Methadone Forums (Page 89)

I am so sad to hear of the American people on here the hell they go through to find a good doctor or a pharmacy that'll fill their scripts (especially pain medications) I can't fathom why it's like that and why u pay so much. Australia is way different, the doctors bulk bill in other words Medicare pay for many ppl's consultations and if u do pay you have private health ins you pay 70 and get 50 back the same day from your ins or if u pag u can go straight to Medicare and get the rebate. Also, your doctor here is happy to ring a pharmacy, ask if they have what the patient needs and tells them the patient is on their way. I'm shocked to hear of Americans in genuine physical pain driving to pharmacies for days to get a script filled. Here the methadone or drug maintena...

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What would happenif i took A Neruotin Along With Fentynal,methadone,valium,and xanax ## Well, to put it simply, you could overdose and die, there's really no nicer way of saying it. This may not occur, if you are used to the medications and tolerant of them, plus careful to only use the proper doses, but it is a possibility. Most of the medications you listed can cause depression of the central nervous system and they tend to cause additive effects, this can result in respiratory arrest, or cardiac arrest. Are there any other comments or questions? ## You will probably die. Surprised you haven't already if your taking all of these aforementioned .

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I have been going to a methadone clinic in Ga for 7 years. It costs me $4,032 a year. At the clinic they get you on a particular dose & that is the amount you are supposed to do every day. My body easily adjusts to whatever amount I take & it doesn't help me with the chronic pain I have. So I have also been going to a doctor & he prescribes me methadone so that on some days I can take more so it will help with pain. He knows that I also go to the clinic & the amount of methadone they give me. My doctor (who is a good guy & well respected) has decided (to save me $4,000) to prescribe me what he usually gives me plus the amount I was getting from the methadone clinic so I could quit the clinic and save a bundle. I only went to the clinic twice a month (I got 2 week...

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If methadone was involved in the death of your loved one, please report it using link below. This is the only way we will ever get anything done. It doesn't matter how long it's been. accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm ## Thank you for posting this link. We have had several posts from people that lost loved ones that were using Methadone, either alone, or with other medications and I'm sure that knowing they can do something may help, even if only in a very small way. Has anyone else been looking for this very link? ## Thank You. We also have a website now. stopmethadonedeaths.com

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i was on oxy for 6 years went to the dr yesterday and tested positive for methadone which ive never taken b4 so good ole doc changes me to methadone what are the pros and cons of methadone and how did i test positive for methadone ## If your doctor is using the less expensive, non-certified tests, they are known to show false positives anywhere from 4 to 50% of the time. In such cases, synthetic and semi-synthetic opiates, such as these, are well known to cause false positives for others. As to the Methadone, you can learn more about it here: Are there any other comments or questions?

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Hey everybody. This is my first time here, so please excuse me for just butting in. I just started methadone on Tuesday. Trying to get my life back. Anyway, just wondering what to expect. Some moments I feel great, then a little while later I feel as if a car dropped on me. I started at 30 mgs the first day..they up it by ten each day, so I'm at 50 today where I will stay for at least a week. So is there anything I can do to help me thru the shaky bits? Any info would be appreciated . Thanks! ## No worries, jump right in, that's what our site is here for! :-) It can take some time to adjust to being on the Metahdone, rather than whatever drug you were abusing. The dosage doesn't always match up quite exactly, so you may still experience some withdrawal symptoms, which are pr...

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I'M A PATIENT WITH FIBROMAILGA, MERSA, REAUMATOID ARTHRITIST, RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION I TAKE THE FOLLOWING MEDICATION FOR PAIN PERCOSET 10/325, MORPHINE 15MG. FOR MY DEPRESSION I TAKE CLONAZEPAM 0.5MG, FLUOXETINE 40MG, PRIMIPEXOLE 0.5MG FOR MY RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME THIS GAVE ME A FALSE POSITIVE RESULT ON MY DRUG TEST. ## From what I could gather, Fluoxetine is known for causing false positives for amphetamines and LSD; while Morphine and Percocet will test positive for opiates. Referenced from: askdocweb.com/falsepositives.html Methadone is in a class of medications called opiate (narcotic) analgesics; so it would make sense for either Morphine or Percocet (or both) to be a likely cause for the positive result. The one drug I was unable to find specific drug te...

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lost daughter n law due to her having 143 m/l of methadone, 80.8 vicadene, 11.4 hydromorphone morphin, she also had anoxic-Encephalopathy, the autopsy report stated death due 2 a massive over-dose of methadone. Could u please explain the dosage to me n lay-mens terms. how many pills would 143 m/l consist of, also the same on vicadene, & morphine. Also if Amanada only had 1 of said drugs n her system would she still have died???? Thanking u n advance for u/r help & answers.PIVBJA ## I'm very sorry for your loss. First, to answer your question about one drug, as compared to having several in her system, it is hard to say with any certainty, because very high levels of anything do have the potential to be fatal. However, in most cases, overdose deaths occur due to the mixture o...

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i took my last 10mg methadone on thursday and have a urine screen on wednesday so that is 6 days. I only took the pills for about a week and I probably took 15 all together is there anythink i can drink to help this to be out of my system completely by wednesday? ## Like most other narcotics, Methadone is usually detectable for approximately 4 to 5 days, after last dosing. There is no way to give a precise time frame, however, because individuating factors are always going to play a role, such as your metabolism, your overall health, activity levels and fluid intake. Is there anything else I can help with?

