How Long Does It Take For Methadone To Get Out Of Your Body After Taking 60mg Every Day For Six Years?

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I've been going to pain management for over six years now. The main doctor over all of his pain management centers got into trouble and decided to take everyone off of methadone and fentanyl. Well I was on 60mg a day for six years. They have been doing a medication rotation on me since then. This is the first month they took the last 30mg of methadone away from me. I am on 40mg of oxycontin three times a day and 15 mg of oxycodone three times a day for breakthrough pain. I'm sure I will have a urine done next month. Should I be clean of methadone since it has had six years to build up in my system or will I test positive for a couple months? I really need to know what to look for after this drug test and I need to know if the methadone will be out of my system... I don't want to get accused of still using methadone when it will be a month when I go back. I know it has had to have built up into my body over the years. Can anyone tell me what to expect? I don't want to be accused of taking methadone when its gone and the meds they put in the place of the methadone are barely working. Methadone saved me from all of my pain I was having and I was living a normal life but now since the head doctor got into trouble I'm being punished for no reason what so ever. I'm in so much pain and my withdrawals hit every six hours when I'm due for my next dose of oxycontin. The pa that I'm seeing said to trust him and that I would be feeling better soon... What do I do when the pain management I see pretty much runs my town and most of the surrounding towns. I called another Dr and as soon as they heard his name they said they couldn't help me. WTF??? I'm lost and in so much pain and withdrawals I can't live a normal life with my husband and three kids. I can't do anything right now on my own. Will the methadone still show up in my urine since I've been taking it for so long because I don't want the pa to think I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing when I am. How can they do this to sooooo mannnnnnyyyyy patients and think its ok??? I don't know if I can lead a normal life without pain without taking some methadone. I was doing fine and had never gotten in trouble so why do my family and I have to be punished for something the stupid Dr did??? If anyone has answers please let me know ASAP.. thanks

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HI NC Country Girl! Im not sure if the methadone will be out of your system or not. It seems after six years it could take a while. but if the same Dr. is prescribing the oxycotin and roxicet to you he will be aware it does take some time to get the methadone out of your system. chances are the 15's ococodone is not strong enough and possibly the 60 mg oxycotin isnt either. It will be good if you can tuff it out and deal with it but you need to tell your doctor how much pain and withdrawl your going thru. I hope it all works out for the best! God love you.. ive been in a methadone program that I have to go to dose like an addict just to get some relief from pain. Hopefully the pain clinic Ive applied to will accept me as a patient and I can feel better soon.

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That is crazy.. well i have been on 80-180mg over 10 years.. most of the 10 years was 120mg daily..for pain management. if they did a hair test of course it would show for 6 months or so.. but no matter how long you use it still leaves in the same amount of time as far as urine tests. I have heard it leaches into your bones,so after a long time its totally a part of you. But you should be fine for 2 reasons.. its just a urine test,and if it was dirty the Dr of all peiple should know how long it takes to leave your system.. so dont worry..unless your still taking it..... i think methadone is a better choice then what they switched you to.. seems misguided. Good luck

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She is prob. Right. The methadone could still be in ur system but the other med.s arent helping u? I know pain is awful and horrible but the meds can be too! And yes its more pilitics I believe that are causing a lit if us to suffer more. I wish u so much luck and god be with you!

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I think you and the other patients are been used a guiny pigs and they are trying a new method to get people off meth, but ya meth will definitely be out of your system mate it takes 3-5 days max. So don't worry about it ya clean

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I did the same thing for 10 yrs. A drug abuse doctor can give practally unlimited methadone while a medical doctor can only give 20mgs for pain. It is crazy 20mg is like blowing on a boo boo

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it may be out of your system but your going to be sick i was kicked off a clinic in fall river mass for not turning in a prescription i had 6 years take homes that was cruel a mess

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Go to the methadone clinic....the pills your on now are shorter acting and just as addicting...i get two weeks of methadone take homes at a time...i only go in twice a month..you wont go in every day forever..after a couple weeks you start getting take homes..its safer and legal..helps pain longer than pills..im a reg. nurse ..so many health prof. are ignorant and without compassion when it comes to pain management. If your Dr kept careful records and triplicates he should not have to be worried and let the gov. dictate his patients treatment. Good luck.

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Long story short I am a pain chronic pain patient myself. Same thing going on in Florida as everywhere else taking our pain meds, our quality of life away. They give you a quality life and then snatch it away from you. Nice huh. I really think it's a way of if we're in that much pain then we're most likely on disability which they think is a drain on government money so they just soon see us dead. Anyway, trying to keep a long story short my doctor told me that methadone after several years of use will be in your body for quite a few months. I truly wish you a lot of luck. Hopefully you have a comforted family that understands. I don't understand why our doctors are not standing up for what is right or do they really still take an oath? If we could only get enough people together some attorneys and hopefully some doctors to completely represent ourselves to Congress, maybe just maybe we would have a chance. I'm at the point where I'm almost willing to just give up. They claim so-called overdoses with those drug addicts can get their drugs anytime. We all know that and they know that. And these so-called overdoses are most of the time suicides covered up as an overdose because the family does not want suicide to be well known outside the family. Especially some religions. Now if they're really considered or concerned about suicides I truly see more and more suicides due to excruciating pain that our government will not allow us to alleviate, will not allow our doctors patient-doctor confidentiality. What happened with that? So what are they going to do with that the so-called overdoses that are most likely suicides? There will be more suicides, many many more. God bless you. Hopefully you will find comfort and I do mean that from my heart.

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They test for 2 different components of methadone..they test for methadone itself and also its metabolites..if you havent dosed in 5 days methadone should be out of your urine but its metabolites(by products it breaks down into) will be present longer..up to a month..they can tell in that way how long ago youve dosed..the time frame of metabolites vary based on length you were taking it your health and body type. Good luck with your pain management..btw..im a reg nurse and tapered down from 175 mg to 40 since 2002..im very familiar w/ this drug..ive recieved 13 take homes twice a month for years..you can manage your own detox slowly 2 or 3mg at a time at the local methadone clinic..they will adjust it daily up or down as needed..God Bless.

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you're s*** outta luck unless you get on buprenorphine ASAP. I've been thru worse (kicking 120mg daily for 2 years cold turkey behind bars). As my old pappy used to tell me "That'll make a Christian outta ya, son!"

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