Methadone Forums (Page 33)

I am going to a pain clinic in 16 days and want to know if I take about 70 mg of liquid methadone will it show up different than Percocets and morphine? I take 2 30 mg morphine and 3 7.5/325 Percocets for breakthrough pain. can I get help please. ## I know the answer to this one! Ive been on methadone for 8 years. Methadone requires a separate test/panel from other opiates to find it in urine. 10-15 years ago, i remember people getting drug tested for probation would scout out methadone bc of this fact. Nowadays many tests include a panel that tests for methadone (generally any test that has more than 8 panels). These days that includes a probation drug test and the ones at methadone clinics. The clinics like to make sure youre on something other than methadone before they start giving ...

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I stopped taking opiates in 2001...was on methadone until a year ago when I switched to subs... I've been on Subutex 2 months.... Well yesterday, for a reason i don't quite understand, I relapsed. I have been thru precipitated withdrawals and they TERRIFY ME.... MY QUESTION IS...HOW LONG UNTIL I CAN TAKE MY SUBUTEX AGAIN? I HAVE TO GO TO A MOTHER'S DAY TEA WITH MY SON TODAY (HE'S 5) AND I CAN'T RISK BEING IN PW/D.... PLLLEEEAAASE ANYONE? ## Just as when you first started it, you need to be in full withdrawal, before taking your Subutex, again. The FDA classifies this medication as an opiate that is most commonly used to treat drug addiction, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and co...

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I take Ambian to help me fall asleep as well as Oxycodone for chronic pain (along with other prescribed medications for bipolar/manic depression (Pristiq), anxiety disorder (Ativan), Fybromialgia (Lyrica), migraines (Fioricet), and muscle relaxers (Soma and/or Zanaflex). Will any of these (or a combination of them) cause a false-positive for Methadone in a UA? I need a FAST answer!! Thanx! ## NO URINE Screening test, and/or EIA or IMMUNOASSAY test is 100%, there are some cross reactions, and many false positives and false negatives. That is why it is required to CONFIRM all positives by an alternative methodology, preferably LC/MS/MS. It is expensive to run, and most hospitals do NOT have the equipment or ability to confirm. Good luck. ## NO ## Dr John is there any 100% urine test? I ha...

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My doctor prescribed me 10mg of celexa + 0.5 mg of klonopin both for anxiety, and I take 20 mg of methadone daily for chronic pain from a clinic. Will the three mixtures hurt me, especially the celexa and methadone together? ## Hello, Ashley! How are you? Taking the Celexa, with the Methadone increases the risk of developing a prolong QT heart interval, and that has the potential to be fatal, so such combinations are recommended avoided by the FDA and the NIH. They are also both listed as increasing sedation. What the prescribing doctor aware that you are taking Methadone? ## Didn't know I had to be so detailed... I've been on methadone for 6yrs almost bit off an on since 2003 and celexa as well an each time the doc.knows im on methadone or vis versa. My concerns is my health pr...

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I have been going to a Methadone clinic for four months now, taking 40 mg a day. I want to stop because I can't be like this all my life. I am a 51 year old male (very healthy). So what's the best way to detox from Methadone? Lowering the dosage? Or is there other options, like the so called fast detox (one day detox)? Or is there another way? Please help me find a way. Thank you very much. ## Hello I know how you feel. Your lucky bacause you are on such a low low dose. I would suggest 5mg every other week. If you feel sick request to remain at the same dose until your body gets use to it. NO MATTER WHAT DON'T GO BACK UP!! Drink Calomile tea,works wonders. Valuims are good to take at night, but remember those are additive too. I would sometimes mix Thera Fluix with the tea a...

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I have been on methadone/methadose maintenance for opiate dependence for approx. 6 yrs. At approx. the middle of this time I found a physician that prescribed me the methadone (40 mg a day) and it was great. I did have to UA for him, etc. But it was SO MUCH better than a clnic. Can anyone recommend one in San Diego. The doctor I was seeing retired. ## Hi Audrey, I actually found quite a few doctors in the San Diego area that are noted for prescribing Methadone. A few of them are posted below: Frank Jan Stass, M.D. Psychiatric Associates of San Diego 2445 Fifth Avenue, Suite 402 San Diego, CA 92101 (619)696-3300 Claudio Cabrejos, M.D. Family Health Centers of San Diego 823 Gateway Center Way San Diego, CA 92102 (619)515-2300 Michael Torrente, M.D. 3914 3rd Avenue San Diego, CA 92103 (619...

