Methadone Drug Info And Reviews (Page 3)
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Can anyone tell me about Methadone please?

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Barbie-i know all this stiff, i just wanted to know a slow detox from 30 mgms.that someone had tried ar something that works.I am currently already in a clinic fpr0 yrs but nothing. i get down low and I relapse. Maybe someone got off succrssfully that can help.

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Is there any help out there? Other then the one Methadone Clinic we have in Spokane WA. thats so totally inconvienient you cant bring kids because of confidentiality my son is 5 months old who is he going to tell! They close the doors at 9:00 a.m. if you arent there by then tough you have to get there by 5:30 a.m. if you dont want to wait for 2 hours it was just a bad scene all the way around sothat is why I decided to find a doctor to get me off I have been on done for 8 long years I started at 25mg a day i lived in sandiego ca. and i would drive over to the mexican boarder to get my dose evey day then i found sandiego alliance and was there for about 4 years they kept increasing and increasing whenever i said i was uncomfortable there they where how much you want to go up? I didnt know any better so in s.d. i was up to 150 or so when i left and went to Sac to live transferred to clinic there for 4 years and got down to 70 mg then i GOT PREAGNANT and moved again to spokane and that is wher i am currently they raised me to 170mg a day during my pregnacy ( I think that is why I had him prematurely ) i had myson who is now 5 months when i sawwhat he had to go through because of mydaily methadone use i had enough i was totally discusted with myself and i wnted to quit so i stopped going to the clinic because i found a doctor who was going to help me get off so he took 40 mg off right off the bat and let me tell you i felt it from the begining but i thought he knew what he was doing and i can stop and stablieze if it gets too bad well i was wrong he had me off within a month at about 50 mg i was like i think i need to stop for a while and he was like no that wasnt in the contract what contrat i didnt sign a contrat so now i am buying wafers at 25 a pill i am a single mother and i cant afford it but its almost i ant afford not too my back is killing me i have no patience I had to drop out of school my hair is even falling out what can i do there arent many options here in washington and i am stuck i wouldt even know what kind of doc to call or what i would say can anyone help?

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I would like to commit on methadone

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LANIE, AND ALL, I WENT TO A CLINIC AND GOT UP TO 90 MG A DAY. MY SON ASKED ME TO STOP GOING TO THE CLINIC FOR HIS 17TH B-DAY. THIS WAS ON HIS 16TH B-DAY. I STARTED TO LOWER MY DOSE, BUT THE CLINIC WOULD ONLY ALLOW ME TO COME DOWN TO 30 MG A DAY. A CITY CLOSER BY OPENED A CLINIC AND I STARTED GOING THERE AND TOLD THEM I WANTED OFF. THEY LET ME GO DOWN TO 20 A DAY. BY MY SONS 17 BDAY, I STOPPED GOING TO THE CLINIC, BUT I CONTINUED TO TAKE METHADONE BY STREET MEANS. I WOULD CUT BACK A LITTLE AT A TIME, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PINCHING OFF A PEICE ONCED A WEEK . I GOT TO WHERE THE ONLY TIME I WOULD TAKE IT WAS AFTER STAYING AWAKE ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF HAVING TO STRETCH MY LEGS, WHICH DIDNT DO ANY GOOD. I NEVER TOOK MORE THAN WHAT I HAD TAKIEN THE PREVIOUS DOSE. ON MY SONS NEXT B-DAY, I STOPPED TAKING ANY AT ALL. I STILL COULD NOT SEEM TO GET OUT OFF BED. FOR A MONTH THIS WENT ON. I DID GET UP AT TIMES AND HAVE A DRINK, BUT I WAS NOT AN ALCHOHOLIC. AFTER THIS MONTH WAS OVER, I HAD IT MADE IN THE SHADE AND FELT GREAT. NO DRUGS TO GET ME THRU THE DAY FOR A WHOLE YEAR. BEWARE, DONT EVEN START A LITTLE HERE OR THERE OR YOUR PROBLEMS WILL RETURN. MINE DID. I JUST DONT TAKE NO WHERE NEAR AS MUCH AS I USED TO. MAYBE 3 MIL A DAY. FOR ALL OF YOU THAT DONT KNOW THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ADDICTION OF METHADONE.. YOU NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT I HAVE SAID. AT ONE TIME I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO DOSE. I WAS SO SICK THAT HAVING A BABY PAIN, DIDNT HAVE S*** ON HAVING A NON DOSED METHADONE PAIN, AND THATS NOT ALL THAT COMES WITH THAT. IF YOU CANT GET TO THE CLINIC FOR WHAT EVER REASON, I PROMISE YOU, YOU WONT GET THERE IF YOU GET SICK UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEONE PHYSICALLY CARRY YOU OR HELP YOU TO NOT JUST GET TO THE CAR, BUT TO GET OUT OF BED. THE FLU FEELS GOOD COMPARED TO THIS. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED, ! DONT GO ANY HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. USED TO BE 30 A DAY. EVENTUALLY YOU WILL REALIZE THAT GETTING TO THE CLINIC BECOMES YOUR FIRST PRIORITY IN EVERY DAY LIFE. . IF YOU DONT HAVE TO START, !DONT!!!!!!!!

