Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms When Switching From Methadone To Opana Er (Page 3)

I am a 55 year old man, and I have been going to a Pain Management facility for lower back pain and now even chronic Osteoarthritic shoulder pain, and have been taking 60mg of Methadone every day (10mg tablets x 2 x 3 times a day -- morning, noon & night) for the past three years. Although I've been doing well on that regimen, perhaps out of more of a psychological concern over the known "qt" (heart) effects of the drug (rather than any "real" ones), I decided to ask my doctor if I could try Opana ER (20mg every 12 hours), which I had taken once before, for a short time, at another Pain Management facility, with great success. All I'm wondering are what the withdrawal effects might be (if any) of stopping the Methadone (60mg) on a Monday, and starting the Opana ER 40mg (in the two 20mg ER, 12 hour divided doses) the very next day on a Tuesday?

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Dear Glen, could I ask if you managed to reduce or come off the methadone? I have been taking methadone for a few years now and my doctor is wanting to reduce my daily dose, if you have any input I'd be interested to hear thanks Kaz

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Don't reply to crap you don't know anything about. It is much more easy to come off of any street opiate than methadone. Methadone is evil!

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Thank you so much for writing this. I am on day 5 of going back to opana er from being switched to methadone 6 months ago (3 tablets x 2 daily) I was in constant leg and arm pain like a deep bone pain unless I took my breakthrough pain. I was not feeling right. I would have rather had my back hurt then feel the way I was feeling in my legs and back. I also developed ulcers after switching to the methadone (no other change in meds) and I thought it might be the methadone but dr kept telling me "methadone doesn't do that" and "I don't want to raise your dose" even tho I knew I wasn't feeling right. I never had these symptoms with the opana er. I just thought it had stopped working and instead of going up on the dose I was switched to methadone. I don't know that I would do without my husband and even my 9 year old daughter has stepped up and helped (although I felt REALLY guilty at first about that, but she was happy to be independent and my pcp said she was old enough) me through these days. Even on the methadone my legs hurt and arms hurt but I have never felt such fatigue in my life. And the restless legs and not being able to sleep like I used to is just driving me insane. I'm also so dang emotional it's crazy. Never experienced this before. You gave me hope. I thank you so much. Maybe by Monday or Wed I will start to feel better. That would be AMAZING!!! My heart also goes out to all of you who are fighting pain and med changes or withdrawals. It's something only the strong can do.

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Hi Glenn. I was switched from Methadone to Opana ER after moving to Florida. I was on 60 mg (20 mg 3x daily). I was switched to 20 mg Opana 2 times a day. I went thru severe withdrawal for about a month. The 5mg Percocet 2 times a day helped very little. After my dose was raised to 30mg Opana 2 times a day, I felt better. Doctors in Florida don’t want to prescribe Methadone due to the qt interval heart issue. I’ve been cleared for Methadone by my cardiologist but I still can’t find a doc to prescribe Methadone. Anyone reading this, if u know of a doctor in the West Palm Beach area and surrounding cities, who prescribes Methadone, please let me know. Good luck Glenn.

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