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I have been a Methadone patient for nearly 8 years and took about 2 months to get clean upon starting treatment. For nearly 7 years I've been at monthly take-homes. I've never used again nor had another dirty drug screen. Let me say this b/c I think it's part of the problem I'm about to address. I switched to a Crossroads treatment facility about 2 years ago due to moving and have had numerous issues here. The latest is that I had two dirty screens; the 1st showed up suboxone big I didn't confirm it at my counselor's suggestion since I'd never been dirty before. The reason I chose not to it b/c he said nothing could be mistaken for this substance in a drug test. And since they also dose suboxone at this clinic I thought they may have mixed up the drug test wi...

Pot helps me sleep....suboxone helps me not do pills.....I heard suboxone has a blocker, trying to get a good job and have to take a drug test. Will the pot show up on the test? ## I took a 5mg hydrocodone and later i took a small piece of suboxtone. Will the hydrocodone show up on a drug test??

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I have a friend that I'm worried about. She has been taking methadone, oxycodone and methamphetamine. She is 2 weeks away from having her baby... She has said her whole pregnancy that she was gonna quit. I found out that wasn't true. Is her baby gonna be addicted when she has her baby or will 2 weeks be enough time to get the medicine out of her baby's system? I'm so upset with this issue but I just have to know will the baby be ok? ## Hello, Jess! How is your friend doing? She really needs to inform her doctor, before she goes into labor. There is a risk that the baby will be born addicted and a sudden withdrawal now could put both her and the baby's lives in danger, as reported by the NIH. Additionally, if there would be complications that require treatment, her do...

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I live in Colonia NJ and I'm currently going to a clinic to get methadone. The clinic is severely interfering with my daily life. Are there any private doctors in NJ that will prescribe Methadone? I'm not looking for a suboxone doctor. Thank you ## The Methadone addiction treatment laws actually fall under federal regulations and all of them require periodic clinic visits for the patients. Private doctors are actually not allowed to prescribe it for addiction treatment, because they can't provide the same supervision and do not have the same training those in the clinic setting do. Therefore, you'll always have to use a clinic and there will always be a limited time period for which you can get take home doses. Are there any other questions or comments? ## Their is a doc...

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I took my last oxy codone at 12 midnight can I take my suboxone now this my first time I've been taking oxycodone and MS garden for a year ## Hello, Mike! How are you? You must be in full withdraw, before taking Suboxone, unless your doctor has instructed otherwise. Taking it too soon could cause you to be thrown into dangerous precipitated withdrawals. 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 constipation. Is there anything else I can help with?

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My boyfriend was given a small round white pill with no imprints, just a line on one side. He was told it was methadone but shouldn't there be imprints on it if it was? ## There methadone if they have a score on the back then they're definitely methadone ## @Jessica, If your boyfriend isn't going through a doctor and licensed pharmacy, the pill could literally be anything from A to Z. The only way to prove that they actually have methadone in them is to have the contents analyzed by a lab or drug panel. Physically identical counterfeits are ever so prominent these days that he pretty much has to obtain his medication legally or else he could be risking his life thinking it's one thing when it may end up turning out to be poison. You have to be overly cautious when it com...

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I need help finding a subutex Doc in Texas!! I'm from Florida & moved here couple years ago & desperately want off Suboxine. Been on it almost 5 years & I can't stand it. I have multiple side effects I've felt with for years. I went 30 days cold turkey & couldn't take it anymore & had to go back to Doc to continue the medication. I have so many friends that recovered from Suboxine using Subutex!! It's Definitely not the same, & way easier to get off as far as the detox. My buddy did it in 3 weeks. I've gotten off Methadone & that was hell but couldn't handle the suboxine withdrawal. Years ago my Doc prescribed me with all these trap drugs & are the cause of all this & the years taken away from me. I would of never got on th...

