Methadone Doctor In My Area

what do you have to do to get accepted to a Methadone clinic?...I've been using non prescribed 10 mg pills for last 2 years ... can I go into a clinic and tell them that...worried. how long does it take to get off this stuff if you go cold turkey?....thx...D

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Hey, I was taking methadone off the street before I got into the methadone maintenance program. I told the truth that I was addicted to roxys and that I started buying methadone because it really helped for the first time in my life. It was all good and I got in no problems.

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Hi Kimmy....thank you SO MUCH ! for your reply...I didn't think anyone was going to reply...this is really all very stressful...I feel like my life is officially over.

thx....Dave

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I live in Honolulu, Hawaii, and I am looking for a private physician to prescribe Methadone either in pill form or tablet/liquid. Not looking for clinic as they are kind of messed up here due to not being organized. So looking for a private Doctor to prescribe methadone?

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Hello Dave! I know that you submitted your question months ago, but I thought I'd still chime in. I hope you have found some treatment since you posted. I am a very long term MMT pt (Methadone Maintenance Treatment patient) and in general I can probably answer most questions you would have; also I use some abbreviations because it is easier. MMT facilities have certain protocol to determine whether or not someone qualifies for tx (treatment). Meaning, they will evaluate you and certain criteria must be met- BUT it's not as if it is hard to get in a MMT program if you truly have an addiction to opiates, and according to your statements you would qualify. When I began in 1998, it was not difficult to get onto the clinic. In my intake appt. I just told the truth and just said that I have an addiction to painkillers and I needed help to stop taking them. That was pretty much it, and I began tx that day! In present day however, you will be asked many questions to make sure you meet certain criteria. But you should qualify easily if you are honest about using.

Now one obstacle you may have is your location. Each state differs GREATLY on just about everything in the MMT world. And in some states, Methadone Maintenance Tx is not even legal (Wyoming being one of those I believe)! States also vary on the amount of medication you are allowed to take home. Most clinics use a "phase system." When you get further along in your tx, if you do well and follow all rules and have no positive toxicology results you will earn the ability to take a certain amt of your medication home. For example, a patient in Phase I is someone that must come to the clinic daily to dose. Phase II could be a patient that's earned 2 "takehomes" per week, and so on. As I stated above, the maximum amt of takehome medication allowed varies greatly by state. Some examples are: in Georgia you can earn up to 27 takehomes (a monthly trip to clinic), and in Alabama you can earn up to 13 takehomes. The higher phases usually require that said patient be in treatment for 2 years (some are more and a few states are less). Some states are better than others for MMT. NY state is a GREAT place to be for MMT, and they have lots of clinics, as does Georgia at over 50 clinics. Then there's where I'm from-Alabama, and I believe as of right now (11/8/2014) we only have 18 clinics statewide. So the ability to access (good) treatment would depend on where you're from

Ok...so ANYWAY, sorry for the long-windedness! I am just trying to shed some light on how MMT works. It varies so much by state and country that I would need to know more about where you are. For questions about Methadone or Suboxone treatment, you can go SAMHSA.gov; they also have a "Treatment Locator" that is listed by state. I wish you the very best and I so hope that since you wrote this post you have sought help. ALL MY BEST!

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I lived Honolulu for 20 years and never found a doctor that prescribed methadone. i was on dash program and it helped me from doing dope

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need doctor in long island for methadone does anyone have any one in mind?thank you

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