Methadone for cough

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Avatar n tn m on my 6th day of stopping my methadone after being on it for 5 years i was on 2 mg for last month and a half i feel ok with the exception of this horrible dry cough for the last few days. has anyone experienced this? if so for how long and any suggestions for a non opiod treatment of it?
Avatar n tn problem is they said i tested positive for methadone. wich ive never taken although i did take a sip of cough syrup that said on the label prometh /vc codeine syrup could this be mistaken for methadone. i had the normal oxycodone in my system. could the meth in prometh and the done in oxycodone show up as methadone , it oviosly can because i didnt take any methadon.please reply asap.
Avatar n tn ve never taken methadone in my life and am pretty upset at myself for taking a sip of cough syrup that caused me to lose the only thing that i found so far that reduces the severe sharp pain in my hip, im well aware of the fact that i broke my contract with my doctor, even though ill probily never get pain meds from this doctor or any other for that matter because of this mistake. i"ve researched misdiagnosed urine test so i know this can happen.
13354001 tn?1432155513 It would start as a tickle at the back of my throat then cough cough cough. Ugh I hated the sneezing. That only lasted about a week to 10 days though for me. I'm back to loving nights but yup I hated them well everyone slept and I wanted to beat my head with a cast iron frying pan to join them!! You're doing awesome,it will get better....get that cough checked though if it doesn't go away!
1985289 tn?1328579594 hey everyone, i have been reading lots of posts this morning and I have seen others commenting on that irritating cough. I remember many years ago when I was going through withdrawal, I always wondered what causes that irritaing cough that doesn't seem to subside for a very long time??? Any thoughts on that?? I am super curious. It is quite conincedental that whenever I would be taking opiates, and now methadone (down to 60mg. from 120mg.
Avatar m tn I TOOK MY ROOMMATES METHADONE BY ACCIDENT THINKING IT WAS COUGH SYRUP. THAT WAS OVER 8 HOURS AGO IT MADE ME SICK. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I COULD TAKE MY SUBOXONE? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP.
1909286 tn?1379435137 Yes, the coughing is normal for detox. Your respiratory system was suppressed by the methadone and now it is coming back to life. If you have access to an infrared sauna, it really helps to speed up the detox process. Cardio helps immensely too. I know you are feeling like crap, but the more you sweat, and encourage your heart and lungs to work, the better you will feel.
Avatar m tn u r just plain addicted to narcotics//sounds as if u went back and forth btw a variety of narcs with small doses of methadone as well..methadone is just a narcotic and 10 mgs is not a huge dose of methadone...keeping narcotics in ur reach is a sure way to fail...let go...flu8sh those hydros...hydro is a much more popular drug of abuse than methadone..it hits quick and is gone quick causing a user to take more and more each day...flush em sounds like u may not have a plan for this....
Avatar n tn if i was to take the promethazine and my oxycodone isnt it possible that the meth in promethazine and the done on oxycodone could show up as methadone, it has to because i have never taken methadone in my life.
Avatar f tn Hi there! Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your 8 weeks. That's awesome. Your doctor may not have heard of any one who's cough reflex was suppressed for so long having rebound cough issues, but it does happen. Someone on here last year had the same issue and it subsided after 3 months. Don't worry. Keep a Riccola cough drop in your pocket and take when cough flares up. This too shall pass.
797052 tn?1240511394 Im only taking like 25-30mg of Methadone a day for like 3-4 days!Im o n day 2 and feeling a lil crappy!By thurs or fri i will be going clod turkey,so now what your saying is im going to withdrawl from the Methadone also?????
Avatar f tn I was discharged from the hospital at the end of Feb. My Doctor put me on methadone for the pain. The perscription is for one month 8 pills a day. 4 (10 mg) tablets in the morning and 4 (10 mg) tablets in the evening. My concern is addiction. I currently have a vicodin addiction, but since I've been on methadone I don't crave the vicodin and I haven't went through any withdraw symptoms. Can someone give me some insight to what the probability is to me becoming addicted to methadone.?
Avatar f tn Sub only makes sense for you as a step down (temporary) from methadone. Methadone as you know is very hard to get off of and even tougher for 18 years but it can be done. It's makes no sense to switch to sub to stay on sub from meth because meth is a better maintenence drug. It makes a lot of sense to use sub for 6-8 weeks as a step down from meth. There are outpatient clinics that specialize in this for methadone patients and give you meds for when you get off the sub.
Avatar f tn Sorry, I forgot to ask about methadone for bipolar...I read that methadone can help with this. I'm desparate to help my husband and keep me safe..I don't want to have to file charges against him for threatening me.
