How Long Does It Take For Your System To Clear Methadone

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if i've been taking 50 mg methadone qd for 3 yrs and wonder how many days will it take to have a clean ua? what about occasional use of xanax klonopin ativan or valium? i read on this site that it only takes 2-4 days to be clean for ativan and klonopin???

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Actually, that number, 3 to 4 days, would be more accurate for the Methadone, narcotics usually clear your system pretty fast.

However, the Benzodiazepines can take anywhere from 4 to 6 days, give or take, depending on the doses you were taking and how often.

If you have a prescription, however, there is no need to worry, just inform them of that, when you go in for the test.

https:/­/­www.medschat.com/­wiki/­Methadone/­

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is a benzodiazepine xanax? have to take pee test fri..took one yesterday..should i worry also took roxycodin last night at 2am????? really important job..please help...

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methadone absolutely will NOT be out of your system in 2-4 days. it is not a normal opiate. it is what is known as an antagonist. it has a half life which means if you took 30 mg today (and never took it before today) then tomorrow you would still have 15mg, next day 7.5 mg, so on and so on. If you have been on methadone for an extended period of time, it can show up in your urine for up to 30 days. I went to a methadone clinic for 9 years and recently switched to suboxone. it takes a long time to get that crap out!!

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i was on 50-65 mg. for about 8 yrs. and gradually went down to 30mg then 15mg 10 and 5 mgs stoped taking it on 9/3/11 .will it still show up on 9/27/11 on the urine test?

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I am presribed 5 valium and5 xanax a day by my psocolggist.I am wondering if this is bad for my liver and would. Milk thistle help. Out if there is any damage

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I am in the same boat us you bud. I took 160mg yesterday 3.7.12 and it has to be out by 3.21.12 for a job I am moving to California from New Jersey for. I will seriously lose it if it comes up positive. I know it's a high dose but I figured 14 days is plenty of time. Now, I'm reading all these sites and they say about 3 weeks to a month! What are we going to do? Let me know how you made out. I'll tell you what I'm going to do: drink water and exercise/sweat until I throw up. I've done this before with pot and cleared my system in 8 days. I used to be a daily pothead.

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did you get the job and pass the test?

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i am at my witsend i was on methadone for 8 years,recently i went to ibiza and they would not give me a prescription to go,i saved some up and went anyway after paying almost a grand and initially being told i could have a prescription to go.i have not taken meth for 12 days yet still testing pos i need a script but they wont let me see the doc until a clear test i am going out of my head what can i do?i dont want to go back to jail i cant afford to finance the heroin

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I was on methadone for 8 yrs. I went down to 10 last yr and then did a slow detox and took my last dose of 1mg 7 days ago. I have a drug test coming up and I bought some at home drug tests. EVERY LINE on all other drugs is dark purple (neg) BUT the stupid methadone line is very light. Its visible but light!!! What the heck. How on earth! When will I be clean! My drug test is a ten panel, lab test that if anything shows up it gets sent to the gas test , which will pop me for sure. I am sooooooooo freaking sad b/c I am not even on methadone anymore!!!!

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Milk thistle + Danelion flowers and root will help greatly, But a word of warning it will detox you. If you are on xanax and Valium that can be bad, causing withdrawls convultions, Some people have died from detoxing from those meds with out a doctors help.

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a drug drug test Friday I have a legal prescription for methadone.4 times a day perocet 4 3 times a day xanax 1 1 a day. my problem is its for a cna job what are my chances are getting this this job. I don't abuse these I'm worry'

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Tari my name is Nick. I've been going to a Methadone clinic for 8 months and I've been on 95 mg. I WANT OFF ANDY KNOW WHY!! However I'm scared to death cuz I've heard the horror stories! And I heard the transition to Suboxone is not an easy one. I tried suboxone before but I wasn't ready to really quite shooting dope. I AM NOW AND I'VE BEEN DOPE FREE WHILE ON METHADONE and like I said I want back on suboxone. is there ANY HELP OR HINTS OR IDEAS OR ADVICE U CAN GIVE ME TO MAKE MY TRANSITION FROM METHADONE TO SUBOXONE AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE??? PLEASE!!! ANYTHING WILL HELP!! THANK U FOR UR TIME!!!

