fibromyalgia treatment methadone

I took methadone for 3 years for Fibromyalgia. Luckly I am a VA vet so they mailed me 20mg a day in one months supply for $8. It stopped working so well. I went off of it cold turkey (some people don't recommend that) and had very mild agitation, little sleep and wierd dreams for about 5 days. After that I was off of it. I switched to Lyrica. seems to work better than methadone. If you have not taken methadone as suscribed then you might have to taper off of it.

Nov 07 I enter a methadone treatment program and I have been there ever since. About 3 months ago I found out I had Fibromyalgia which is a cronic pain diease which there is no cure for. I'm on cymbalta, which helps aliitke but my doctor wants me to goto the local pain clinic and get methadone purscribed there, instead if going to the clinic. So instead of me taking it for drug addiction I wound take it for pain relief.

Does anyone know of a doctor who will prescribe me methadone in low doses for my fibromyalgia. I've tried all kinds of pain meds, including natural and methadone is the only drug that gets me out of bed.

Savella is working great for my fibromyalgia with the methadone!

My girlfriend is on 43mg of methadone currently to deal with her fibromyalgia. I am not sure how long she has been on methadone (probably over a month). We are finally in a position to start seriously looking at options to help her get off methadone. I have to be honest, I did not think too much about methadone because I didnt know too much about it and just thought it was something to help with her fibromyalgia.

Your doctor is right, your medical conditions do not warrant methadone maintenance as treatment. Arnold-Chiari malformation has lots of different symptom, but pain is not a main one. So we will leave it alone. Fibromyalgia has significant pain associated with it, however opiates are not a first line treatment for it, not should it be last.

widespread pain, disturbed sleep, and exhaustion from head to toe shortness of breath, numbness and tingling sensations, muscle weakness I get pain in my neck, like muscle stiffness and that comes and goes leg cramping, fatigue, trembling nausea I also had weakness in the left arm, pain and numbness as well I was suffering from migraines and one had caused an anxiety attack Fatigue, muscle weakness, trembling muscles, some muscle spasms, cramping in my right calf, tingling in hands feet and

I do not want to damage my liver further but I have so many aches and pains that I need to find something that might help. I also on methadone and that throws a wrench into the mix. And no the methadone does not stop the pain or the IBS. I have built up a tolerance I guess and I do not want to increase it due to constipation getting worse. I would appreciate any feedback if you have any of these problems.

I need some honest opinions please............ I recently started a methadone treatment program. I am doing the 6 month program. This is my 3rd day of treatment. I am starting at one dose of 30mg of methadone. Is this a good number to start with??? TOO HIGH of a number?? PRETTY LOW of a number??? I have hears many horror storeis of people and methadone, about trading one drug for another and all that.

Often there is no cause for fibromyalgia and hence it is difficult to control pain. The cause of fibromyalgia is often hereditary or due to a physical or emotional trauma or due to lingering infection in the body such as due to mono. It can also be due to severe or long lasting anemia. The treatment is a mix and match of analgesics, anti depressants, anti seizure medications, physical therapy and counseling. Correcting anemia and treating infection also helps.

I finally found another Dr after three months of methadone clinic hell. He said he would give me methadone but only 30mg and zanaflex, and after a month, well see what we can do. Im in serious withdrawal on day five. What can I do? I dont want to bother the dr its my last hope!! But I have two kids to take care of! I have severe scoliosis, sacrolitiiis, hip bursitis, and fibromyalgia. Any ideas, help?! Thanks!

I've been taking Methadone now for 16 weeks 10mg 5x daily. I take it for chronic pain, Fibromyalgia and OA pain. I am very short tempered and seem to over react to things i normally wouldnt over react to. I only noticed my severe personality change when last month the doctor tried putting me on a different medication which i only took for 2 weeks (Nuaycta) and had to stop due to chest and breathing issues. Is it possible that the Methadone im on is having a profound effect on my personality?

