Using Fentanyl To Get Off Methadone (Page 3) (Top voted first)

I have been on Methadone for about 5 years. I had an addiction to oxycontin and the went on methadone to quit. My highest dose was 120mg and I have managed to wean myself down to 17mg. The problem is I am having a really hard time getting off of it. Doing some reading I have learned that methadone is one of the worst for trying to quit. I have a perscription for 12mcg/h fentanyl for back pain which I havent been using but was thinking about quiting the methadone and using the patch instead so when I eventually drop it the withdraws won't be as bad. Has anyone tried this? is 12mcg enough? Any other thoughts or advice?

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You have no clue buddy fentanyl is the second most powerful drug on the market. It accounts for the most accidental, first time deaths. It's all in how you administer it. My father has been using it for anesthesia for 30 plus years. I can't remember the name on the strongest... it's like 10 time stronger then fentanyl. He know more about it than any of us op-heads, lol! Do you just make you info up/guess? This can be some deadly s***. Don't give deadly advice, especially when you don't understand the drug!!!

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Too many STRUCTURAL problems...knee replacement FAILED..NEEDS REPLACING...left rotator..Torn..right just replaced..both hips and both knees replaced...back and neck 10 pain... need fusing, etc..... 20mg 25mcg. Fentanyl...NO RELIEF!!!!

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12.5mcg is the lowest dosage of fentanyl. I was taking 10-12 5/325 percs for a year. A Dr put me on 25mcg fentanyl with NO pills. I was extremely pensive but what choice did I have?

Like a miracle, by the end of the day, my patch kicked in. No pain whatsoever, no withdrawals from the pills (THAT freaked me out because I was expecting them) and no "euphoria." Hey, I love a good euphoric feeling as much as anyone, but coming off that feeling bites. My Dr called it 'The Rollercoaster', being on pain pills.

This week (Jul 2016) my new Dr upped me to 50mcg. Until the VA sends the 50s, I use two 25s per his order.

Aside, How I dispose of the used patches is my choice.

So stick with your patch, but with the dosage of pills you were on, 12.5mcg was prescribed either because your Dr was new to fentanyl, had been in trouble with the DEA, or was plain ignorant. I don't know what, why, where etc your pain exists. But knowing how much pain meds you were taking, at least 25 if not 50mcg should have been your jumping off point. Best of luck from Colorado.

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oh...mike.....i see 17mgs a day sorry.....same thing...slowly dilute to 0 on the last day.........and i forgot 1 major thing...if you can, ( because of a job, or program) smoking marijuana is the miracle drug...it will help with all your ailments...in moderation, of course...ba

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No Fentanyl. 100mcgs is 100xs stronger than heroin. Use Lyrica and then taper down. Life experience.

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I can go from checking two 75 Mc patches of fentynal right to like 60 - 80 MG methadone with no w/d whatsoever. The dones are a God send. I stay on those for a couple days then switch back to boring 120 MG of morphine. But at least I'm not sick.
Then it all starts over again. The cycle starts. I wish I could get off all this but I'm hugely afraid of going through the w/d again.
I do know tho that you can go in that order and not get sick.
I stay on the morphine for about 2 weeks, bored outta my mind then it's time to fill my scripts again.
I hope I helped you figure something out.

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