribe me something that could harm me long term or short term. He's done his studies, and he is a huge supporter of methadone. It WILL work if you're truly ready to quit. And if in the begining of using it, you slip and try heroin, you won't really get high like you used to, because it sort of flat lines the drug... takes its power away... no effects. I have been blessed with a second chance, that's what i see methadone as. I don't see it as life long plan, but for others, life long is what they choose, and that's fine. For me, i'll do if for a year maybe two, and then i'll see how it goes. At least i know i have an option. I am here to answer any other questions you have... don't be embarrased. We've all been there... take care... nadia.

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as i detox from methadone i beg to differ with you when you say it is not addictive. try it for a few years and then detox and give a new reply afterwards. i think you may change your mind. methadone is much harder to detox from than heroin.

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I was on 120ml of methadone for 6years also on 10 xanex bars a day.. I went to a clinic the last 3 years of being on it.. the Xanax I took by chose and fast got hooked. I am an addict. I can admit that today. But my journey was hard and I almost died coming off both liqiud methadone and Xanax. I cold Turkey both at the same time.I ended up in a hospital, mental instatution and then a halfway house. My withdraws from both latest for 3 months. I lost 60lbs in a month from not eating. I have bad high blood pressure and ulsers. And I have been off everything for 7 months now. By the grace of God.. if u want to quit u can don't ever say u can't the way I feel and live today Is better than I ever have. So yes it can happen but u got to go threw the pain to gain the joy of life.. I know I did..

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i have been on methadone for 9 years befire that numerous other drugs,i cannot even get past the detox part.it last so long have any advice i am trully desperate

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If I were u and I was at one point I would check myself in to s detox facility.. that way you will be medically supervised ... all I can say is read the post below that I wrote about my journey and pray its easier than whater I went threw which it probly will be because I was also cold Turkey xanex at the same time..good luck.. medical attention is very serious when coming off methadone and xanex...I'm praying for you..

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I had an allergic reaction to a medicine that I was prescribed for migraines and on Easter of 2009 I literally died. I flat-lined 3 times and was in a coma for 18 days. Then out of the grace of god a doctor came into my room in the middle of the night and decided to try to Eckmo (sp:) machine on me. IT WORKED! Thank goodness I did wake up and although I had to learn to eat, walk, speak, etc. all over again. All of my organs are 100%. But I ended up with horrible drop foot on both feet and we don't know why, but also horrible bilateral neuropathy. I have been through so many surgeries just so that my feet would actually work so that I could walk again, however we can't seem to control the pain of the neuropathy, because we don't know how I got it. Anyway, I was on 50 mg of the Fentanyl Patch and taking 30 mg of Oxycodone every 4 hours since 2009. 2 weeks ago I was sent to a pain management doc and he switched me to subutex. I worked great for my addiction I don't want a Oxycodone, however the pain is still HORRIBLE...... I am taking 40mg a day of subutex and ZERO pain relief. My doctor wants me to come in tomorrow to switch me to Methadone. He says that will help with the pain. But I have heard soooo many bad things about Methadone and I am super scared. Isn't there anything that he can give me WITH the subutex for the pain? Please help!

Sorry for the long story, but it will help you understand : Well I did go to the doctor today and he prescribed me 40mg of Methadone once a day. I have been on 40 mg of Subutex for 2 weeks. He said to wait 24 hours to take the Methadone from the time I took my last Subutex. But the pharmacy said I only had to wait to hours. Hmmmm when can I take the methandone? Help please!

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I went on subutex as well and was in so much pain. That is the withdrawals. Yes, I have pain but I successfully home detoxed myself after a decade of methadone, oxys, fentanyl patches, etc. Subutex sucks because you may not feel as agitated but your pain is MUCH higher than normal. I drank some crap called Ultra Cleanse ph. Tastes like dog food bit it kept me from having the leg and arm pain of withdrawals. I also had Ativan prescribed and Klonopin just in case I was highly agitated but only needed them for a week. Not sure why it worked for me but after MANY tries I seemed to find a way off Methadone with minimal pain. Now that im off I realize I smell things so much more! Fresh air, flowers, my kid's farts.......anyways, if you can do without a CONSTANT dose of narcotics in your body you will be better for it. Took me a decade of trying to get off my back pain meds! Do I hurt now? Yes, but I can manage. Withdrawal pain makes you think the pains are your true pain. Its not.

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Ultra clear ph. I think I misnamed it in a previous post. Its pricey but it keeps the withdrawal pains away. You know, the skin crawling stuff and forearm/leg pains. I also took Gingerforce and Tumericforce daily as well as vitamin B. I tried to slowly taper, quit cold turkey, suboxone, subutex, etc. All sucked. This concoction I found online made detox bearable and I was able to take care of my kids. Get your doc on board and get Ativan and Klonopin too if possible. Trust me, I was heading to a detox hospital and made one last ditch effort and im free of that crap! Good luck.

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Without some form of pain medicine my feet can't even to stand to have shoes on them let alive walk. On bad days it is the same WITH pain meds.....they are not trying to get me off of anything, rather find what is right.....so I can continue to get out of bed and chase my six children around. Lol

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Have you tried injections? Cortisone shots can help. Not sure if they so any nerve burning (RF) for foot pain of helped my back. About to have botox in my back too.

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Thank you so much, but YES I get nerve blocks for BOTH feet every 7 days.....works for about four hours, the longest has been 3 days and that was 2 years ago. I just wish I could make it better, but they don't know how or why I got THIS out of a coma, so I might just be screwed! Just took the 40 mg of Methadone, will I feel anything? Will it help the pain right away or will I have to wait?

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I took 10mg 3x per day but was up at 60mg or so prior. You may be one of those folks that need the meds until....no need to suffer! If I recall I never got the initial buzz I got from lortabs or other shorter lasting pills. I remember the pain was eased but I felt clear headed. I also took dilaudid for break through pain. It worked quite well. Im sorry you are in so much pain! Methadone can definitely help. I thought subutex was to get off narcs. It was what I tried it for. Keep doing what you are doing and don't take NO for an answer! Keep trying to find a doc who is willing to find the cause of your pain!!!

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