Methadone maintenance doctors

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Avatar f tn Doctors in the United States are forbidden by law to prescribe methadone for narcotic maintenance.....they are only allowed to prescribe methadone for chronic pain.........sorry .........
1753993 tn?1312374710 I am a 37 year old female, with the exception of the 4 years spent at SCI Muncy due to my addiction, I have been on Methadone Maintenance since 1993. Are there any doctors who can prescribe my daily dose as opposed to me going to the clinic?
Avatar m tn Help with methadone maintenance I don't want to be tied up any more with my daily visits to my clinic. Just wanted to ask if anyone had any experience with switching methadone 95mg once daily, to fentanyl patch 100mcg Hour patch? or know the methadone mg fentanyl dose equivalents?
1948474 tn?1329154264 when someone is starting a methadone maintenance program, how long does it take or become stable? my boyfriend started about a month ago but has been changing mgs often. he says to stabilize himself.
Avatar m tn He went on methadone maintenance in July and it has taken him to his worst depths. He is still shooting drugs, is addicted to XANAX and anxiety pills. He will take a whole bottle at a time and is also drinking regularly. He has been hospitalized twice in the last month, picked up by police multiple times and has been near death at times. He is completely out of his mind.
Avatar n tn i know doctors provide suboxone for detox but i feel secure on methadone i know i wont use on it .i feel safe .and it works so im searching for a doctor to maintain me using methadone instead of switching my medication around. are there any doctors or pain clinics i can go to for methadone maintanance other than the clinic?
1502361 tn?1290540230 How we could possibly compel your mother to recognise the merits of methadone maintenance where 15 doctors have already failed is a mystery to me. It may pay to reconcile with the all too common scenario of having family members who choose to disregard maintenance treatment as a viable option for their loved ones, in spite of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary.
1481358 tn?1288295091 Mostly morphine sourced illicitly through chemist burglaries, fake prescriptions, elderly cancer patients desperate to supplement their pensions OR Homebake( homemade heroin made from OTC codeine tablets or illicit morphine) I also see a lot of suspicion of doctors fleecing their patients out of their hard earned cash and promoting addictive medicines on behalf of apparently conscienceless pharmaceutical companies.
Avatar n tn I've got spinal stenosis. An I'm in a lot of pain. I was on oxycontin when I was younger. Then switched to methadone. 8 years ago I switched to suboxone. I'm wanting to switch back to methadone because I'm in a lot of pain. An i can't afford to drive to the methadone clinic everyday.
3010990 tn?1340511756 m thinking of going back to my doctors to maybe see about going on a methadone maintenance course im thinking that way I won't have to wait for the withdrawals to kick in I could just start on the methadone. It plays on my mind for days when I know I'm going 5o start taking the subutex so therefore keep putting it off but I just can't carry on this way.. It's like I spend money just to feel normal as I dread the hours that will come where I have to take the subutex.
Avatar f tn Hello, I am looking for someone who is or has been in a methadone maintenance program while pregnant. I've clean and sober for awhile now but I'm still on methadone and now that I'm pregnant I can't get off of it. Just looking for some positive or useful knowledge. Thanks!
Avatar m tn Actually, there have never been any "maintenance" clinical studies for subs. It was never intended to be used in doses so high or for so long. It was intentionally designed as pain management without euphoria. Opiate recovery was accidentally discovered. The longest study ever performed was a six month trial, and only one of those exists. Most clinical studies are based on one month.
Avatar m tn All pregnant opiate-addicted women are advised to take methadone as a part of a medically supervised methadone maintenance treatment program. Methadone is currently the only medication approved for the addiction treatment of pregnant women who are addicted to heroin or other opiates. The fetus feels withdrawal symptoms during pregnancy.
1264367 tn?1408104163 I have gastroparesis, and GERD, and am on methadone maintenance. I noticed I started having problems as soon as I started the Methadone Clinic, 3 yrs ago. I recently had an endoscopy and waiting on the biopsy results. I'm so sick of not being able to eat anything. I'm living off of oatmeal and can't over eat. But it's not over eating because I've been starving. I can only eat a small bowl of oatmeal before I take my methadone and then another small one for lunch.
Avatar m tn I just started the triple treatment yesterday. I have been on methadone maintenance for 15 months and from what I've been reading the Incivek somehow uses your methadone faster and you will need a dosage change. Has anyone had this same issue. My gastro said not to worry about this issue too much. Just told me to keep track of symptoms but the side effect symptoms are the same as opiate withdrawal symptoms. How do I know what is is a side effect of?
Avatar n tn If on methadone maintenance @ 120mg/day, what can I use for severely arthritic knees for Pain?
Avatar m tn Suboxone can be used for maintenance as well, I'm on it and it works. I was not looking for a high dose of methadone when I asked a doctor about this methadone question....40-60 mgs daily is actually a starting dose...I appreciate your input though..Thank you. The Suboxone mixed with a Low Dose of Diazapam works very very well for my back and neck muscle spasms. Suboxone is just so damn expensive and I heard no generics coming any time soon. Thanks again!
Avatar n tn I work at a MMT clinic (methadone maintenance) and we have had pregnant women on methadone who have delivered perfectly healthy babies. Difference b/w methadone and other opiates is that on a stable dose (which differs for everyone), a pregnant woman (or any individual) is able to go 24 to 36 hours without having ANY physical withdrawals whereas with heroin and other opiates, the half-life is 4 to 6 hours so the individual experiences withdrawals unless they continuously use.
Avatar m tn I am about to go on methadone maintenance, but I am wondering why people always seem to want to come off of it (detox) and not take it any longer?
1004111 tn?1250415392 or even several times without/on my own//a drs advice and help by rx-ing safe drugs lke clonidine to help u thru it..sub and methadone are maintenance drugs..but both can also be used short term to help wds and possibly avoid addiction to the drug u r using to avoid wds..it can b a vicious circle..for sub there is a 21 day limit/and people will argue this limit as everyone is different..if u stay on either long term u still have to pay the price of wd from either drug..
Avatar f tn The Drs these days do use Methadone and Subs for Pain or Addiction maintenance. The Subs do not block those receptors (partial agonist) as the Methadone does..(full agonist). If you are trying to come clean, and I am speaking from experience, I would just taper the dones and do not go on another drug. Just my 2 cents here, as I have experienced both, but the Subs were only short time compared to the dones. I do wish you the best on whatever is it is you are doing this for. We are here to help.
199177 tn?1490498534 How many members use maintenance drugs? What do you use ? Do You get recovery counselling as well? How long do you plan on staying on it ?
Avatar m tn Hello, I want to know how I can keep my maintenance private. A little background-I have been clean for 13 years thanks to Methadone maintenance. I have Tourrettes' syndrome, and the unbelievable thing about this drug is that it is the ONLY thing that has ever worked to keep this condition under control. I used to have extremely bad tics and made strange noises, said srange words repetitively,sniffled uncontrollably,and contrary to popular belief, never shouted out a curseword.