Opioid Dependence Forums (Page 104)

For past 15 yrs, Chronic Pancreatitis sufferer! Had moved here 4 yrs ago w records & admissions in hand. Ideal pt. I am, never probs, nor "cut-off"EVER!!! Was seeing pm dr 4 almost the entire 4 yrs now. In last few months family member stole script ( i reported to pm dr immediately) was not in position to call pd on member due to promise of rehab for prob! The month my script was stolen, I relied on old script of methadone for treatment & tested + 4 this breaching contract according to this "new" pm dr in same practice! Completely unfair in my opinion as everyone goes back to old scripts in emergency situation! Was even admitted 3 months in a row due to attacks!!! N e ideas as to another pm solution for me? I can't b off meds 100% or get very ill & adnitted

I am starting my suboxone treatment tomorrow after I'm into the ever dreaded WD's. My 1st prescription is for 8 mg. 1/2 a pill every hour until the symptoms have subsided. I have been taking 14-17 10 mg. hydrocodones a day for about 1 1/2 yrs. I'm very scared of how I am going to feel for the next few days. I am also dealing with a lot of anxiety. Does anyone know if I can take a 1/2 or whole xanax while taking Suboxone to help with anxiety? I'm reading conflicting reports on this. I've got a call into my dr., but have not heard back yet. I am very concerned about how I will be able to function for the next few days or weeks. Yesterday was my first dr. visit and prescription. I really want to kick this awful habit. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank You...

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White rectangular pill with rounded corners, 57 imprinted on left, 71 imprinted on right, M inside a square on the flip side. ## Correct, what you are describing is Methadone 10 mg. Here is an image depicting various possible appearances of Methadone ... Do you have any other questions or information to add? Please post back if you do... ## I receive 10mg Methadone made by Roxane Labs... my cousin receives 10mg Methadone made by Mallinckrodt Pharm... my cousin and my sister SWEAR & keep arguing that the Mallinckrodt is stronger than the Roxane.. i've explained that they are the same exact medication & strength, just differnt makers/distributors but they keep arguing they are stronger.. can you give me some answers or explanations that they may listen to? ## ???What is the c...

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Needing to find a suboxone Dr in southern indiana that accepts HIP fast! Thought I could do this on my own but I'm extremely sick? I've tried Mega dosing Vitamin C and it was helping and now it's not. I'm trying to get clean plz help ## A little more info, I've been addicted to opiates for almost 6 years, when I was diagnosed with a painful disease while I was 7 months pregnant, against my better judgement I took the meds I was prescribed. At the time it was Lortabs 7.5 then lortabs 10 then norco 10 then Percocet 10, I was told it would not affect my baby even if I breast fed her. I tried to quit on my own several times and couldn't because I got so sick, then about 3 months ago I lost my prescribing physician because I had moved and I wasn't Able to get to m...

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Hi. I have been on the Methadone Clinic for about 3 years and have been slowly decreasing my dose and doing very well. I am down to 60mgs daily and had 6 take home doses. I started having really bad pain in my neck and shoulders so stopped going down, and after literally harrassing my doctor for 2 months and becoming very swollen in my whole chest, face and neck I have been diagnosed with lung cancer which is causing SVC Syndrome. I am in constant pain, rarely sleep and only sitting up. Methadone is not helping the pain at all. My doctor gave me 5 mg valiums. Which now takes away one of my take home doses so I now have to go 2x per week to the clinic. I am mostly bedridden atm. Has anyone had any experience with this? This is BRAND new. Supposed to have 1st appt with oncologists tomorro...

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I have not been taking on Subs continuously, but I took half a strip of Suboxone at 11 AM just scored a couple bags of dope, it is now 9 PM can I take them? PLEASE HELP NEED TO KNOW! Will I get sick? Will I feel the effects from the dope? ## You would have to wait more then 15 hours from my experience and the chance You feel the dope is 50/50 even if you take all 3 at once. I know being as we are its close to impossibe but I suggest keep on the subs drop the dope. Im going through nasty withdrawal praying for the hours to hurry to take a sub. Don't physically put your self through this as many times as I. I wish you luck. And hope u made the right choice for you! ## Dear Mark, it's never good 2 mix the 2 together. And u need 2 b in full withdrawals b 4 u can do the H or the subo...

