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Avatar m tn If anyone could give me there experiences on switching from Methadone to Suboxinhow long did withdrawals last, how was the experience on Sub for the first few days, or weeks.
Avatar n tn Gnarly as well as many others speak of their first hand experiences on methadone, and many are not positive experiences. I myself spent 7 years on methadone, and it was no picnic I assure you. There is no quick fix for this, and unfortunatelly it just takes some degree of pain and a lot of patience to get over. Is there any chance you have enough meds and someone to help you with a steady taper?
Avatar n tn so im thinking about quitting the methadone and moving to suboxone how long should i wait to start takin the suboxone?
477746 tn?1254784547 i was on methadone, transitioned to suboxone...2 totally different drugs not to be compared...methadone is a full agonist meaning you get the full "benefit" of the opiod effect, it can be and is abused and mixed with other drugs that prove to be deadly, getting off methadone you are looking at up to 6 weeks of physical withdrawals and up to 3 years of PAWS, dependent on dose and length of time on it..its hell in pill/liquid form...
Avatar m tn hi. are you taking it while you detox? did a doctor prescribe the clonidine?
Avatar f tn Hi I would like to know if anyone experiences after missing only one drink 65mgs do you get very weak I mean you can hardly get dressed weak. I live in Canada I'm a 42yrs old women I've been on methadone for 2yrs I started tapering off in July/08 Its now Dec/o8 I was at 140mgs when I started going down, if anyone has any feedback for me I'd really appreciate it.
Avatar n tn My girlfriend is on 43mg of methadone currently to deal with her fibromyalgia. I am not sure how long she has been on methadone (probably over a month). We are finally in a position to start seriously looking at options to help her get off methadone. I have to be honest, I did not think too much about methadone because I didnt know too much about it and just thought it was something to help with her fibromyalgia.
Avatar n tn I am changing from methadone 15mg every 6 hours to Fentanyl 100 mg every 48 hours. I also take opana for breakthrough pain. I am a DAV hurt in a war and am always in pain. Is the amount of Fentanyl equal with the metaadone ??
Avatar f tn Does anyone have any advice, experiences, thoughts regarding going to a detox unit to come off a relatively low methadone dose (27.5mgs)? I am also on 5mg of valium, and the heart medications astrix (ie aspirin)100mgs, and Lipitor 40mgs. I am also on epilim (for migraines) 400mgs...any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
5527883 tn?1392586811 Methadone is an extremely dangerous drug, it is so powerful that once you substitute methadone for pills, the pills are no longer effective. Thus you are left scrambling to find methadone. It does have its uses in heroin or massive pill abuse but if your brother had got down to half a vicodin a day he is really playing with fire using methadone. Try to convince him to stop or come on here and read the methadone horror stories.
Avatar n tn I'm inquiring about Methadone Radip Detox. Anyone been through it?
1021643 tn?1265573848 I will trawel from Norway to Belgrade for detox from methadone. I was at 150 mg, I am now at 100 mg and will try to stay at 70 mg methadone and little diazepam before detox 5 of january. Has anyone been in Belgrade in the Dr. Vorobiev and tried this detox method, either in Belgrade or US or any place with the same detox? Does anyone have experiences to share?
Avatar f tn I find them very inspirational, so please, share your experiences! How much did you guys gain on methadone? How long after you quit methadone for you to lose the weight? What was your eating/exercising plan during this time? I look forward to hearing all your stories!
Avatar n tn I have a 40 yr old friend who came off heroin with methadone (she took the methadone for about a year) and has been on 8 mil of sub for about a year. She wants to stop and is coming to my house from 800 miles a way to do so...I know nothing about this drug and do not know anything about the withdrawls but from what I have read on these postings...What do I need to know or do to help her???
Avatar n tn I have been on methadone for 3 months at 20mg a day. 6 months before that I was doing some oxycodone for pain. I quit those and got on dones. Once I have admitted all my drug abuse to my family, I quickly decided to quit and I had a problem that I didn;t think I had until I quit and found out the withdraws. Withdraws were horrible but the 2nd time around was better because I had my secret exposed (which helped tremendously with the anxiety and depression) and I went to a hospital for help.
Avatar n tn d like to try a low dose of methadone...Well at the moment I am very glad i did! I am now on the 72hr mark off the hydrocodone. And I take 1/3rd of what was prescribed to me. I was prescribed #90 of the 10mg methadone pills take 1 threee times daily. Well I take a half of one in the morning, and a half of one late in the afternoon and thats it. I have not felt good like this in a long time. I know seasoned users will tell me that I'm still in trouble...but I want to do this.
Avatar m tn I've been on Methadone therapy for 4 years now and (of course) have dealt with constipation on and off. For the past couple weeks my whole lower stomach/groin area aches - and my left testicle hurts. My family doc scheduled an ultrasound of my testicle however it still feels that I'm constipated badly! I've pooped three times the last five days but still feel VERY full.
691385 tn?1240073267 I have been taking suboxone for seven or eight days. and I was on methadone 5mg. but I was wondering how long would it take for the methadone to get out of my system , so that if I were to start detoxing off of the sub. would I still withdrawl from methadone too? do I need to take the sub for a few more weeks and then try ? Also I have been on methadone for almost 4 years straight.
13440552 tn?1430167497 Basically my question is around what mg/orml does methadone start acting more like a opiate blocker. I started a MMP about 2-3 weeks ago. My doc there said that in the begining while my dose is still quite low that I would prob still be using my D.O.C. She said that as my dose goes up and gets closer to where it needs to be that my drug use will go down and eventually stop all together.
Avatar f tn //www.methadonedocs.com/methadone-suboxone-doctors/Alabama-Al.aspx If you do decide to go this way, I would get on the lowest dose of Methadone or Suboxone as possible. These are very powerful narcotics & are the toughest to kick. I would also add that if you are pre - diabetic or diabetic that an extended steady dose of Methadone may cause of worsen this condition. (This is something many clinics and prescribers won't necessarily mention or even know about.
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.