Methadone and coffee
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But really, that could mean anything. I am in treatment for opiod addiction and do takeoquid methadone daily. Anyway, back to the physical, my results we my AST being at 100, ALT @ 146, some other liver level @ 5.60. I was referred to a a GI but they don't accept my insurance, and the one GI in my city that takes it does not treat people with my illness.
My question is: are these numbers normal for someone whom has Hepatitis C? Is coffee bad for the liver?
So today is now 78days off methadone and having had a benzo habit a long side it has BEEN a living nightmare. I had been going to the methadone clinic for about 3yrs and had gone up to a dose of 180mgs. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I ended up tapering down to 47mgs before tightening up my boot straps and running from the clinic as fast as I could. I had been taking klonopin 2mg tablets along side my daily dose of methadone.
Sleep is a good thing but I guess early on it does that. Later, you'll find some coffee and "rising" to the occasion works well. I was in detox when I first started and they were giving us other meds too and I thought it was those, but now it does not effect me that way at all. Just the opposite.
For now just make yourself get up and do things and you will notice that works. At least that's the way it was for me early on.
Hey girl I've been on methadone for 5 years. It slows down your metabolism and your digestive track. Also, most people who take methadone have cravings for sugary foods and/or chocolates. The first year I gained maybe 10 pounds and also had a baby while on it. The next year 10 or 15. Basiclly I was pregnant 5'7" and 137lbs in 2005. Now I am around 170. Most of it is in my gut. All the time people are asking if I am pregnant. Another side effect is no sex drive.
I switched to 50mg of methadone and 40 mg of Norco for pain management. Well then I started researching methadone and realized it was not any better. So I did a taper down and then a 3 day rapid detox. I was still on the Norco 10mg 4 times a day but coming off the methadone was hell. I was in the clouds so to speak for well over 30days and could barely function. This has been a process for over 6 months btw.
Thanks for your support. Fortunately I had 12 years and one retains the wisdom despite what puffed 30 year veterans. Yes, the compromised liver is not helping and each detox gets more difficult. During the 11.
There r quite a few people here with methadone experience but yes Mark well gnarly that is he would b the best n my opinion as he is just a very experienced,very nice guy and I can honestly say Im around300days clean(from lortabs and other meds)and there were many times where he and I would send private messages and he was the one that gave me the strength to keep fighting the good fight .
Methadone is a painkiller - a 'full agonist', though synthetic. It's definitely easier to come off other opiates than Methadone. Suboxone is also quite difficult. It also depends on the amount of time you've been on it, your age, and the dose you were on.
It is banned in Thailand, Malaysia, Burma and Australia (although these countries grow and export it under license,) It is used as Methadone replacement in New Zealand. It is legal to import it and use in this country though it is currently on the DEA watch list. It is not classed as a narcotic but it hits the same receptors. It is not as euphoric as 'real' opiates unless you are opiate 'naive'. I used it abstemiously after my Methadone/Sub.
Exercise is something I keep saying I'm gonna do but really struggle with the follow through with my low energy and long days at work and kids extracurricular activities and helping with homework. I really have a strong desire to be healthier and did well with it while on methadone but since I got off I can't seem to get back to my healthy lifestyle. I'm gonna have to work on it. We are taking a 2 week vacation next year with all of our kids.
my heart pounding outta my chest, Sweating and shaking so much I backed off my morning CUPS of coffee to just a half a cup and my afternoon coffee I completely stopped due to so much anxiety.....
So yesterday while at the Clinic.... I had the nurse and my counselor stop my detox and had them put me back on the 25mg which will begin Wednesday....I just have so much going on...my husband left this morning for Germany on a Business trip and will be away until the 19th ...
Every time I get off the Norco, the withdrawal symptoms from the methadone come back. I don't know how long they last. Some people say a year, and I've delayed it by taking the Norco according to some.
I have tried exercising, I eat all fruit and fiber, no sodium, and besides my coffee in the morning all I drink all day is water. Even my abdomen is bloated after eating anything. My ESR came back borderline high at 20, and I do almost always have high ANA, & even the titers are getting higher now, but they say I don't have Lupus.
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