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Exactly How was methadone involved in her death?

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Do you think there are people who have to remein on meth.for the rest of thier lives? i get to below 10 mgms. and i just can't do it. i have tried several different methods. I am a strong person;mentally more than physically and have come to grips not to use for over 10 to 15 years (somewhere in there) but the cravings always seem to return somewhere near 10 mgms. wheather its a blind detox or of my decision to come down, but i just can't seem to do it. Do you really think there are people who have to stay on meth the rest of thier lives? I have been off and on sine 1968 when they told us it was a drug you would never come off of? By now I have become very frustrated and stressed out and just want to live. I hope there is someone who can shed some light I haven't heard yet. I have figured out one thing---you have to truly want to stop or you will always be in denial. HELP!!!

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worst detox i ever weant threw. it also took the life of someone very close to me. i do not recomend takeing it for any reason. buprinorphine has wrked out better for me but it is still addictive

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I was put on Methadone10mg. 3xa day along with Percocet 10/325mg actetaminophen also 3x's a day. I take (1)10 mg.of Xanax to help me sleep for a grand total of four hours a night. I had a horrifying car wreck on a gentle mans birthday. I was26 yrs old borrowed his wife car to go pickup his liquor for their party and it had been raining very heavily made it to the liquor store had everthing in the car when someone with no headlights was coning straight at me this person clipped the front side of the drivers head light. That is when the car spun across a four lane highyway and hit the curb which I then went airborn 70 feet in the air and sopped in a tree. Up till that time I could use Tylenol Now that was 24yrs. ago and man many differnt drugs thriugh the years. The cops classified a hit and run I had no car insurance or health ins. and the company that owned the tree tried to suit me for destroying their treeThe hospital never got a dime and I never got a dimeand back then in Ohio I lost my job for being off work too long. I had whiplashed my neck I fractured my right ulna and had 47 stitches in my jaw bone i have been on every kind of pain patche every narcotic that they have to keep updating or increasing. I am npw under pain mangement due to my work which was never an issue till it involved the school baord. I guess wqat i really want to know about i read someone's e-mail about methadone and bone marrow was a side effect. If any one else has info on bone ot tendon pain please e- mail me
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i believe meth.doe not do a thing to your bones. the calcium is depleated and i think that is why we get these symptoms

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seriously, any questions about any drug, your local pharmacist is able to answer. they are the ones that went to school for it and know the complete chemistry behind the drugs.

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ask me anything i have been off and on since 1968. there should be a book you can get at your local clinic

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I went to a clinic and most clinics have groups and a counselor.When your in a group you can talk to different people about why they are there, how long ,and what they plan on doing about it.I talked to this one guy who was there for heroin abuse,he was 54 years old and he said he was on methadone for almost 30 years.I said that's like half of your life.He Said he will be on it for the rest too.At age 14 I ranaway and started to abuse heroin for 2 years.when i ran out of money, i went to a clinic for treatment.Because I was a minor i had to go to a private owned clinic and pay $55 a week(which my dad was paying).I started at 30mg and got up to 150mg.1 year later when my dad couldn't pay any more they dropped me like a very very hot potato.I was so sick my husband gave me half of his dose.Now i'm 25 years old and still on methadone.

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I was on Oxycontin 10mg; and didn't want my body to get used to onr dosage.My Dr would change from 10.mg and after 2 months down to 5mg. and that kept me from needing higher doses.Then I found Oxycontin was covering worse problems when I told him my pain was bad and the doss of Oxycontin was not working but did nor want to be on higher doses.I took Methadone to get off the Oxycontin; did great and never needed another one and sytill have half a bottle.Have to be careful;I want to feel some pain because if you cover up pain too much you will not know if you are having another that needs attention.When I got off the Oxycontin and Methadone I found walking was hard; with heaviness in my legs.So I found I had no blood going to my legs at all.Had to have bypass surgery.So if you can try and take small doses enough to keep you out of severe pain but where you know when any kind of pain is there so you can get attention.I found if I had not made that decision;I'd be dead by now.I have to have back surgery and only take Vicodin 7.5; but I still feel pain but not as bad..this way if anything was to happen I can explain my pain to my Dr.Hope you all keep this in mind.It really is safer for your overall health. Good Luck! :)

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This drug is very good in treating severe pain. My doctor prescribes me 120 tabs at 10 mg., it works well each month.

