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Can i take Keflex and Phenergan with Methadone? I am on 74 milligrams and I need yall to help me figure out if I am able to take those meds together. ## I'm on 70 mg of methadone everyday and I take the nausea med phenergan twice a day 25 mg once in the morning and once at bedtime and I have no reaction at all as far as the Keflex I've been on that with that too I believe I'm not for sure but I think I was and I didn't have any reactions either I hope this helps have a good day or evening whatever time you're reading this. Turtle from Minnesota:-) ## There is a risk taking Phenergan with Methadone, it can increase the risk of experiencing an irregular heart rhythm, according to FDA reports, which in some cases can be fatal. Thus, it would be best to only take them un...

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I have been in chronic pain for 8 year's now was on methadone,moved to owatonna,mn, and they do not prescribe no kind of narcotics, i am back home now and i need to get back on them to get rid of this pain.the pain is caused by lupus umung other things. ## Been in chronic pain overall 8 year's and was on methadone but i moved to MN. and they have a six month to a year waiting list so i had return home now i have no doctor but i need my medication really bad.in pain every day. ## Did you find a doctor willing to help you? I am trying to find a doctor who will help me with my constant pain also. I have a pain doctor in Indiana (which is a 6 hour drive). I need to find a doctor closer to home. I live in the Grand Haven, MI area. Let me know if you have any advice. Thanks. ## Give t...

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I am searching for a good pain management doctor in Louisiana. The only pain medication I can tolerate is Methadone. ## You will need a copy of your medical records from your previous dr. There is no guarantee that another dr will prescribe you Methadone. When someone asks for a specific drug, it is a red flag or drug seekers. So it might be best to get an appointment and see a dr and take your medical records. You might have to see them for a few months before you will know if they will prescribe you Methadone. ## I have been in chronic pain for more than 17 yrs. since 2000. I had 3 disc badly ruptured and rendered me disabled, multiple back inj's, mri, cat scans, etc. I had a pain management doctor but he moved. I am suffering badly now from insomnia and awful pain that awakes me ...

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Hi my name is Christina. I took a 4 mg dilaudid yesterday at about 10:00 am and had to take a urine test today about 9:45 am and drank about twelve 8oz Pierre cranberry juices and urinated about 10 times yesterday and dank a lot of water. My urine was not clear today but was clear yesterday. Will I pass my urine test for my methadone clinic? I did not take any other medication today to metabolize before I took my test. Someone told me that it's out your system in 6 hours. Is it? Please tell me. ## Hello, Christina! How are you? How did your test turn out? Dilaudid is usually able to be detected in urine for about 2 to 3 days after taking it, according to NIH studies. And drinking so much fluid could make them more suspicious, since it could result in a diluted sample.

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Today was my first day starting at the meth clinic in central east coast Fl. I was told to have $117.00 to start the meth and for the next 3 days and to my BIG surprise I only had to pay $6.00. I have medicaid due to the fact that I am on SSI. You don't know how HAPPY I was. Just thought I would let everyone know that some clinics DO take medicaid so before you pay cash make sure that you ask about it..Don't know about medicare but medicaid YES for this clinic...Hope this can help someone... Have a nice day......... Donna ## I need to find a clinic in Florida that accepts medicade. I'm on disability and can no longer afford 13.00 per day that it costs. I have been a maintenance patient for over 15 years and really need help. Thanks so much for any help anyone can give me. ##...

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im looking for a doctor that priscribes methadone. i dont want to go the clinics. suboxone does not work for me and i really want to get off of oxycodone. my boyfriend has been clean for 4 months now. and from my car accident and i also have nerve damage, it makes it harder for me to get off, because im in so much pain. i tryed many times to stop, but i cant handle the pain. i lost everyone i loved and i dont want to lose my boyfriend to. ## I am very sorry, but if you are looking for something outside of the setting of a clinic, there is really no way to know what doctor would be willing to prescribe it. When it comes to addiction treatment, most doctors will not provide such treatment outside of a clinic, because they do have to follow certain laws and treatment protocols, in order to...