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Why did I test postitive for matijuana? I haven't smoked or been around in in over a month, 45 days. ## I take suboxone as well and I need to get marijuana out by 6 days from now. I only had it once last night. I am skinny, have a fast metabolism, and am not a regular smoker.... Can anyone tell me if it will be out by then, and also drugs that give u a false positive so maybe I could tell my Dr that I took those? Thank u very much ## i have a paper that shows false show false postives and for marjuiana it says ibuprofen and naproxen or efavirnz

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Will tricare insurance cover the co-payment for me to go to the doctor to get suboxone prescribed to me? And if i go, is there any way that my EX HUSBAND (we are still married as of right now) can find out? I have been doing roxy 30 mg. and oxy 80s for a little over a year now. I want... NEED.... to stop, bad. But I get very bad withdrawals when I do not have them. I can't sleep, don't want go get out of bed, but don't even want to be in bed at the same time because my legs and back hurt so bad. I have endometriosis, which is a very painful stomach problem. I get prescribed Lortab 10 mg. (2 a day) for the pain, but they do not work. I was introduced to Oxycontin, and found it worked very well to control the pain. A little too well, I suppose, because I cannot stop taking the...

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I take a little suboxone each day and dyfs (division of youth and family services) is almost out of my life. i have to take a drug test next week. does anyone know if they test for it at there office? how long does suboxone stay in ur system? ## hi can anyone help me? I live in NJ. after battling a couple years with an addiction to pain meds I am recently prescribed suboxone to cope with withdrawals and try to wean off. because of an issue in my bfs family I have been dragged into I have been told that dyfs is speculating substance abuse in my home. if I were to be contacted/drug tested would the fact thst I'm on suboxone LEGALLY be an issue??? pls someone who knows anytging help! I'm terrified I would die if anything happened! so scared.

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Yes there is a shortage and not just Methadone, and it is being kept very quiet but this month every day more and more people are finding out. In Oregon South Coast there is not one pharmacy within 100 miles that has any. They were substituting 5mg but that is now gone also. The suppliers are not getting it or any answers as to why or when they will. Also, other narcotics as Vicadan and Norco, and some Attention Deficiet Disorders (Concerta) also are not there to reorder. Someone needs to get this out ASAP to the public. Call any phamancy in Brookings Oregon, Golds Beach, to Coo's Bay and find its not a rumour. ## its everything! I have M.S. plus a fractured tail bone, a compressed disc and twa slipped discs, I am in constant pain, every pharmacy is out , I get drug tested every whe...

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I have been on subutex for 2 years and just got my prescription from the pharmacy and it changed to an oval orange half moon one side 153 on the other strength 8mg. I am curious if anyone has knowledge on these pills and there opinion I prefer the ones I'm use to which are small white pill made by hitech because they dissolve quickly. I have not taken any yet I would appreciate any feedback from someone who has switched to them or had feedback in comparison to other subutex pills thanks ## I also got the same pills from the pharmacy. and i also took the little white pills. I have taken my dose today and im not noticing any difference yet. But im really hoping i wont be dealing with any withdrawls from changing. these pills are also more expensive where im from, im not a happy camper...

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Okay so a friend was addicted to 30mg Oxycodone for about a year. Her daily dose never exceeded 5 pills. She recently stopped taking the pills and started herself on Suboxone. It's has been exactly 81 hours (almost four days) since she has taken any of a pill. The first day she spread out an 8mg Suboxone strip. The second day she spread out a half. Yesterday she spread out 3/4 and today she hasn't taken anything. So total she has taken 2 1/4 of 8mg Suboxone strips. She knows that the best idea would be to consult a doctor, but she is trying to avoid having any of this recorded and would like to do it on her own. She has read so many blogs, medical posts, and personal stories and it just seems like everyone is different. Like before she took a piece of the suboxone she researched...

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I've been taken subutex for about a year and I've always gotten the 54 111 pills.And went to get my script filled and they have me the M 924 it made me so drowsy unlike the other ones I don't understand if they are the same pill just different manufacturers I w never get theses ones again THEY SUCK THEY MADE ME DIZZY AND TIRED ALL DAY UNLIKE 54 111 the make me feel normal maybe I'm just used to taking the other ones and have to get used to them I d go back until two I hope these side effects don't last the whole times ## Under the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, generics are allow to differ in the amount of the active ingredients by as much as plus or minus 20%. Thus, these news one may be a little lower or higher in it, so you could be experiencing some withdrawal effects...