Avatar n tn HI you can get methadose from a doctor and pick it up at a pharmacy it is methadone in pill form methadone is usually liquid and is dispensed at clinics you have to go every day to get it most doctors cannot prescribe methadone hence why so many go to the clinics this is nasty stuff I was on it 6 1/2 yrs I would run the other way if someone ever offered to me again it is not a way to get around withdrawals methadone withdrawals are some of the worst you can experence your best off to detox wha
939983 tn?1262528060 5 mg of hydrocodone is equivalent to about 15 mg of methadone. But this is for single dose not for long term pain management treatment. Most physicians beleive in the good practice to start low, go slow. Remember that methadone builds up in your system. It is stored in your body tissues. So it may take days before the full effectiveness of methadone is realized. Methadone levels in the blood will continue to increase for five days from the initial dose.
1985289 tn?1328579594 I did take 2 tramadol today and it is helping with aches etc.... I have been taking them off/on for about about 2 weeks for back pain. The cough medicine is over the counter delsym, but doesn't seem to be doing much really for the hacking cough. I pray I can get through this. I just found out recently I am going to be a grandmother for the 1st. time and I totally want to be sober when the back comes in late January. It's so hard right now...
Avatar f tn For anyone who has ever taken Methadone for chronic pain management...When you first started taking Methadone, how long did it take for it to control your pain? How many days, weeks, etc.? My best friend was started on Methadone to manage completely debilitating chronic pain that is the result of multiple, major, back-to-back abdominal surgeries. Tonight marks the fourth full day of her being on Methadone, and she's really not feeling any better. How long can it take?
Avatar f tn I have been on the methadone for 14 months I am ready to be off it all for sure I will say its been quite the ride with these pain meds I never thought it possible the I would be addicted to anything and even when I was doing 10ml 6x a day or actually two tens every 4hours and 30 milligrams of the morphine 3x a day I was pretty medicated and will say I was starting to abuse them by chewing and taking more than I was supposed to I always told my Dr.
Avatar f tn Boith drugs have a long half life so a long wd period, both drugs are narcotics...sub being the stronger of the two drugs mg for mg. Methadone is approved for pain relief in the US, sub is not. Main thing is she gets clean...neither drug is a miracle worker so if someone tells u so, dont listen.
Avatar f tn My sister has been on methadone for over 6 years now. She was busting scripts for percocets several times a day until she got busted. She was taking at least 40 per day. Instead of jail she went into treatment. She still is on a very high dose of methadone, the last time I asked she was at 60mg. There are so many more issues with her treatment I have questions about. How long is methadone maintenance? It appears to me she has replaced her old habit with a legal habit.. I really worry about her.
1264367 tn?1408104163 I can only eat a small bowl of oatmeal before I take my methadone and then another small one for lunch. I also have a hernia in my stomach which causes me to have tons more acid then normal. Every three months I get very painful and violent episodes of vomiting sulfur and last week for the first time ever it was also bright yellow bile. My stomach is in extreme pain when I'm about to start getting sick. I'm just so sick and tired.
631581 tn?1224844661 Not for addicts but for those who have USED or are USING methadone for chronic pain. I would really love to talk with more people who are in the same shoes I am in. But then I've had chronic pain since I was 17. I'm 34 now and it seems like it just might be my life. Without methadone I was taking 4 Advil every 8 hours and I've ruined my stomach. So there's another trade off. The fact is there doesn't seem to be an answer.
Avatar f tn TN is not a methadone friendly state. My pain management specialist had me on methadone for 12 years after trying other optoids with no success. I regained about 70% of my ability to function and good pain relief. I was able to go back to work after a year in bed. With the controversery over the increase of methadone related deaths my doctor decided to wean me off methadone and put me on pain patches, then morphine, then oxy everything.
Avatar f tn I have been on this dose for 5 years and have been able to gain my life back. The trick to using Methadone for pain is to keep the dose low and not go up. Methadone is a long acting pain reliever and works very well if you do not over use it. In the beginning it may take a week or so to get the drug into your system and working properly.
Avatar f tn She has been there for me through it all, and I hate it for her as much as I hate it for me. I hate I put her through this stuff!! ANd i do know that no one is a doctor, just opinions is all I ask for? I have to wait until May, the end of May before I can do viral load test so....its a little aggravating and we get like this at times.
Avatar m tn I agree with Motye51, why get on subs after you get out of rehab? They will detox you once your there so there is no point at getting on subs. Subs weren't created to be a long term solution anyways and a lot of people end up abusing them. In terms of your question and methadone detox...Im not sure because everybody is different. You said you've only been on methadone for 2 months so hopefully you will feel better faster than someone who has been on it for years.