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I'm a "do-it-myself-er". Trying to kick an opioid addiction. I got some methadones and took (a total of) two 10mgs over a two day period. Decided to go the suboxone route, so I got three 8mg strips (quartered them) and took 1/4.. My last dose of methadone was 27 hours ago.. How soon will I know if I'm going to experience P.W.s? It's been right at an hour ago and I don't feel bad other than a terrible case of the shakes.. I'm not sure why... Any info would be GREATLY appreciated :) ## I take 90 mg of methadone a day I had a dose of 35 yesterday will it put me in precipitated withdrawls and I get dosed in the a.m. will it hurt if I take a zubsolv? ## Hey where are you located? And did you kick the methadone? If so I'd like to know how!!!! Please respond!!!!...

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Need a Dr who will prescribe Methadone for chronic pain..haven't taken any in approx 2 mos...am severe depressed and back pain is relentless...I'm 61.. not in good health..really need help...Live in the state of Alabama... ## Hi, Patti! Sorry that you're so miserable. Is there a special reason that it has to be Methadone? There are many other treatments options available for pain that use much safer and more effective medications or therapies. Do you have a general practitioner that you're currently seeing? If so, they can most likely refer you to a pain specialist. Learn more Methadone details here. The big issue with Methadone is that due to its very high addiction rate, doctors are very reluctant to prescribe it for pain, except for in very severe cases. ## I do not u...

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When they test and send it in by Fedex, how long before they get results back? The reason I am asking was last Thursday I found an old Fentanyl patch stuck to me that must have been in my bedding or something. Of course, the same day I got tested. Today is Tuesday and they haven't said anything but my counselor is getting old and isn't all there. I'm not even sure there was meds still on this old patch? Does someone put you on hold if it comes back positive or is the counselor the only one that checks? I guess I just need to know how long before someone at clinic would see a positive screen? ## I was wondering the same thing on how long these tests come back? I just started treatment and the quick panel showed I was clean on Friday and yesterday I saw the doctor and he said ...

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I have never seen a government or it's people so anal retentive about opiates like our country is, it is ridiculous. Legitimate pain patients cannot even get pain meds now, because everyone is insane about them. They make pain meds for a reason, to stop pain! Everyone needs to get over their fixation with calling everyone a junkie that has to use painkillers. I've never seen anything like it! ## NO ONE WILL RESPOND TO MY THREAD BECAUSE THEY KNOW I AM 110% CORRECT !!! ## You said it! I am on methadone (not for pain)so imagine how I am treated! You don't know the half! And NY is more liberal than most states, especially in the city.

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I have been taking Methadone for opiate addiction for almost 20 years! It has worked for me! The only time I relapsed was when I moved from NY to Ohio and had to wait to transfer into a different clinic. I have been clean since 2002! My problem is; I recently lost my medicaid because I do not live with my 12yr.daughter and her mom anymore.Ohio Social Services does NOT give medicaid to single men unless they are on disability or SSI. I am on neither being that I am capable of working, even though I am a insulin-dependent Diabetic also.I work part-time making 8.00per hour. The clinic I go to is 60 miles away, and medicaid was paying for my transportation also. Now I am faced with two dilemmas...getting to the clinic twice a week because I do not have a car at this time (I do get "take...

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I am curretly taking Oxycodone. I was taking Methodone, and I am still having no luck with my pain and all the doctors I have seen won't give me anything stronger. Can I take both kinds of pills to help get rid of the pain? ## white round pill with watson 932 ## Its not a good idea at all! Your doctor may have short changed you when he did the conversion? I took Methadone for 11 years before switching to Oxycontin 3 months ago. The switch was very difficult! I had Methadone withdrawals for 3 weeks which made my pain even worse. I continued to hurt much more than I ever had while taking Methadone but my pain doc wanted me to give it 2 full months. I was about at wits end when the 2 months were up. That's when my doc reworked the conversion and admitted he short changed me because...

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Who should I write to about shortages of pain meds? After 20 years of successful treatment of excruciating back pain by methadone, suddenly my pharmacy has to put in a special order which takes 6 days to fill. ## Unfortunately, this is just something that happens, once in awhile. Due to DEA directives, every pharmacy is limited in how much of any given controlled substance they can order in during a given month period, which may not necessarily be from the first of the month to the last, just like a fiscal year, it can vary depending on their usual ordering and stocking habits. Once they hit that limit, they cannot order in more, until they hit their new cycle. This was done to help gain better control of the supply and the amount any given pharmacy can order in is based on their custom...