I just saw the prescriptions that my mother is taking. Methadone, Oxycodone, Klonipin and Tramadal. If she is taking all 4 of these drugs I suspect she needs to be professionally detoxed. She has been loaded for years now. She really can't function anymore. Any suggestions? She has fibromyalgia. I don't buy it, but, this is her story. Is this typical to prescribe this combination?? It seems over the top to me.

im 16 years old and im addicted to oxycontin, i recently went to the doctors and got recommended to call a methadone clinic. whats the chance that i will be accepted for treatment?

I had only once tested my hbsag quantity since my diagnosis two years ago. The test was done a few weeks ago and came out about 17000iu/ml. In other words quite high, that should warrant treatment immediately, in my opinion, though my dumb doctors won't put me on treatment yet. But I'm going to fight them and insist that I need antiviral treatment.

Hello-Ive been reading everyones stories,I feel for you cop722 if your still here-Basically 10 or so years ago I developed what everyone knows now as fibromyalgia-I started to take regular 5mg percs from Dr. that was ok for years, then I had a car accident four years ago messing up the L-5 and 4.

I suffer from chronic back neck and hip pain from a car accident and have fibromyalgia and vicodin doesnt work any more so now i need to find a doctor who will write for methadone pills not liquid and a monthly script not daily clinic in mass please help me

she takes methadone about every other day...a bottle of 130mg methadone will last her almost 5 to 6 days....any info would be helpful.

You may have developed the thyroid problem irregardless of methadone treatment, but maybe not. I just found a research study from 1988 that concludes that methadone actually can cause you to make too much T4 or T3. Therefore, the blood tests for hypothyroid are skewed as a result. You're T4 and T3 levels can actually be higher as a result of taking methadone. My problem was that my thyroid medication was causing me to ache, or so I thought.

I want to be prepared if one of these days my doctor will give up on me! Does anyone on this forum know anything about Methadone Treatment and Suboxone Treatment? I have read a lot about Suboxone Treatment but I haven't found much on Methadone Treatment. I would really appreciate any advice!!! I can't even talk to my husband about this subject. He always tells me that I should just stop taking narcotics because he never would take them!

I was put on methadone 14 years ago for chronic pain. 4 years ago I was taken off of it cold turkey. In desperation a got into a methadone clinic. I'm finding that the liquid methadone doesn't seem to work on pain as the pills did. Is this In my head or is there really a difference. Also is this site for online addiction support or is it medical advice. Kind of confused on that issue.

Has anyone on this forum been on treatment while being prescribed methadone? I'd like to hear from anyone who has done this SVR or not. I'm waiting to get accepted into a trial, the methadone limits my placement also another drug, I'm currently prescribed. The only one they were really concerned with was the methadone, I'm not in a maintenence program but I would like to hear from anyone.

I deal with chronic pain, I am wondering what to do, should I ask my doctor for methadone because its used for chronic pain and doesn’t abuse the liver like opiates do. I think if I were on 40mgs and took it as a split dose, where i took 20mgs in the morning and 20mgs in the evening would work. With opiates, you build up a tolerance and soon the perks wont work. Whereas methadone you don’t build a tolerance for it and it helps with pain.

could they have meant Fibromyalgia. If they meant Fibromyalgia it is a very painful condition. I encourage you to find out if this is your diagnosis. Here's a little info: "The overwhelming characteristic of fibromyalgia is long-standing, body-wide pain with defined tender points. Tender points are distinct from trigger points seen in other pain syndromes.

I just read something about a methadone breakthrough comment from the methadone community. I took Dilaudid for my bad spinal tap and isn't that like morphine? That is not a breakthrough in my opinion; that is a bad drug to get on. I know it helps temporary but I was on morphine for 5 days and it stopped working eventually. I take oxycodone and tylenol 3 w/ codeine for pain but you people with chronic pain like me need to be careful with addiction.

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