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Avatar f tn I take 70 mg of methadone a day - 30 mg in the AM and 40 mg at bedtime. Works terrific for neuropathy! In fact, it gave me back my life! Been on it now for 8 years, and have not increased the amount for the last five years. Still working so why mess with it, right? BUT I was in an accident last March, and it tore up my right shoulder. An another doc said it was inoperable but .. we shall see. In the meantime, I was given 15 mg oxycodone to take for pain, every 6 hours.
Avatar f tn I take 95mg of methadone a day. I take 8 mg klonipins a day. I also take 1mg xanax as needed. Am I in any danger?
Avatar f tn Methadone and methadose are the same medication. Methadose (40 mg and above) comes in wafers/tablets that can be broken in halves or quarters to reach the required dosage and can be dissolved in water before taking if needed. Methadone tablets/liquid are taken whole.
Avatar n tn I have been on MMT for 7 years and used to have a dose of 90 split but for the past 2years I have been buying ten mg methadone pills and taking twenty five in the am and twenty five in the pm then the person I was getting them from started messing around with the cost etc so I went back to the clinic I am aside of myself that I am not being allowed to come down off my dose. I think suboxone is a better choice because i can get the prescription and not stand in line everyday that makes me crazy.
Avatar f tn hey tj, i was also on methadone, but i spent years on and off of methadone and suboxone, i have detoxed every way possible, i also had concernes with pain returning after detox, and i am a parent, so i can definantly relate to your struggle, i consider myself a taper master, lol, not really but i have done it so many times myself and i spent a year working the detox med counter in a rehab, the biggest obstacle for those doing an at home taper is the return to use, detoxing off any opiate takes a
1185437 tn?1264302349 Sir, I have been taking this drug (around 30 capsules daily)having the composition - Dicyclomine hydrochloride 10 mg, Dextropropoxy-phene hydrochloride 65 mg, Paracetamol 325 mg from 1997.My left foot (till just below knee) and my finger tips has a strange sensation permanently.It feels like when you sit in a position for a long time.like having a sensation yet no feeling.Now what can i do to start getting rid of this abuse and improve my health. I am 32 years old.
434196 tn?1206385870 It stopped working and the amount of other pain meds I need to take is crazy. I can take my 160 mg of methadone plus 120mg of morphine and get no extra pain relief, Its crazy, stay off the Methadone, its really bad and stops working long term. Good pain docs know they have to change the meds after 6 months. But its a hard work and they (the docs) dont like the extra work. Just like they dont like calling you on the phone, Im ready to go to mexico and pay a doctor there to take care of me!
Avatar m tn If you are still worried, I would look up the half life of 30 mg of methadone. To my knowledge Methadone is stronger longer acting than Oxycodone. Since you were not on it long that is the way I would decide.
Avatar f tn My son has been on methadone 140 mg for over 3 years he has been trying to find a state funded detox center because he has no medical insurance and recently lost his job. There aren't any state funded facilities that will accept him being on that high of a dose, 40 mg is the maximum accepted. He can continue going to the clinic to taper off the methadone because he can not afford to pay for it, and does not have transportation to get to the free clinic 30 miles away.
Avatar n tn Hi! & Welcome, As everyone else has asked - How's she doing? There's an anti-dote to opiate overdose, including Methadone called Naltrexone. I hope they're keeping her in the hospital because Methadone overdose is tricky because of it's long half-life. They can bring you back in the ER - you walk out and you can go under again. So, if they have the tox. #'s - that's good - they can gauge where's she's at.
Avatar n tn For this reason people who overdose on methadone often actually do so as much as a day or two after they took it." ------------------ i'm sorry you lost your brother -- the disease of addiction takes far too many. sadly, most of the deaths could be avoided if we addicts had the capacity to realize just how much trouble we were in and how badly we needed help. for most of us, by the time we think our feet MIGHT be getting wet, we're already in over out heads.
