Methadone vs methadose

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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.
689860 tn?1238718032 If i decide to change from my 7mgs of clinic methadone to the pharmacy methadose(pills), will the methadose have the same effect? Will it hold me like the present methadone does or will i need to get adjusted to the change in meds. I know some people say it's the same, just been use to hearing methadone as my med.
7392085 tn?1390512827 i am currently on a methadone clinic & getting oxycodone from my pain doctor the clinic wants me to stop seeing her im thinking of asking my doctor for methadose pills/w oxys & getting off the clinic any advice
Avatar m tn What if any are the benefits of taking methadose, wellbuterin & alprazolam at the same time. What would be the negative effects. I am lethargic, uncaring, somewhat angry at times, no motivation, memory troubles, sweat like a water fall, constant thirst, vivid dreams and an occasional headache behind my right eye. I am on methadose to detox from an ope it addiction and I am wondering if my Dr. didn't look at interactions for this combo.
Avatar f tn Yes methadose is the same as methadone only in the concentrated form, as methadone he was having 120ml a day and felt like he was drinking a bottle of washing up liquid, the concentrate form means 12ml day, which he has reduced now to 11ml. The Doc is so adamant its cocaine/amphetamine use thats caused this problem, aggravated by the medication he is on for pain relief, depression etc.
Avatar n tn I have been on Methadose (Methadone tablet) for more than 6 years and I would not recommend anyone start it unless nothing else works, you have no money or you don't mind possibly being on METHADOSE for the rest of your life. It can take 9 months to get the drug out of your system completely and the withdraws are the worst.I would love to get off of Methadose and use something else, but i can not afford anything else right now. And you may not be able to function on it.
Avatar f tn I am wanted to get off and have them start decreasing my dose but I am scared of the withdrawals that I will have from doing that. Has anyone went through trying to get off methadone/methadose? Thanks for listening!
Avatar f tn I wish that I had never told him about the methadose vs my Loratab like I said before I think I know he takes my pain meds because I find half of pills in my bottle. But he totally made me feel like crap tonight . Yelling at me and telling me that methadose wasn't even for pain.
Avatar m tn I do not have any heart condition although i smoke and have some edema in my legs and i could be wrong but i believe that is due to my smoking and the methadone i recently {past 7 months got off of on my own at home with Kratom because i had no other options.For the last 5 months or so i got hooked on about 180-200 mgs of short acting oxycodone{not Oxycontin} There is no Tylenol in it just straight Oxycodone and i have to take it every 6 hrs or i suffer withdrawals.I am tired and want to stop.
Avatar f tn Drs prescribed methadose for heroin maintanance,wrong its just the same highly addictive. Need to know how to detox off of this. I eant my life back!
Avatar m tn Hi there! I don't have any personal experience with Methadone, but there are a lot on here that do. The thing about Methadone is that it has a really long half life and is stored in fat and tissues of the body. It takes a lot longer to fully detox and get it out of your system than say Vicodin. I'm sure the detox will be unpleasant, but I would imagine it won't be anything like jumping off at 90 mgs. That's a crazy high dose to jump from!
Avatar f tn i have been on 15mg methadose three times a day since major surgery 8 years ago. i also am allowed to take vicodin two times a day. i am first very concerned about becoming addicted even though pain levels are excruciating and only take vicodin when times get very bad.
Avatar n tn I quit a methadone thing cold turkey.....from 80-120mg - 2 or 3 40mg methadose daily. It was rough for several months. kim will give you some good advice. I dont really know what you are asking. But according to a poll done here (medhelp) not that long ago - methadone is the single worst thing to quit. Withdrawals last a long time and its a sneaky pharmocological thing also. It can be done though. Keep posting and asking questions until you are satisfied with the answers.
Avatar m tn no substitutes to get off the methadone. i have about 30 ten milligram pills left. it is methadose ,not methadone. please tell me what to do to make this as less painful as possible. i am also on 1-2 milligrams of xanax for the last three months. i started out with 0.5 milligrams of xanax. so it has not been totally three months on 1-2 milligrams. somebody please tell me how ishould do this. i think if ican get to the point where ican sleep iam tired.