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I've been taking about 3mg subtext for three months and was going to switch to methadone. Took 20mg today. I've decided it just isn't for me. I want to go back to the subutex. How long do I need to wait to safety take the subutex. ## If you took the methadone while the subutex was still in you system, the subutex would have eliminated the methadone. You should be ok to go back to subs. Do some research first cause im not 100% sure. good luck!!! ## I took 10 mg. of methadone last night at around 10pm for the very first time. I did not like it at all and have some 8mg. subutex here that i am thinking of trying instead . It is now 11am, would this be safe for me to take now? ## My experience: I used to be on 40mgs of methadone for over a year and switched to subutex..not suboxo...

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Can poppy seeds cause a false positive on an opiod urine drug screen? ## Hi Joann, The rumor has it that consuming poppy seeds in and of themselves (including if they are in a muffin or a bagel, etc) can produce a false positive for opiates on a drug test. You can read more details about this claim here: snopes.com/medical/drugs/poppyseed.asp I hope this info helps! ## I just had a baby and before delivery they did a uranary drug screen and they said I tested positive for opiates and then after delivery they tested the urine of the baby and it tested positive as well and the only thing I can recall having opiates that I consumed was a poppy seed muffin is that possible to make us come out possitive for opiates ## I am on a Methadone reduction program. The past 3 months I have tested pos...

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My pain doctor of 2 years is decreasing doses for all patients of all pain meds. I take Methadone. Don't know why she's doing it but seems like it's some kind of a DEA thing. Anyway, I have to finder another doctor in the Seattle area. Does anyone know of somebody? Any help is appreciated more than I could express. Thank you. ## Hello, Steve! How are you? I'm sorry about the problem that you're having. However, you're going to experience the same thing, regardless of what doctor you see. They all have to do it, the current DEA recommendation is no more than the equivalent of 120mgs of Morphine, per day, with the caveat that they keep the patient's dosage as low as possible. The only exceptions are for those that have intractable pain from a possibly terminal ...

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Ive been seen at the VA here for yrs and was on methadone and was taken off of it and put on morphine then back on methadone. I never asked them to change even though neither one worked (180mg of morphine didnt work ?) AND NOW no more narcotic pain meds period thru the VA all over our nation. I hit the streets and found an oxycodone hydrothiazide 15mg and took half of it and was almost standing straight up and wasnt hurting at all. Sooo my question to you all is would you know of ANY Drs that I could go to to get this med...Please?!?! Im 62 and have had this pain for 20+yrs without relief and almost killed myself thru drinking the pain away so please help..thanks!!

I went to pain dr and tested positive for methadone. It's being sent to the lab. I did not take any methadone. Now I did take Xanax I was prescribed. I also take 30 mg Oxycodone. I went to the dr last week and the dr was not in the office. I got physically sick as I am new to all this back problem stuff. I take care of patients I am not normally the patient. My questions are this.. What does the lab do? What drugs illicit, prescribed and over the counter cause false positives. I promise this is not my expertise. I need to be fully aware. Do they release this info to my employer. What happens from here? If I know for a fact I didn't do what I'm being accused of, then why is it on my urine? I bought a 12 panel at cvs and it was negative on top of that. I'm so confused! ## ...

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Looking for a dr in phx, az that still prescribes methadone. Another place that knows about it, understands and is compassionate about ur needs and pain. ## I was able to locate a good number of doctors in the Phoenix, Az area that are known for prescribing Methadone and other related medications. I went ahead and posted a few of them below for your convenience: Francisco J. Hernandez, M.D. 1209 South 1st Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85003 (602)258-6797 Robert Gilmore Williamson, M.D. 903 North 2nd Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602)416-7600 Ayrn Diana O'Connor, M.D. 925 East McDowell Road 2nd Floor, Medical Toxicology Phoenix, AZ 85006 (602)839-6690 Michael William Sweeney, M.D. 2619 East Pierce Street Phoenix, AZ 85008 (602)344-5833 Jose Victor Magno Ventura, M.D. 1950 W. Heatherbrea Phoenix, AZ...

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ok. I am 18. So i have 2 Rods on both sides of my spine, 28 Screws and bolts (Which 6 screws/bolts have come loose and are just floating around in my back) My doctor in Jonesboro AR (keep in mind is one of the TOP sergions in AR) put me on Oxycodone 30's 7 a day for 5 years. Which they HELPED SO MUCH! And I really am in pain and really do need the drug. BUT I didnt want to become addicted to it like so many others in my family Alone! So my mom (who is an Oxycodone addict for 18 yrs) and I came to Killeen Texas with her Boyfriend who promised a new life for us were we could go to a Methadone clinic and get off the Oxys. And Lead a NORMAL GREAT life! Like everyone else where I could go to college,& get a degree.. Well within the first day we got here we went to the Methadone Clini...