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"HATERS" HEAR THIS: ALL RIGHT ALL of you... FIBROMYALGIA cases: form a circle. All who don't believe: GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. These people are suffering enough on their own. METHADONE USERS: form a circle. Anyone who has anything negative to say about it, IGNORE. If they are on it, it's their own self-hatred talking. Those who are not on it- say nothing unless it's positive. These people are trying to do something; I know. I am. NEEDLE USERS: Do what you have to do; there's nothing anyone can say to talk you out of it. I know- I was there- and I hurt myself badly and am still suffering. You will live longer and better if you just swallow the pills, put the junk up your a** (after dissolving), and do things any way but shooting, But if you just MUST shoot- use the c...

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I've been on methadone for 260 days. I got up to 90. I then tapered down 2 a day until I got to 60. Then went down 5 every Monday. I took 20 on monday at 6am and haven't had anything since. It's now thursday. My withdraws were s****y but now are getting a bit better NOT worse. Can I start my suboxone yet? It's been over 72 hours since my last methadone dose. Please help!! ## According to commentary in related threads here, the overall consensus significantly varies as to how long one should wait before taking suboxone after methadone. Many people have suggested waiting a minimum of 72 hours (3 days) due to methadone's long half life. Others have stated that they were fine waiting only 10 hours. I suppose only you and your prescribing doctor can be your best judge of ...

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I have a white with a tint if blue pill one said has a funky looking M almost like bubble letters and other side vertical line with two lines not full length of pill horizontally.... I was told it was a 2 mg methadone pill . But I can't find pictures or anything on the internet about them.

I've been on 150mg methadone for the last 10 yrs or so. NOW bc of new federal REGS, they have me on 30 mg methadone per day plus two 10mg oxymoron for breakthrough pain. Can someone suggest a medicine that might work around the clock and meet federal mme limits? Thank you so much... In pain in Alabama.... HELP IS APPRECIATED! ## Hello, Ferrell! How are you? One possible option you could discuss with your doctor is the Fentanyl patch, they are time released and usually last from 48 to 71 hours, it is an opiate that is over 80 times stronger than Morphine. The FDA classifies it as 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. Does anyone else have any ideas or suggestions? ...

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I need to travel to Washington state from California next month because my sister has cancer and I will be providing her care for 2 months. I will need to fill my prescriptions for Methadone 5mg and Percocet 5mg. Will I be able to fill it there? ## Diane, I'm sorry to hear about your unfortunate duty to come.As your aware both Percocet and methadone are highly regulated narcotics.It is highly unlikely an out of state pharmacy will fill these without a advance communication between your prescribing PHYSCIAN and the drug store of your choice.Even with that pharmacists have the option to fill or not depending on their judgement. Sadly most will not but please make all attempts ahead of time so your not left without your medication. Wish I could be of more assistance to you. ## Since I ...

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I am on this med for pain. However I am also in a methadone program. When I u/a she said the oxycodone oral and opiate is showing up. I am not taking anything extra, just what the dr is giving me. Help. ## What is the full name of the oral solution you are using? Hydrochloride is just the chemical salt, there should be something else with it, it should say Hydrocodone Hydrochloride, or etc. If you can post back with the rest of the name, I can research more information for you. ## What is the comparison between oxycodone oral solution and tablets. Have been prescribed oxycodone hydrochlride oral solution 5mg per 5 ml. Is this stronger than tablets? ## Ive been on the oxycodone 10s without Tylenol for about a year now they no longer work or do nothing for me. I was taking them 4 times a ...

