Methadone dosage no tolerance
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Ask anyone here they will tell you no no no!!! Just get off the drugs do not substitute them for something stronger. Methadone in my book is the straight devil. If you wana go thru 3 months or longer of straight heIL on earth then methadone Is the way to go. Please take what others say to heart. Just quit when possible.
Methadone produces no serious side effects, although some patients experience minor symptoms such as constipation, water retention, drowsiness, skin rash, excessive sweating, and changes in libido. Once methadone dosage is adjusted and stabilized or tolerance increases, these symptoms usually subside. From what I was able to read, there are no real side effects of Methadone that would cause the issues you are experiencing.
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As with heroin and all other opiates, methadone tolerance and methadone dependence usually develop with repeated doses. Tolerance to Methadone administered in a pain-control program usually occurs during the first few weeks of use; whereas respiratory depression, sedation, and nausea can be seen immediately.
This means as little as 25mg of methadone has been known to kill adults with no tolerance to opiates. This is a surprisingly low lethal dosage for many people, but I assure you it is true.
Methadone has a very long half-life, unlike heroin, which is a short-acting opiate. So 36 hours after taking methadone, the user will still have half as much of their initial dose in their system.
A lot of people get hung up going back and forth from one drug to another and build up tolerance and dosage until they figure out their in drug hell and want to stop more than anything else. That's when they stop. However it's easier to stop the lower your dosage and the less time you've been using. I don't know if "scared" of being dope sick is the right word?
methadone is gd for pain but it doesnt last 24 hrs like they say,if it lasted longer and we didnt get a tolerance it would b gr8 but i didnt like it much.i was on methadone yrs ago and i hav hep c no hep c symptoms then i got on the methadone and i got all these symptoms which i thought was hep c but it wasnt. on tx now but just to let u no how i felt on methadone was really tired most of the time, sweaty, chills,moody, very achey etc especially after u get tolerance to it.
For most people, as long as you are consistently putting a narcotic into your body, you will grow a tolerance. But I know someone who has taken percocet for over 20 years and has been at the same dosage basically the whole time. Everyone is different. Have you tried medications other than narcotics?
Ive been on pain meds for 5 or so years, and am curious if anyone else who has taken them for that long, has experienced them 'not working' anymore? we build our tolerance, and eventually its not the same. does that mean its time to stop taking them b/c they arent working like they used to? or wein down to get tolerance lower? does this get to a point where regardless of how hight the dosage, there comes a point where they stop working all together?
I however have been taking phenphedrine ( diet pill), to help increase my energy during the day for working out and to lose weight. So far on the 12th day of no methadone ive not experienced any of the horror storie withdrawal symtoms everyone writes about. I do however have insomnia and mild diahrea and occasional sneezing. I know these symptoms are my body telling me it wants methadone.But i can handle this. I just want to know how much longer till i feel 100% again.
Gnarly, I can't begin to congratulate you on the progress and method of your recovery. Our son died of a methadone OD last April after a 2 year struggle with his addiction. He had a very high tolerance (as much as 1600 mg that I know of).
I think his death was due to two factors: 1) trying several times to taper too fast (he was always in a hurry); and 2) when he relapsed, miscalculating the dosage, because of loss of tolerance.
Well he would ask me how I was doing and I told him ok for the most part, but feared my body was developing a tolerance. He left me on this dosage for one more month and then at my last appt he asked how I was doing again, which I told him I was developing a tolerance. He then cut me down to 5mg 3X daily. My problem is , this is NOT working. I am still going through withdrawls, feeling sick, all the nasty symptoms though I am taking the 5mg 3X a day like prescribed.
Hi there everyone. I'm new here and have a question that I hope someone here can help me with. I'm a 32 year old female with chronic pain. I have cervical dystonia in my neck, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, and hidertitis supperteva (sp?). I had been taking 20 mg opana 2x day along with 30 mg Oxycodone 4x day. My pain management doctor changed my dosage this last month to 40 mg opana 2x day and 30 mg Oxycodone 3x day.
Mr Lucky thats strange i actualy hated opiods when i used to take them prior to methadone, made me nausated etc etc, and well i never got no Euphoria of them, then i got hold of methadone, at first i hated that too then i vomited after that i felt euphoria much like a H addict would i hear after you vomit...and well months turned into years and here i am dependant on it.... btw i am still no wrapped in opiods, my Main DOC was benzo's alchol belive it or not....
Those dosages are not even save while pregnant! They can put you on methadone with a closely monitored dosage that will be better from you and you wont go through the complete withdrawls! And the lose dose isn't safe. I have high risk doctors, for pregnancy and they have said that only vicodin, and methadone in monitored doses are safe.
However, when your not pregnant you really need to come off the medicines.
If you are taking Methadone for the high/good feelings it gave you, then you are taking it for the wrong reasons completely.
Typically, when you are put on a long term pain medication, your body acclimates to it, and you stop experiencing the side effects that someone new to the medication would have for a short time. It is called tolerance. I was on methadone for severe back pain and I never, ever got "high" or felt good, happy or whatever you want to call it from it.
I think that combining Xanax with any of them runs the risk of CNS depression (respiratory problems) but it all depends on dosage, tolerance, and how frequently the meds are combined...... but your doctor can help you make this decision...hydromorphone, however (dilaudid) is fairly short-acting and i would not consider it a substitute for methadone, which has a significantly longer half-life...
is taking this much narcotics safe? do you think this dosage of methadone is sufficient at the beginning to replace the oxy for pain control? is it ok for him to start using the ultram as he is tapering off the oxy (to be taking all three drugs for a period)?
any other thoughts or suggestions are very much welcome.
thank you.
Perks are not very strong, compared to methadone or bupe, so your tolerance would be more affected than anything. Just my opinion. If you take a few perks, then they wear off in a few hours, then what, take more, then more? No, if you want to be stable, imo, you need to talk to your doctor about a more appropriate dose of bupe, at least long enough to taper down.
If we knew what type of drugs and how much he was taking PRIOR to the methadone we may be able to give you an educated guess.The fact is though the dosage amount of the methadone is not really the issue here.The fact that your son is still very much in active addiction and playing a deadly game with some fatal combinations is the real issue.You can't blame his behavior on the methadone,thats not what is doing this.
I am currently Methadone 2.5mg q12h & Oxycodone 15mg tid prn for pain management and Klonopin 2mg qd for Anxiety, along with two other non narcotic pain relievers (SSRIs & SSRNIs). I can tell you from research and experience that Methadone is sometimes prescribed along with moderate dosages of Oxycodone as an alternative to increasing the dosage of Oxycodone. Methadone acts as a potentiator, increasing the efficacy of the Oxycodone due to increased tolerance.
told me to wear one on each leg at the same time. I was then put on methadone. TI was told I could take methadone safetly for many many years. I stayed so sick the entire time, I was in the ER at least once a month The detox was so bad, it lasted a month. My husband had to take off work to stay with me. This time the drug is a compounded medication. Hydrocodone - 30mg, and DM with a filler of Metamucil. My doctor increased the dose over time. I cannot take that much Tylenol.
My point to all of this that I have been to good PM Drs and to very poor PM Drs, I wa s recently changed from ER meds to methadone with 30mg of IR oxycodone 1-2 every 4-6 hours as needed for break through pain, I have been on the meds for so long that my body has built up a tolerance to the meds and they are no longer effective, I by know means want to increase the amount and/or strength of the medication. Anyone in a similar situation, successful changes, etc???
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