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I take 30mg of methadone for 2 ruptured disc's L4,L5 along with 40mgs of hydrocodone for 5years now,I have been getting the mallinckrodt but this time pharmacy gave me the asc116 round tabs and I noticed my pain breaking through sooner and having to take them early than the mallinckrodt.Was wondering if there was a difference in them I thought by law they would have the same milligrams in them. ## Hello, James! How are you? I am very sorry about the problem you're experiencing. Under the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 generics are allowed to differ from the name brand by as much as plus, or minus 20% of the active ingredient(s), however, sometimes issues occur, because generics do not have to measure against each other, only against the name brand. Thus, there's a chance that this...

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I have been on methadone maintenance for 24 years at 50 mg per day. Several years ago I was severely injured and have chronic often debilitating pain for which there is no solution other than spinal inj's. and pain medicine. I take Opana ER 40 mg every 12 hours and have 4 mg of Dilaudid for breakthrough pain a maximum of two tablets per day. What has me baffled is that at the methadone program they do oral swab tests and for the last 9 months the only drug that comes up positive is the methadone and I get a negative result for my pain meds. However when I am given a urine test all three drugs come back positive. How is this even possible? Does removing the swab from my mouth as soon as I see the blue start to show up in the indicator window have an impact on this? The indicator wind...

I would like to know exactly how much more mg methadone has compared to morphine.Thank you! ## Hello, Mark! How are you? There is no direct conversion, it can vary depending on what dosage of Morphine was being taken and the individuals tolerance to opiates. For example, where it would start at would be a 2mg Morphine to 1mg Methadone ratio, for someone that was taking less than 30mgs of Morphine, but it can go as high as a 20 to 1 ratio, is someone were taking much higher doses. The FDA classifies this medication as a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation. What dosage of Morphine is being converted? ## Methadone is 10 times stronger than morphing I was on it for long ...

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I'm on high doses of Moriphine n Oxycodone and have been on Methadone in the past for my pain n it worked a lot better for my pain, I use to be a Steel Worker and fell 130 feet harnest in but broke my back n my neck , was in hospital for a month, I've been on the same medicine for a long time n would really like to have Methadone again , please let me know if you can find any Private Doctor to Prescribe me Methadone for my pain . ## Hello, Smitty! How are you? I am very sorry about what you've been through, that's horrible. As to the Methadone, any doctor that is licensed to practice medicine and write prescriptions is allowed to prescribe it for pain. The restrictions refer to when it is being prescribed for addiction treatment. The issue, however, is that most won'...

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yesterday morning i took a 10mg methadone i have not taken anything in a few months i have a drug test on tuesday will it be out of my system by then ## Depending on the type of test taken, Methadone can be detected in your urine for up to 6-12 days after your last dose; up to 24hrs in your blood stream, up to 1-10 days in your saliva, and as long as 90 days in your hair. That said, I do have my doubts that it will go undetected in any test except a blood test. If you have a valid prescription for Methadone you should be fine though. I hope this info helps to answer your question! ## i dont have a script i only took the one methadone saturday morning and i go today for my drug test i have not taken anything for a long time im hoping ill be okay thank you for answering me ## Took 20mg of...

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Looking for a doctor who prescribes methadone for pain in massachusetts ## Hello, Eric! How are you? I'm sorry, but there is no listing of doctors according to what they will or will not prescribe that I can refer to for you. If you require such a medication on a long-term, ongoing basis for chronic pain, you'll have to see a pain management specialist, since a PCP will no longer be able to prescribe it for you. And the only thing you can really do is set up an appointment with a specialist, make sure they receive a full copy of your current medical records, then keep the appointment so you can discuss what they will or will not do to help you. If you aren't happy with them, you'll have to try someone else. However, you can't ask about any specific medication, when y...

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If I go in front of a hearing board for my drivers license and they know I'm prescribed methadone, will that prohibit me from getting my drivers license? ## It really depends on why you are going before the hearing board and how the Methadone affects you. They do have the right to deny, if they feel you may be driving impaired, or under the influence, so basically any reason that might mean you are possibly putting others in danger, according to most state laws. What state do you live in? If you can post back with this information, I might be able to research more precise details for you. Thank you!

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