Methadone Program

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I am from ND and in dire need of finding a doctor who can prescribe me Methadone. I have been battling drug abuse for 10+ years and have gone through many treatment facilities. I have done my research and want to move on with my life by getting on a Methadone program. PLEASE HELP!

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The problem with Methadone is that many people never truly get drug free, even after using the treatment programs. They often end up requirng a lifetime maintenance dose of it.

You may be better of with Suboxone, which is fairly new, but has helped many people taper off of and completely beat their drug addiction.

It contains the opiate Buprenoprhine.

You can read about it here:

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

To see if there is a doctor in your area that provides treatment with it, you can check out the website:

Suboxone.com Click Here

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I have tried Suboxone and yes it has very positive benefits for some people, but that was not my experience. It caused more bad (side effects) than good for me.

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Hey guys. I just wanted to share my story, so it might help just one person who is a drug addict. I am a 40 yr old who has been addicted to opiods since i was 13, taking vicodin for my monthly cramps that my stepdad gave me since he was a doctor. I got hooked on vicodin til i became an alcoholic. Then i was introduced to oxycontin and H. By age 35 i was pregnant and had my daughter Sienna. Finally i was drug free! All because of my daughter. Unfortunate that somebody "upstairs" doesnt like me all that much, decided to take my daughter from me when she was 4.5 months old. My fiancee and i found her in her crib face down w a bloody nose. We gave her CPR and called 911. When we arrived at the ER the doc said sorry we tried but she died. Needless to say i went strait for the alcohol and drugs. So i couldnt take it anymore and was sick and tired of being... Sick and tired! So i put myself on a waiting list for suboxone. In the meantime went to a methadone clinic. It def helped me but i was so tired all the time. 7 months later i finally got into a sub program. I def did better on the subs but my insurance got cut so i had to go back to the clinic. This time around i got up to 90mg of done and it was great til about 2pm everyday i just wanted to sleep! So i got insurance back and found a sub doc immediatly, which is very rare and i was amazed i got a script of subs the same day as my appt. now... I read up on how long to wait til i could take subs after done. I detoxed from 90mg of done down to 0 not a great idea, knowing that u should go dwn gradually to a low mg, then wait atleast 72hrs to switch to subs. However i did not have that chance so i had to just cold turkey stop the done. I had nothing for 3 days and ya i was in w/d. However i had neurontin which in my opinion is a miracle drug for drug addicts! It helped alot. So i decided to take a quarter of my sub 3.5 days after my last dose of done. It didnt put me in worse w/d it actually made me feel better, even tho my bones and body still ache. But i kno it takes time to get back on subs succesfully from methadone. Its the 5th day and i feel better but i kno its probably gna take a week or 2 to feel "normal" again. My point being that both methadone and suboxone have worked for me. Everyones different. I personally have better success on subs. And it is cheaper for me. Ive been thru it all and have lived about 15 lifetimes in my life and im only 40. But i do look 25! Amazing that i do after doing every drug out there and bla bla bla! If anyone has any questions or whatever i can talk to u. Just get back to me. Good luck to everyone!

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Hi Ruth! As Dr. Verwon said," you might be better off on suboxone." I'm on suboxone and have been for awhile now. It works great for me and many others. I was on methadone, but, that was very difficult to get off. So, I ended up on suboxone. Maybe you should think about looking up a suboxone Doctor. I was addicted to Oxy for almost 10 years and I was sick and tired of that life. My life is SO much better now.

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