Using Fentanyl To Get Off Methadone (Page 3)
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I have been on Methadone for about 5 years. I had an addiction to oxycontin and the went on methadone to quit. My highest dose was 120mg and I have managed to wean myself down to 17mg. The problem is I am having a really hard time getting off of it. Doing some reading I have learned that methadone is one of the worst for trying to quit.

I have a perscription for 12mcg/h fentanyl for back pain which I havent been using but was thinking about quiting the methadone and using the patch instead so when I eventually drop it the withdraws won't be as bad.

Has anyone tried this?
is 12mcg enough?
Any other thoughts or advice?

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Thanks for all the advice guys, I think the 50mcg patch would be way to strong to to get off the methadone. Remember guys I don't want to use these to get high.

As for an update since my first post I am now down to 12mg of methadone. I haven't been using the patches, I've been filling the script and not using them. I want them there just incase the last 10mg is as bad as everyone says it's gonna be. I'm sure if the two doctors found out what I have been doing I woould be in a hole lot of crap. I told the one doc that the patches were falling off after about a day and a half and they didn't work good having to tape it on my arm. He told me he didn't think the problem was taping it back on and that the dose wasn't strong enough. So to my suprize he perscribed 2 months worth of the 25mcg patches and told me to come back in two weeks to see how it was working. So I went back to see him and told him that he was right and the dose is good. Then I told him how frustrating it was having to tape these things on all the time. So now he has prescibed me the 12mcg patches again but i iam susposed to put one on every 36 hours, lol. Anyways I now have a crap load of these things. They are the non gel patches which is great because I will be able to cut them and adjust the dose when I have problems with th methadone.

As for the methadone doc I told him the symtoms I've been feeling from dropping down a mg a week. His first suggestion was to stop tapering for a while. I told him that wasn't an option for me because I really want off it (I HATE METHADONE!!!) so he prescribed cloneazepam, 2mg aday. I also get imovane (2 7.5mg pills a day) for sleep. I take that everynight because I can barely sleep even with them while tapering. As for the cloneazepam I only take one when I really need it because I have heard addiction to those can be pretty harsh as well. So anyways as crappy as I feel most of the time I am slowly working my way down. I live in Canada so the methadone clinics here actually try to help people instead of forcing people to stay on it so they can make money keeping paitients. Hopefully the last ten mg's won't be too bad. Any advise from people that have been through this would be great so keep the comments coming. My biggest problem is gonna be getting over the fear I have of going through withdraws. Ok well thanks again everyone!

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mike...i never comment on any of these stories, but when i saw some of the help and advise you got, i am shaking my head in disbelief.....verwon has the right idea, but not the answer on how to do it...daniel..400mg of methadone???....whats the story about that...you worked your way up?? or just have a high resistance..?? so, what, you're telling mike to get addicted to hydro-codone..or take fentanyl for a month plus 9 days ( be addicted to that) , and puff, he is cured...thats how you did it...i would love to hear that story. how much fentanyl were you taking at the beginning of your detox....mike, i was on methadone for 10 years ,at 120 mg a day...it was called a methadone maintanance program...only thing, they never wanted us off of it...if YOU were able to go down from 120mg to 17mg...bravo..that shows me you have the internal fortitute and desire to do this.... i started at 120mg and went to 0mg......they did help get me down to 40 mg, but that was it...we had to go either twice a week or every day for the meds..i came up with the story that i was moving to another city, and they gave me a 30 day supply.plus the name of a local clinic..but i took the meds, at the time they was liquified, and carefully divided them to 40 at the beginning down to just tang and 0 mg meth...it was over ...for 30 plus years now.....if you do have a problem with the sickness, for the first few days, i would recommend. soma..(non addictive but habit forming), or trazadone for sleep..you are so close...you are strong enough to do this....you have what it takes...let me know...ba....

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MIKE
Fentanyl was the way i got off 400 mg of methadone daily. ITS VERY STRONG but you at 17mg should be able to take 9 days at 50 mcg then
after that say one month of the 25 mcgs. Now you have gotten off methadone the worst detox drug in the world! Fentanyl Is easy to get off of in such a short time. Get some norco and if you have any shakes or left over issues this will do the trick. This is what i did and i got through it and so can you. Try to stay busy and possitive thinking.
Your new year will be a great new year. GOOD LUCK

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Thanks for the advice, remember I'm not on oxycontin anymore. I am on 17mg of methadone.

I have been prescribed the patches for pain in my back. The doctor doesn't know I am on methadone. I haven't used the patch cause I don't want any addiction to anything anymore. the problem is I have been having a major problem getting off methadone. even when I drop a mg I feel it.

As for the Fentinal I realize it is powerful but I am using the patch proporly, not abuseing it. I asked for the mylan just so I wasn't tempted. I put the patch on two days ago and dropped the methadone. I have been feeling crappy but not as bad as having nothing. I am thinking of slowly cutting the patch to smaller sizes as I go to wean myself off.

I can tell it's not enouh because I am not felling good and I was very tempted today to steal some injectable hydromorph. I didn't do it but It was hard not to. In my line of work I see all sorts of different drugs and it is hard but I am doing it.

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I am sorry, but that is the wrong information.

Fentanyl is actually over 80 times stronger than Morphine and thus, also much stronger than the Methadone!

Though the dose seems small, since it is so strong, it is actually a very powerful on.

In this case, far too powerful and you are liable to just trade one addiction for another, so I would not recommend trying to use it to get off the Methadone.

Your best bet is to try to continue to taper the Methadone down, until you can stop or seek a doctor's assistance.

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Fentanyl/­

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I'm sending only a suggestion for you and that is...... If I were you the 12mcg. will be way way too low of a dose when coming off of oxycontin!!!! You should be on at least 75mcg. OR even better 100mcg. Trust me, been there, done that!!!! I wish you all the best!!! Please post and let me know how it's working for you. Good health to you!!!!

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