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I go to a methadone clinic and for the past several months have been suffering from extreme fatigue and my mom was diagnosed w/ narcolepsy at about my age. So I started taking 10 mgs of aderrall a day for about a month. Obviously w/ out a script I can't do that while at this methadone clinic. So I quit taking them completely exactly 12 days ago from today; and today I had a urine screen that will be sent off to a lab for testing. "Any chance the adderrall might still show up after 12 full days??" ## I did pass that urine test. it was 12 days since I'd last taken aderrall . ## Clean of aderrall after 120 hours?? Also drinking Super Beets. Its supposed to really clean out your kidneys and is great for your heart and puts extra Oxygen in your bloodstream.

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I was diagnosed with cirr(liver) in 2002. I have not touched alcohol since,by the grace of God! But now I am experincing a lot of pain from other things.so acouple of yrs ago i tried some street opiates .I can't do without them now. It was easier stopping drinking than stopping the use of these opiates. Someone had me try a subutex and I felt like it was a gift from God! I just really am begging for help!!!!!! ## Hello, Rhonda! How are you? I'm sorry about the problems you've had. You'll likely need to see a doctor that treats with Suboxone, then let them evaluate your health to see if you can safely take it, or if they need to put you on Subutex. The FDA classifies this medication as an opiate that is most commonly used to treat drug addiction, This is a narcotic so it ...

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Indiana just changed there laws and my doc says they are makeing them refer people like me to a clinc. I have took methadone for at least 5 years and prob. 10 years. Is Indiana really making them do this or is this just so my doc can be done with me? I hate hate hate are government and the control they have us under!!! ## Hello, Adam! How are you? Yes, new regulations were put in place last year that severely restrict what your regular doctor can prescribe, so you will have to go to a clinic. This is universal all over the U.S. It was done to try to get better control and stop increasing rates of improper prescribing and over prescribing. Are there any other questions or concerns? ## That is totally UNTRUE because I have been prescribed methadone and xanax from my doc who has his own pr...

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I was on suboxone 2 mg 2x a day for 4 years. I stopped cold turkey due to a request from and death of my father. 16 days until I could sleep more than 2 hours.. Days 1-5 weren't as bad as 6-14. After that it was restless legs.. Fatigue, depression, anxiety, depression again... Not until I began. Sleeping 6+ hours did most of it go away.. Still have depression and restless legs not almost 2 months later and everyday around my normal second dose time I notice I get very tired. F*** suboxone. Do not use it for more than a detox. Save yourself. If I could go back and withdraw off dope or methadone, I'd have stuck with them and not been a p**** and use sub's as a crutch. The "substance abuse" doctors give 0 s***s about you. Its all a business. $$$$ ## Unfortunately, after...

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On oxycodone-acetaminophen 10/325 4 times day. It was also combined with Fentanyl 100 every 72 hrs. I asked to be taken off Fentanyl as it's very expensive. My Dr prescribed then Methadone HCL 10 mg 2 tabs every 8 hrs. This combination doesn't work as well. What's my other choice? ## If the Oxycodone is helping, you may want to speak to your doctor about trying it, by itself. It's available in various doses, without the added Acetaminophen. Morphine is available in the time released formula and the generics for it as usually not too expensive. 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. Does anyone else have any ideas ...

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Flat orange round pill no markings ## If there are no markings, it can be ruled out as being a prescription medication. However, it may be any one of a large number of over the counter products. I'll keep looking and post back, when I have information for you. Does anyone have an idea of what this might be? ## Vermin - HOW MANY TIMES do I have to tell you to STOP saying that if there are no markings then it is NOT a prescription drug? Some very common and famous examples: - Mylan (ex-Merck Generics) alprazolam 1mg is an ovoid sky blue pill with NO MARKINGS. Literally DOZENS of large white tablets with just a score on one side are prescription CARISOPRODOL tablets. Prosoma, Carisoma (some versions are imprinted 'WALLACE' but many are NOT, v-Cariso, Carisoprodol tabs 350mg USP...

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