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A synthetic drug similar to herion, developed by a german DR.for use in WW1 as a very cheap man made narcotic. use for herion withdrawl and pain relief.

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What does methadone look like are their any that are yellow and say m f1 (round tablet). If not than what is this drug that if found

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Thanks for knowing how i feel. I also have RA and a severe case of it. And like u said QUALITY OF LIFE. I have 4 kids and just can't keep up with them because of the pain and i take laratabs to control it and methadone when i can't get the tabs. But oh no the doc didn't give it to me, i have to resort to getting it from the streets just to feel normal. And until u know chronic daily pain don't judge us with it for taking pain meds. If there was another way i would do it, but i don't do it for the high i do it to not have as much pain. Even when i do take it i still have pain just not as severe.

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I can relate to what you are saying!!
I have a terminal disease, and rhymatoid arthritis cronic back pain from a degenerative disc disease.
disc that are gone. Eight years ago
I found out I had Hep C from the first back operation I ever had . I have had three. I proved there was tainted blood in the blood bank where I was then. I drank alcohol until I found out I had Hep C. Then I quit cold turkey. I didn't know for seceral years that the doctor I was seeing had a family of drunks and drug addicts. She told me she has to go to alanon. I can bearly walk today. She refuses to give me anything for pain. She thinks because her family was full of addicts that everybody who takes more than an asprin is going to be an addict. Do they ever think of what the quality of life is about.
I wish I could get an organisation started to go after these doctors. Let the patient have the right of how they will live their lives . I do not feel like they are fufilling their oath as a doctor. If taken as directed no one should become addicted. If this should happen let that person decide what hell they want to face. Addiction or the living hell of constant pain .

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i agree with you pascal, but my opinion about addiction is that some people do not have addictive personalities. I have probably tried everything BUT herione and nothing has addicted me.i quite smoking cold turkey when i found out i was pregnant, i quite drinking when i was but on meds i couldn't drink on. Now my boyfriend and sister are different. My boyfreind is addictied to pain killers and takes methodoine prescribed to control his withdrawls and we have tried to whine him off the methadone but were unsucessful. I do believe that it is somewhat in your head when you think your addicted. I am suffering from sever rhymatoid arthritis and the won't ever give me pain meds, and everthing they were giving us,viox, bextra, etc. is being pulled off the shelves. For people like me who need these meds and feel like i will not get addicted and will use it as prescribed can't get it because of the ones who are ABBUSING them. It sucks for me. I don't know what a day with out pain feels like. Not just in one spot but all over ever joint EVER joint hurts. I'm on 9 different meds for RA, seizures, and migranes, but they won't give me pain meds. I have a chronical illness there is no cure for and can't get pain meds because they affraid i will get addicted who cares if i'm going to have it for life anyway! I have 4 children and am only 26 i have to b able to keep up with them. I now use marijuanna to help with the pain . I only do in the morning before kids get up and at night before bed. So you see how people find an alternative to ease the pain. Sorry to trail off. but thought i'd add that also.

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METHADONE!!! well i have been takingit for an oxycontin addiction.I ALSO HAVE CHRONIC PAIN. so anyone in a situation like this it is very hard,beause unless you experience chronic pain, than you dont know how it feels. but what do you do? you have became addicted to an opiate,and need an opiate for the pain. methadone does work, but is additive and is extremely hard to come off off. so with that in mind when you start taking it you should really have in mind that you will need to be on it for???? which i know where i live doctors just dont do that. they do a maintance type program, and in time you are suspose to be off of it. but than you still have the pain. than you are back where you started.now there maybe a doctor that will continue to give it to you, but usually not. because theyare using it to wein you off the opiates. doctors do not give you methadone usually for pain, unless you have had problems with oter opiates, so you tell you have had problems than they do not want to take a chance on continuing giving you any type of opiates,so they use it to wein you off.and like i said you are back where you started from. i think if this is the situation you are in, (having chronic pain,and becoming addicted to an opiate)than they should give you methadone, because it does work, and get you to a does you can tolerate than hold you there. what is wrong with that!? but i cant seem to find a doctor where i live that agrees. if anyone knows how i could go about finding a doctor ,maybe on the internet or any other way please let me know. you can contact through this website. THANKS!

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