Avatar m tn I was at his office for my monthly visit and he want to start me on Methadone 5 mg. twice a day and Dilaudid 4 mg. for b/t pain issues. Last week I took this Rx and I did not sleep at all. It also felt like my skin was crawling. The next am I had called his office and I told him about the above issue and he said to take Methadone 2.5(broke pill in half) and also said to take in a.m. and not in p.m. I am scared to do this b/c I don't want to feel like I did the other wk.
Avatar n tn I have a mood disorder and take selexa 40 mg, topomax 200 mg (migrains)and seraquel 200 mg for sleep. I keep the methadone as low as possible bc the withdrawal are awful. Whenever you go to a new Doc always tell them what you are taking. Have a good Holiday.
Avatar n tn What does this say about how good WellbutrinXL is for me? I felt the same way taking 900 mg as I did taking 450 mg. I did call my doctor who told me to take 150 mg today and resume the 450mg (my regular dose) tomorrow. Any thoughts? Thank you.
1036594 tn?1252816639 I agree with salsinator- if you can do professional detox, go for it. It wasn't an option for me. I detoxed from norco which has 10 mg of hydrocodone, while regular vicodin has 5 mg (if that is what you are taking- I'm not sure). I was taking 10/day (which is 100 mg) and quit ct. Was it fun? Absolutely not. But the pain subsides within a few days and you have your life back. My main concern is that you don't think you want to quit.
1800740 tn?1324237171 I took my last dose of methadone 20 mg this past Sunday Nov.27. My induction to suboxone is Fri. Dec.2 - tomorrow. The dr, gave me clonodine & an antihistimine for sleep. I have been on dones for 9 years at 30 mg. I took 20 mg last 2 weeks on them. I don't feel anything but pins & needles in my neck. I am very sleepy from meds dr. gave me. Will I be ready for tomorrow or will I have to wait? I thought I'd be much sicker than this.
Avatar n tn There is an easier way however. Have your doctor prescribe Methadone, 10 mg tablet. Take 1 or 2 every 6 to 8 hours, or wait as long as you can stand it. Eventually, I got down to 2 Methadone per day total, then to 1 per day, then ½ per day, until I found myself forgetting to take it. There is no drug interaction between Percocet and Methadone, but about 3 to 3% of the population has a bad reaction to Methadone, so check with your doctor before starting.
466909 tn?1207568232 That is exactly why addicts should avoid Talwin (pentazocaine) - after it started being abused on the streets the Company added narcane to the formulary. An addict taking Talwin will be tossed immediately (almost) into nasty precipitated withdrawal. Trust me, I've been there. And if you are od'd on methadone the first thing the EMT's do is suspect a narcotic overdose and inject narcane (the antagonist) - this can lead to strong enough shock to induce respiratory arrest....
541465 tn?1219427886 But when your stepping down off methadone 5 mg a week til you get to 30 mg is it ok to taje them then while cutting down I hear you can I'm needing the help bad I know they cause adverse affect but would one tramadol hear an there be ok as lkng as I'm going down
Avatar n tn s experience, these are both serious dangers in methadone recovery, and should be kept in mind. In the overdose, loss of consciousness happens VERY quickly, and can result in death from respiration failure in only a few minutes.
Avatar n tn I just accidently gave my 60 pound dog an oxycotin 40 mg pill, what should I do
Avatar n tn I think they still qual to give it. I would have wanted a doctors order but with overdose you only have a small window to save pt.. That is probally what they were thinking he was ODing on Methadone..
632245 tn?1222544440 Please whatever you do tell your doctor when your last dose of methadone was. My friend took methadone one day and sub the next, she went into horrible wds. This is a dangerous transition, not so much with pain killers as long as you wait about 12 hrs after your last pill , but the methadone is a different situation.
Avatar n tn i stoped this drug for 2 months and yesterday i decided to take it but the last prescription the pharmacy made each tablet 100 mg. and i forgot thinking it was only 25 mg and yesterday i took 2 tablets of 100 mg ( 200mg) thnking they were both only 50 mg. yesterday i didn't sleep as my legs started shaking and kicking all nights , my heart beats so fast, and i feel nausious and dizzy. now i'm still feeling the same and a little bit of fever.