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i took my last 10mg methadone on thursday and have a urine screen on wednesday so that is 6 days. I only took the pills for about a week and I probably took 15 all together is there anythink i can drink to help this to be out of my system completely by wednesday? ## Like most other narcotics, Methadone is usually detectable for approximately 4 to 5 days, after last dosing. There is no way to give a precise time frame, however, because individuating factors are always going to play a role, such as your metabolism, your overall health, activity levels and fluid intake. Are there any other comments or questions?

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Will Methadone show up on a drug screening if your already on opiate pain meds? ## If you have tried methadone as a pain management but it did't really help you how long does it stay in your system as for a job screening test. I have the script but people don't understand that alot of drs. are now prescribing this . ## Yes they can differentiate between methadone and other opiates if they look for it ## Yeah I think that the test has to specifically look for it. Not sure what the standard test includes or excludes. I think Marijuana and other common drugs ? ## how long does it take for oxycodone and methadone to leave your blood stream??? ## i need the answer to this asap... if anyone is on and knows the answer please reply asap... thanks

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from what i understand S 90 3 = scored 3x's @ 90 degrees. and the middle peace is slightly larger due to it containing 1mg and the outside 2 having .5mg. I dont know tho, this is all info I heard at the methadone clinic, anyway i like the dava (green) they hold me longer ## If you look at the images, It appears to be sectioned proportionately, so it seems you'd get the same dose from any of the 3 sections. Are there any questions or comments?

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I am prescribed 40 mg. daily Methadone for the pain associated with having Type II Trigeminal Neuralgia. For two months, it worked well, but now, only my breakthrough medication, Roxicodone (Oxycodone with non APAP) 15 mg. 4 x per day, is the only thing which stops the pain. I was advised by a friend that if I take my entire dose of Methadone in the morning, I could just use my Roxicodone at night, that this may work better, and I would have less breakthrough pain. I have been doing this, but I am afraid that I am just upping my tolerance to Methadone by giving my body 40 mg. all at once. Plus, I'd like to change my Methadone to OxyContin, to see if it works better. Can anyone tell me what an equivalent dose of OxyContin would be to 40 mg. of Methadone? ## The equivalent dosage of O...

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i am on methadone clinic and just got told i had a dirty for restoril i dont know what it is i know i didnt take it and ive been clean for 6 yrs now im tryin to figure out how this happened so i dont get detoxed i am scared too death ## At he clinic I go to in Canada you can ask for a blood test if they say you tested dirty and you know you never took anything else. Not sure if its the same where you are but might be worth it to ask them. ## Restoril is a pill for sleeping; a benzoid More info on the medication can be found here ## Yes, as Donna has posted, Restoril is a Benzodiazepine, it contains the active ingredient Temazepam. There are sometimes other substances that can cause false positives for Benzodiazepines. Did you take anything else recently, such as an antibiotic, or even s...

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Looking for a Doctor who prescribed Methadone in Fayetteville, N.C.? I moved from Boston. I was prescribed Methadone in Boston and now I go to a clinic. Does anyone know a Dr who will prescribe Methadone?? ## Hey Karen i am trying to find a doc that will prescribe me Methadone to my friend told me of this doc that prescribe it to her if u would like to try him u could i meet with that doc tomarrow tho if u email me i will give u his number he in Jasper tho i know that a long way from u but the onlt doc i know of tho ## I am trying to find out how long does Methadone stay in your system i am tryin to be put on methadone i have a apontment with a doc tomarrow i have some people telling me to go with methadone in my system and people telling me not to so what should i do please someone hel...

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Is methadone considered a downer?dina ## Methadone is a narcotic and most of them are considered downers, because they cause depression of the central nervous system. There are some rare people that get a pick me up charge from them, but that is not the norm. Its side effects may include: nausea, dizziness, drowsiness and constipation. Learn more: Are there any questions or comments?

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Is methadone considered a downer?dina ## Methadone is a narcotic and most of them are considered downers, because they cause depression of the central nervous system. There are some rare people that get a pick me up charge from them, but that is not the norm. Its side effects may include: nausea, dizziness, drowsiness and constipation. Learn more: Is there anything else I can help with?

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White Round Pill Split One Side Blank On Other, supposedly Methadone 5 or 10 mg?? ## In the U.S. Methadone tablets must have imprints on them to enable their identification, in case of emergency. Therefore, with no markings, we can rule it out as being a Methadone tablet from the U.S., which means the highest probability is that it is something available over the counter. However, there is also a small chance that it could be a foreign medication. Where was it found/obtained?

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I just started a new job that doesn't test on initial hire but rather between 1 and 4 months after you start and there's no warning when it's coming. I was on Oxycodone 30's, between 2 and 3 a day for quite a while. I can't work in withdrawls but I needed to kick it because I became dependent and it actually made my back pain worse after a while. So I got a handful of methadone and dosed daily at the following numbers: Day 1: 40mg, Day 2: 30mg, Day 3: 30mg, Day 4, 20mg, Day 5, 20mg, Day 6 20mg. Nothing past that. That got me through the oxycodone withdrawls pain-free and I had no withdrawls from the methadone at that dose for that period of time....though I know treating with methadone is dancing with the devil. I expected it to be out of my urine around 7 days past ...

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I found a pill which is very small, medium brown, round, with a 10 on it. I have never seen this pill at home and I am also a nurse and never saw this pill. My husband recently passed away from unknown reasons. only question is sleep apnea and a normal dose of methadone. ## As I'm sure you're aware, that's a very vague imprint and I am not aware of any tablets meeting this description with just a 10 on them, I also can't find anything listed in our U.S. prescription drug resources. I am very sorry for your loss. Do you mean they have no idea what caused his death, at all? ## My condolenses in your loss!My brother had a benigne (sp) tumor that was removed and he was perscribed10 mg morphine which seems to fit the your description. His tablets are coated colored brownish r...

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