620048 tn?1358018235 I hear people say how long it took them to detox from methadone and then going to detox when they are down to 2 mg..i never seem to feel any better, can't eat or sleep. And trying to hold down a part time job, which I am not doing well. I am down to pieces of the pill, they are so small I cant measure them though. If its like this now what if I just stopped now???? or how should i do it...i take a small bit in the morning and at night. I cant get them much smaller.
Avatar m tn there is a great article in the Health Pages regarding a methadone taper..methadone is just a narcotic used for pain like oxy and hydro but the long halflife makes it a bit longer to wd from...just takes a bit longer..can u ask ur dr to help u taper and give u safe meds to make it thru...do read thru the health pages///great info At a dose over 300 mgs for 10 yrs CT may be a bit severe..tapering down 5 mgs a week or so may help..
Avatar m tn hi im on methadone aswell 4 yrs now ive been havin bad withdraw 12 hrs after i take my dose its 185mg i dont know wat to do i ended taking more then screwin my self when i have to wait till i gotten go back to my clinic iv lv looked into like menapause meds vitumes and stuff but no luck iv even got pills online that say it helps with the withdraws still hurting phrymcies keep tellin me to take like benadrel well it dont work the night and day sweats the crippy crawlies the not being noable to s
Avatar f tn Will this work for her,she wants to get off of all of it in a year.Can that happen or will she be on methadone for the rest of her life.She is 55 year of age and has been doing oxy's for three years plus doing Perts for the last 7years.The perts is getting from a doctor and get 75 a months.
Avatar m tn I have been taking methadone for about 3 years, due to a lower back problem, I take 15mg 3 times a day, but alot of times doesnt stop the pain, so I end up taking 20mg sometimes, that works a little better, but I end up running out before I can get it filled again, usually about 4-5 days I have to go without it, it doesnt seem like much time, but anyone who has taken methadone knows the symptoms Im talking about when you are out!
Avatar n tn I've been going to a methadone clinic for 6 months now. I haven't been back in 5 days. My doctor has prescribed me lortab 10/500 and 25mg librium every 6 hrs. Needless to say the librrium is almost gone, Before the librium i've been on xanax for 2 years. I went 4 straight day no methadone, I feel like such a loser had my husband by me 30 10mg methadose yesterday and i feel like a failure but the hydro did nothing for my pain and the real pain doesnt even start for 7 days.
Avatar m tn She will need to miss work for a couple of days but hoslital usually isnt necessary with methadone W/D. She will get physically sick i.e., vomiting, diarrhea, body temp changes, basic body uncomfortable, achey, headache, etc....but some epsom salts and get her to take long hit soaks for the achey pains.....vitamins: magnesium, potassium, a good multivitamin, i also used bee pollen granuales. You can give her Motrin (as long as shes not allergic) 3 200mg for acheyness and body temp changes.
Avatar n tn My husband and I decided instead of cold turkey off of liquid methadose to use other opiates in small doses to help with withdrawl. Is this the wisest decision or should he try to do cold turkey. My concern is that we both have struggled with opiate addictions for 5 yrs. or more. Cold turkey is hard, but is it life threatening. My husband literally wants to die!!
Avatar f tn I am not allowed to say that I take methadone for pain relief. I can only say that pain relief is a side effect of methadone. Well this is fine and dandy until I started to travel for work. Clinic rules are strict and impossible to follow. Today I have had 3 doctors offer to take over my care, but none of them are legally allowed to prescribe me methadone.
Avatar n tn Im not sure how long its been since your dose of suboxone, but it always took me about 1hr before I would feel its effects. I was on methadone before going to sub, tapered down from 140mgs-30mgs, then started at 8mgs/suboxone. Im not really sure how methadone compares to morphine milligram wise, but if it doesnt help then talk to your doctor about adjusting your dose. You cant expect to feel great, but it should hold off the w/d's and cravings.