How Can I Get A Prescription For Methadone

I'm hooked on opiates and want to stop. I've heard that methadone can help, Is this true? How does the program work?

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Hello, Victoria! How are you?

Methadone can help, but it may not be an ideal solution. Most people that use Methadone to treat addiction end up requiring a lifelong maintenance dose of it and you have to go to a clinic daily to receive your dose, though after awhile, you may earn the right to have 2 weeks of take home doses.

Another option, however, would be Suboxone, which has allowed many people to become completely drug free, it also helps prevent the abuse of other opiates, while someone is being treated with it. In some cases, your first dose is supervised by the doctor or your pharmacist, but usually after that, you get a month's prescription and return for examination and renewing every 30 days.

You can check for doctors that treat with it in your area by using the search engine on the website Suboxone.com click here. It allows you to search by zip code and the doctor's contact information will be provided, so you can check their fees, see if they're taking new patients and if the accept any insurance you might have.

The FDA classifies these medications as opiates that are most commonly used to treat drug addiction, so they carry the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and constipation.

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Methadone can help with opiate addiction. I've currently been on it for awhile, however I am pregnant, so it will take me a bit longer. But my boyfriend tapered successfully off of it and is doing well. The program that we go to is called Aegis Treatment Center, but I'm not sure what is available to you in your location. What happens with this particular treatment center is that you go in speak with a doctor, take a drug test (to make sure you are using), and receive a physical. Some individual's dose may not be enough the first time around (they start you low so they know how the medicine will affect you). Depending on how many pain killers you were taking, and what kind of painkillers will depend on your dose of methadone. Your doctor will help figure this special dose with you so you will be as comfortable as possible. Soon after seeing the doctor, you get the dose the same day. As well as seeing a doctor, you have to see an addiction's counselor as well. Depending if your insurance is paying for your treatment, will depend on how much you will see the counselor. For me I see my counselor every week. If you pay cash, it will be once per month (it is a sliding scale for how much they determine you will pay).

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Any doctor should offer their help if you're completely honest about your intentions! Normally Methadone was used for opiate addiction, but it's now being used for that as well! Any clinic, doctor or hospital could help? You could try narco anonymous or a hotline for info on the subject! Where are you getting the opiates you're hooked on? That doctor should be your first stop for help unless you're obtaining them illegally then the other places I mentioned are probably your best bet! I hope you don't plan on abusing methadone? It takes a lot to do so & you'll probably get sick or overdose before you ever feel high on these!

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Been on methadone most of my adult life,like chemically handcuffed to a chemist.

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Do not get a methadone script for getting off opiates.

Truthfully you may as well stay on opiates.

I've been on a methadone script for 15+ years. No sight of ever coming off it. And suffer just as bad withdrawal symptoms if I don't get my daily dose than if I hadn't had my daily fix of opiates.

I cannot drive a car now because of new government rules brought in in 2015.

Of course you should get clean but I would recommend going into a proper rehab and coming out clean.

If only I had been given this option.

Warning: METHADONE IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO GET OUT OF OPIATE ADDICTION!

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