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Hi Im on 58 mgs of Methadone now I'm going to a clinic but it getting hard to pay for it it help with my back pain . I started taking Methodone to quit talking pain meds in so happy to be off pills but since I'm self pay it getting hard I'm looking for a Doctor in McKinney Texas not a clinic if I can get a doctor to prescribe Methodone my insurance will pay for it .I'm disabled and have Medicare and united healthcare for insurance . I hate the clinic the people there are just there for the money they do care about the people at all . I ask to start lowering my dose because I started having trouble with my breathing I have COPD and they got mad they never did when I wanted to go up only when I side I wanted to go down .The couseler will not even speak to me.sge was really...

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I have started loweing my dose to come off Methadone. I am on 58 mgs I got on Methodone to quit talking pain meds .The clinic I go to did not want me to go down they told me I am supposed to stay on it a least 9 months I told the it's a tool to help me stop taking pills not a life time use .Well they where upset I believe it's because if the money my counselor will not speak to me and has bit talked about takes out .I'm glad I don't live far from the clinic . My question is do they have a right to tell me I can get off Methadone I m thanking they don't I'm self pay I'm not in any state funding so I believe if I pay I should be able to get off any time I want to . ## Hi Nora: I live in Canada so I'm not sure where you live and what the laws are. I'm th...

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Hello everyone who is one methadone and wants to get off. I was on methadone for 6 years....I wanted to get off so I went to a rehab and did a 30 day suboxone detox getting down to 1 mg for the last 3 days. After 2 days off suboxone I started to get sick once again and decided to get back on methadone. That lasted for about a year before I had finally had enough. I did research and did a 16 day detox from 108 mg to 0 with minor side effects compared to the hell I know methadone withdrawal can be. This is what I did and it worked for me. I can't believe drs aren't talking of the benefits of DXM. Every day before dosing I took 100 mg of Dxm, and drank a few cups of grapefruit juice, the juice increases the effects of the methadone because it inhibits the enzyme that metabolites it...

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Pain Management in Wichita, KS - 10 years all pain meds. thinking I should try a good pain management Doctor or Methadone. I have had trigger point injections - SI point diagnosis - scoliosis of spine - Desegregation Disc disease. ## There are several listed in that area, but I have no information on what they will or will not treat with, nor what their fees are. You'd have to call them to ask for more information. However, here are a few you can start with: Advanced Pain Medicine Associates 316-942-4519 Dr. John W. Carlston 316-448-0730 Wichita Health and Wellness 316-722-4247 Learn more pain management details here. Have you tried asking your current doctor to refer you somewhere? ## John-you need an HMO referral from your PCP for your ACA insurance to pay ## My husband has been o...

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I am currently on 10 mg of methadone 16 times a day. I have to have something for my backpain but cannot deal with the side effects of methadone anymore. What would be a replacement drug that would be as effective? ## Hi Sara, Sorry to hear that your pain medication isn't working as well as you'd like it to. Some of these side effects can be pretty horrible, so I don't blame anyone for trying to find an alternative. A few suggestions I can give you for other prescription pain medications include: Demerol, Morphine, Vicodin (extended release), Percocet, Dilaudid, Opana, Oxycodone, and Fentanyl. Your doctor would have a better clue as to which one of these would best replace the drug you're currently on, but honestly, there's no way of telling ahead of time how you...

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I've been on various pain meds since I was 21 due to a VERY serious car accident where I broke my back and did a lot of other damage to my body. I've moved up through SEVERAL meds over the years, and have NEVER been fully pain free, but at times able to live life fairly normally, others not so much! I've been on methadone for a few years now and was actually doing pretty great! Didn't completely take away my pain, but made life liveable and side effects were something I could handle. But due to issues it was causing with my heart my pain doc just switched me from 10 mg 3x day to 30 mg of morphene er 3 times day. It's only been a week, but I'm MISERABLE! In a GREAT deal of pain, haven't slept in days, not only from being uncomfortable, but from withdrawal (I d...

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I take 15mg Morphine daily. If I take a 20mg Methadone, will it show up on my urinalysis at my pain doctors office? Only one dose is necessary right now. ## Lukky, if they do a full drug urine screen, be sure that methadone will show up...they test for it's beastly metabolite EDDP 2 - ethylidene - 1, 5 - dimethyl - 3, 3 - diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP) . Just be honest with your doc. The thing that pisses them off [no pun intended] is when we lie. Good luck.

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