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Avatar f tnMethadone Associated Overdose Deaths,” March 26, 2009. Chugh, S. American Journal of Medicine, January 2008; vol 121: pp 66-71. WebMD Medical Reference: "Opioid Analgesics for Chronic Pain." Hall, A.J., Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec. 10, 2008; vol 300: pp 2613-2620. ©2009 WebMD, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Avatar f tn ve taken 60 mg before except I did not take the methadone at the same time.But, only 60 mg did the trick, with methadone in my system, but not taken at the same time. How close am I to overdosing? What IS the deadly combo? I just know this: 70 mg of methadone is great for my feet. But my shoulder? Doesn't touch that pain. It's acute. Now what?
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 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 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..
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 f tn contact your doctor and do NOT drive I found this website called HARMD a while ago, the information in this website and the statistics about methadone are scary, and this does cover methadone maintenance and NUMEROUS people that died by taking one illicit 5 or 10 mg dose of methadone, JUST ONE PILL CAN KILL !! and the facts are staggering... if you are interested in any of my research about methadone...just let me know.
Avatar n tn t have to do anything before my surgery. I am on 60 mgs of methadone daily. I also took narcotics as well as my methadone after surgery. The only difference is I don't have sleep apenia so id ask dr if its ok to take pain meds having that but if your on methadone than it should be ok.
601038 tn?1240252893 Rodriguez, 52, father of a 3-year-old and 12-year-old, was arrested on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and delivery of methadone, Soma and Xanax. He remains in jail in lieu of $2.7million bail. Although he has not been charged in connection with any patient deaths, Lake Worth police are investigating one case. Detectives did not return a phone call Friday.
Avatar n tn Are there any statistics about birth defects related to methadone addiction or any/all other things to anticipate?
1094589 tn?1257188709 well TrayCee why dont you share your "beliefs" on the statistics....I know nothing about methadone but always like to hear others "thoughts" on it.
434196 tn?1206385870 I have a friend who is prescribed methadone and 5mg oxycodone. And I always thought methadone was a opioid blocker. So wouldn't that bock the oxycodone??
603838 tn?1238534975 Hi all. One of my best friends has been taking heavy painkillers to manage pain due to disk surgery and partial replacement. They have been switching between things as heavy as morphine and methadone. They found her thanksgiving day not breathing with foam coming out of her mouth and nose. She was in respiratory arrest and flown to a better hospital in the neighboring state.
Avatar m tn In an opiate tolerant person such as myself using doses of said drugs orally, what are the chances of accidental overdose? I have read that it is difficult for an opiate tolerant person to have a dangerous overdose unless they take extremely high doses.
Avatar m tn My wife as administered a 1.0 ml dose of methadone at 7:45 am. At 10:42 am, she was administered morphine and robinul x 1 stat. She instantly died. Did the combination, that close together have any possibility of causing her death?
Avatar n tn will definitely inquire as to the reason your using methadone and benzodiazepines as the people before said,people can overdose and die of respiratory failure as the two act in a sinergistic manner. Be careful!!!
Avatar f tn If the patient ever passes out and can not be awakened, it might be a methadone overdose and patient needs the antidote. (I always wished I had a life alert alarm that would alert me if someone stopped breathing so I could quickly react and save them.) There are new ways of treating certain types of chronic pain, especially if patient has physically recovered but still feels pain. See book chapter 1 of Norman Doidge, M.D.
Avatar m tn I recently just lost a good friend to an accidental overdose of methadone/xanax/klonopin, this person had been taking methadone for many years due to a major car accident. Just want to remind those out there that are mixing opiates and benzo's just how fine that line is between your high or dying. My buddy had just had twin boys 8 days before his OD, I feel so bad for his girlfriend and family.
Avatar m tn Methadone is no joke either. The withdrawals from methadone can last a month. And they can be brutal. At 19 years of age you may get a break ..... you dont have the historical use that many do. Look for the Thomas Recipe and the Amino Acid Protocols..... they should be in the Health Pages as listed at right hand side of screen......or use medhelps search engine..lot of good information in the health pages about methadone.....and good luck to you!! Did you re-up with an 11Bravo MOS?
942290 tn?1252618549 thought many might be interested in reading what the government has discovered about the growing use of methadone and the fact that there is a huge escalation in related deaths. Its a typical GAO(government accountability office) study, ah... like huge. but WOW ,chuck full of info and facts. I never knew it caused so many deaths, and that even the Govt made this study early this year.
10286430 tn?1409048492 Hi Penny - Did you mean B6 overdose? As with any supplement it is possible to overdose B6. Symptoms of a B6 overdose can mimic MS symptoms.
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
501205 tn?1227345442 Has anyone ever been through an accidental overdose on pain pills who is willing to discuss it. I am just hoping to know what the symptoms are.