Methadone Dosing - Snaitary Issues

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The clinic i get MMT from prepares doses ahead of time in plastic take-home bottles. The dose to taken in front of the nurse directly from the bottle. Last week i tossed the bottle in their trash receptacle rather than handing it back to the nurse. she scolded me and said. " we reuse those bottles"
This seems totally unsanitary as many of us have diseases. The clinic is small with a tiny lab for stroing urine samples. i have never seen any equipmemt to sterilize bottles.. Im afraid to complain for fear of losing takehomes or worse, cant afford to have the program shut down either. What should I do?

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Wow! I understand the hesitation you have but as a patient you have a right to be concerned. I've been a MMT patients for 4 years, and our clinic is small also. They would never reuse their bottles, yikes!! Do you have a councilor there? Perhaps you can make an anonymous statement to protect your identity. Being concerned about safety and sanitary issues does not make you a complainer!! You have the right to be heard and voice your concerns!! Best of luck to you...

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Wow I also dose the same way you do it's liquid I could take home in plastic bottles sometimes they would just have a paper seal on them and that would be broken. Now they've changed to a silver lining that you have to actually cut through to get through it which I guess is safer but really do we know what they're putting in those bottles that we take home mine is pink in color and I'm at the point that I am ready to get off this I went to them for help to get off of hydrocodone been addicted to those for 12 years it's been over 18 months I went as high as 205 milligrams I'm down now to 1:55. The reason I say this is because now I was honest with them telling them that I was taking my dose and cutting it in half dosing down myself taking it upon myself because I want off this junk I'm tired of taking it I went from one addiction to another that's not what I'm looking for! Now that I have told them that they want to cut my dose in half but would never dose me down more than 5 milligrams a week!? Now you tell me the understanding of that I called and asked for the doctor's name and number which I have only seen once at the facility that I attend in Jonesboro Arkansas. If you ask me he's methadone clinics are a racket they take our money because most insurances will not cover it. Let's face it we were at it we don't have the 3 to $400 a month to pay these people no matter if its 5 milligrams or 400 milligrams the price is still $13 a day that's questionable all in itself. And then saying but they can't dose you down 5 milligrams a week and all of a sudden because you're honest with them decreasing yourself they want to cut your 1:55 totally and half that's not ethical to me it's all about the money! Lonely in Arkansas

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