methadone and lortab

Welcome to the forum---- I think the more important question is whether you really need the additional pain relief or or just wanting the effect of the additional Opiate. If you can withstand the pain by just taking your normal dose of Methadone, then don't take the Lortabs. Hope you will stay and post and read this site -- should you ever decide to come off of the Methadone, this is a great place to find help. All the best.

I only have 6 10mg methadone tablets left. Can I succeed using lortab to combat methadone withdrawal and quit m completely? LORTAB is easy for me to quit. Has been for years.

With the symptoms you describes they are classic withdrawal symptoms. It is a long time to be in acute withdrawal but with that being said, methadone has a very long half life. It takes a very long time for it to get out of your system, months. I am not at all surprised you are still having problems, especially seeing how you were on it for the length of time you stated. The doses of the other meds the doctor put you were just not adequate. It seems he would of known that.

At one point when I was having severe neck pain, my doctor also put me on lortab and a small dose of methadone. Please be careful, as both drugs are very addictive and methadone is very hard to withdrawal from.

I am currently pregnant and on 120 mgs of methadone....I dont use any other drugs at all. My boyfriend wants me to have an abortion because he thinks the baby will be deformed or slow and have problems or that childrens aid will take the baby immediatly is he right? I really dont want to have an abortion but want to come off of methadone before I give birth. What do you recommend?

I would ask your doctor about the effects of methadone. I stopped Lortab cold turkey five days ago and had been taking it daily for at least three years. I did things backwards of course and only went to my doctor on day 4 of withdrawal b/c I was feeling so badly. She said that if I had come to her first, she would have recommended a slow tapering off of the pills so that my body would have had time to adjust.

ve been buying off the streets and it keeps me completely broke. I bought a methadone (one) and it really worked and lasted for approximately two days. HELP SOMEONE!!!!

Im not going to take any more methadone but do you think after 8 days and I feel fine that Im through with the lortab or any withdrawl physically?

I started on Lortab for 2 years before graduating to methadone. And yes, you can easily get hooked on methadone in just a few weeks. Why are you taking methadone?

if you have been 5 days without anything....then you should be coming thru the other side of the storm any day now. I was taking between 15 and 20 lortab a day for years, and for me...the worst part was over in 4 days. So...hang in there....and congrats on your success. Keep it up!

Well I am having surgery tomorrow for endometriosis and I ran out of pain killers yesterday. I had a 5mg methadone from a while back and I took it to help with the pain and to prevent withdrawals. I am now worried to death about this mixed with the anesthesia and the post op pain killers because I know that methadone has a very long half life. Do you guys think I will be ok?

The only thing that she warned me about was that she wanted me to take the methadone AND the Vicodin together for a few days because since the methadone has such a long half life, it takes about 3 days for it to build up in your system and start working. She didn't want me to start taking the methadone after the Vicodin ran out because I would essentially have had no coverage for a day or two until the methadone kicked in.

Methadone is a very effective pain medication when used correctly. Beware though, it is very strong in comparison to Hydrocodone (Lortab/Norco), and somewhat more addictive. I'm not sure of your pain situation (chronic? will you suffer from this for life? ever try yoga?) but I find Methadone to be the most effective pain med I've ever used - the key is the longevity of methadone's action on pain.

Hi everyone, im new here. I've been on one heck of a journey w drugs! I've always done something. In high school I smoked a lot of pot and drank, after my 1st son was born I started taking lortab, percocet, oxycontin at that point I just took whatever I had at night, one day I thought I would quit but w/d so bad I would've done anything to make it stop, my dealer was like try this crack, it will make you feel better! Man was I dumb...

Methadone is a very strong opiate and you will have to come off that eventually too and the wd's are brutal. Are you doing anything about aftercare?

34 hours since last methadone pill and I am get the same hot rushes and lots and lots of boredome. I find myself not wanting to do anything b/c I think I will not enjoy it. Keep in mind I took pills all day and night so whatever I did I was on pills. The bad part I know that if I did go out and do something would be better than sitting around the home. I am dreading tonight b/c its friday night and we are sitting home but what in the hell am i going to do? I still dont feel anything physical.

Hola mi nombre es Alejandra y dure 5anos tomando vicodin y lortab cuando quise dejarlas no pude me agarro mucha ansiedad y escalofríos dolores en el stomago entonces buscamos ayuda en una clinica de methadone y es lo que consumo x casi 3 anos ya pero quiero dejarla pero me da mucho miedo sentir todos los si tomas que senti cuando quise dejar las painkillers la consejera que tengo en la clinica donde tomo la methadone me dice que puede que no sea tan dificil para mi ya que ea muy poca la cantidad

If anybody has any advice I could really use it, Im a good person who in my spare time takes care of my resently widowed brother and his two children, ages 3 and 6. I also work full time and Im not looking to get high. I just need to ween off or find out info on Suboxone or Methadone and how to even get perscribed something like that. Thank you for your time.

The dentist should be aware of the methadone, and the methadone clinic should be aware of the lortab. That way all is cool with everyone!!! AND you get good advice on what to do! : ))) Sorry about your mouth!

My dentist prescribed Lortab for me after a small dental surgery. I've taken stronger pain killers before and have not really enjoyed the affects, but I really like Lortab. It doesn't upset my stomach and I feel very good on it. I only take it at night before bed because it helps me go to sleep. I've had insomnia for years and this is the first thing I've ever found that helps. I go to sleep with no problem, and wake up early the next day feeling fine.

I'm a recovering heroin addict & I've been taking methadone for the last 8 years. I've been taking 90mgs for the past 5 of those years. I'm at the point where I want to get off completely, so I've been tapering off for the past full year, and was down to 42mgs & felt uncomfortable everyday, the only thing that helped is my prescription for klonapin. I was tapering at 1mg a week but having a problem paying $45 week.

thank you so much.i'm pretty new with working with computers and i feel lucky that i found this forum'and even happier that i got a responce.there are so many questions that i have.should i taper off the suboxone or just do like you said.is suboxone also a benzo blocker as i do take 3mg's of xanax a day.i'm trying to do this alone and i know how hard that can be.i've tried before and failed.i also have 50 methadone but to scared to take it.i've heard horror storys.

SO finally I went to a methadone clinic one day with a 104 degree fever and shaking and told them I needed help.I had never even thought of going to a Methadone clinic because I thought those were only for Heroin addicts. Well at that moment I realized that I have the same disease as millions of others including my hero Layne Stayley and Kurt and we are all no different! The person under the bridge shaking and the person in the Hotel suite shaking are no different!

Try a methadone rehabilitation center or suboxen

For about 2 weeks back in May I was taking 7.5/500 Lortab for a back injury. I was taking 2 every 4 hours. As my back began to feel better I began taking less and at this point I find I only have to take them occassionally. Once in a while I'll take 1/2 a pill if my back is bothering me but the other day I took 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon as my back was hurting more than usual. Then yesterday, I didn't take any because my back wasn't hurting very much.

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