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I took pain meds for a couple yrs due to a car accident but am having trouble getting off them and a friend told me about subutex and said they work and they're cheaper than suboxone since I don't have insurance and pay everything with cash. I'm having trouble finding a good doc here in toms river nj

I have a hair follicle test that I have to take by Jan 10th and today is Dec 28th. On Oct. 21st and 27th I had a urine test that came back positive for benzo and oxy which I had only done once that month but because they tested me so close in time frame it was still in my system but showed how the levels had dropped. I am prescribed methadone which I take daily. I'm scared that even though it was almost 90 days ago but not quite and even though it was only one time that those two drugs will show up on my hair test. Will it show up and if there is a chance that it will, does the nexxus aloe rid shampoo work?? Oh this is for custody of my kids so it's VERY IMPORTANT that I pass. Also if I use the shampoo to detox my hair will it detox the benzo and oxy and methadone or cause I tak...

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I was going to a private pain mgmnt who gave me 10mg twice daily. I switched to VA as the injury was military related and they switched me to 5mg methadone 3 times daily. I've only been with VA for three months now and got a phone call telling me they were dropping me because Morphine has shown up on all three urine tests? How is that possible? I swear I haven't taken anything other than the Methadone as prescribed!!!! Any reason Methadone would show up as Morphine? I paid for private urine and blood specifically tested for Morphine. Blood came back 100% negative but Urine came back with slight trace of Morphine?? No way, I have not been taking Morphine!! Any ideas or explanations?! Thanks.

I have recently started going to pain management and the doctor has put me on buprenorphine. Insurance won't pay for it, so the next thing is Zubsolv. I don't care for this drug, it makes me very drowsy and doesn't really do alot for my pain. In addition to that, most of what I find on the Internet about zubsolv is that it is for opiate dependence. I'm looking for those that have used it for pain....anyone? ## Zubsolv contains Buprenorphine and Naloxone, so it should also work for you. The FDA warns that it carries the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth, and constipation. What other medications have you tried? ## I also take it for pain mgmt BC my husband started taking my oxycodones. It does not last I ...

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Please answer my question Asap. I took a drug screen and it came back with my Adivant, Vyvanse, which i have prescription for. I also take Suboxone, 2mg strips a day, the suboxone did not show up but methadone did. I have not taken methadone for almost 2 months. Here is what medications i had taken. Vyvanse, Adivant, suboxone, Risperidon, Pre-natal vitiams, Melatonin 1mg, Prevacid 15mg, Diphengydramine HCI 25mg, and Aleve over the counter. Please help me. The lab is in the process of running a confirmation test right now but i know i have NOT willingly taken Any methadone!!! Help Please ## Hi Chris, Suboxone (Buprenorphine) has been confirmed to test false positive for Oxycodone, so I don't see why it also can't test positive for Methadone, as all three of these drugs are synthe...

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My doctor put me on butran 10 mg patch. I got my rx filled and received 4 patches. The first on fell off the first night. The second one worked great for the 7 days. The third patch got wet so I had to change it. Now I have the last patch on. It has been 24 hours and it's still on but having no pain relief any advice ## It seems odd that one would work, but not the other. It would make more sense if none of them helped you, at all. The active ingredient Buprenoprhine doesn't work for everyone at relieving pain. The FDA warns that this medication carries the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth, and constipation. Are you on any other medications? Have you informed your doctor?

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I took half of a strip of Suboxone 8mg/2mg. This is the first and only time I have ever given it a try. I was told that it helps ppl get off of opiates, but works better than an opiate. So I figure that it would help with the pain I have. It was described to me as being a lil bit of a stronger dose of the hydrocodone 10mgs that I get prescribed to me. After about an hour of having taken it, I began to feel pain in my back that I haven't felt since I started pain management and was prescribed lortab 10's. So I looked up more info on Suboxone and found out that it is a pain blocker, which makes sense of why I began to feel pain after taking it. My question is...how long do I need to wait to take my lortab 10mg so I can lessen my back pain? Oh...and now that I know what Suboxone re...

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I just started bunavail. Is it the same as suboxone? The bunavail has buprenorphine 442mg + naloxone 0.7 mg and the package says there buccal film and you put it on the side of your cheek. Can someone please help? ## Yes, they both contain the same active ingredients. The FDA warns that this medication carries the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth, and constipation. Is there anything else I can help with?

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