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@tari that's def not right, you make it seem like the half life goes down on daily basis, methadone is a synthetic opiate that is specifically designed to last for a long time in order to manage around the clock pain, I am prescribed it for nerve damage I suffered from a gun shot wound. A half life doesn't go down daily it goes down at a constant rate of half of the previous half life.

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For example, if a pull has a half life of 8 hours, in 8 hours it would start on the next,.which would last half as long (4 hours) once that goes by (12 total hours) then its 2, then 1 then 1 half then 1 fourth then 1 eighth, then it.depends on the.drug test, certain tests can detect smaller amounts then other (eg 1/16, while some can do let's say 1/64)

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Nah, benzos are similar to marijuana believe it or not. They take a minimum of 7 days and I've seen it in my system for up to 3 weeks.

By the way, the place actually didn't drug test me for the job, so I stressed for no reason. O well, suckers! ;)

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I took 20.5 mg of methadone I have urine test Thursday, will my urine be clean by then?

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transition from methadone to subs is easy no withdrawls and no craving ,go for it its rasy

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Yes to first question and your screwed on the second part. Taking the night before a test? Really? Good luck maybe for some reason they won't care.

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And, yea...that half life rule people are basically making up. If there was half of it in your system each day it would be undetectable much faster. Not sure what the actual half-life rule is, but it's definitely not like people on these boards say it is.

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im a frist time user,i took 20mg of methadone 3 weeks ago ive never taken it before or after,how long will it be in my system how long will it be before i can pass a drug test

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TAKE AN ENEMA 2 DAYS BEFORE UA AND YOU'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM. DONE THIS FOR MANY YEARS

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Re: buddy77 (# 4) Expand Referenced Message
i was on 50mill for years then they wanted me cut down as was not getting anywhere as still using. My son as born 6 years ago so I went down 2 mill a week l
Had me last does of 1 mill on sat the Saturday 2018 of only 1 mill which was pathetic can't even taste it. So I stoped had a few valium not many to sleep on sat 5 now still managed keep my bricklsying John no body had a clue. St that small does it's a walk in the park. Lovely feeling not having to answer to clinic no more after 15 years.

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Re: bobbement (# 17) Expand Referenced Message

Switching from methadone to subutex through me into precipitated withdrawal. It was awful for 12 hours I wanted to die. After that I have managed to take 2mg of subutex every couple of hours. It is not making me sick, but I dont feel good yet by any means. I wonder when the switch will be done, and I wont experience this minor W/D, I didnt take methadone for 3 days prior to the switch and BAM!!! I had holy hell of withdrawal.

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Nicholas Spychola (# 12) - use H to get off methadone and then use Suboxone to get off the H. This worked in about a month in a half. I was on 75 mgs of methadone for 3 years. The only hard part is dealing with the opiates again. Just depends on how bad you want to get clean I suppose. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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Well I've heard methadone can stay in your system up to 21 days safer last dose most everything else 3 to 5 but Valium are a pain so people test positive for it up to 30 days later

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You can take a suboxne next day after methadone. You don't have to wait so many hrs. I have anyway and felt no withdrawal.

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Does methadone have to completely be out of your system to have help with detoxing with suboxone?
Have so many questions!

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Can someone help me someone put methadone in my drink at a party sat but I've never took this kind of med how can I get it out before my drug test tomorrow I've been drinking a lot of water for two days now please someone help e

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How long after coming off the methadone did u have withdrawal symptoms or did u have any?

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I am a tad late to respond. But I relate to ur situation. Which is hard to find. I was on methadone for 3 years got up over a hundred, went down, up and down. You know taper down to 20 and just quit all done so over it. I plan to switch to suboxone but I wanted to wait as long as possible because I did not believe the b******* that it takes two to four days after three years. No way. It's been a little over 30 days now and when I take the suboxone that does absolutely nothing. In fact I think it makes the withdrawals even worse. And yes I am still in withdrawal from methadone. I have not used heroin and years and years methadone ruined my life more. Can you tell me when you finally started to feel that the methadone was out and when the box finally started working? If I don't have normalcy soon I will f****** kill myself. I do what they tell me. I do everything the right way but it seems like every time I take a suboxone that there's a small bit of methadone still inside me. How long did it actually take you? I'm curious on an update, that would be fantastic. Thank you.

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