Taking methadone for the first time

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Avatar n tn and you have been on it for such a long time, which seems to also make a difference...i would do the bup for the time needed to get off the methadone..or take more time off from work and just tough it out...but just know...this can be done either way if your committed...good luck and if you have any questions shoot me a message...
Avatar m tn s very different from methadone but similar in one way, and that is just that it can be used as a replacement drug, but when you start methadone your gonna be on it for a long time usually, and I can tell you, its a biotch to come off of. Anyways, Im gonna stop rambling at this point, so do your research, keep posting asking questions, I know of a few couples on here that are doing suboxone together just as you would.
Avatar f tn Thanks! I'm trying my best. This is the first time I've tried to stop taking them. I was on anywhere from 35-50 mg a day and tapered down to 1.25mg a day in six weeks and stopped at that point. I was really really hoping it would minimize the w/d's but I think it only prolonged them. I was also on about 10-15 mg Percocet a day, I've never really been one to take my full prescribed doses, and have to admit I have taken a piece of one a few times....
Avatar m tn dont mix tram with methadone and you will dind recovery is slow going from methadon 90 days is typical we have had a few do it in 60 but the other is more typical you juist got to grind it out the whey proten will give your brain what it needs to rebuild its not a quick fix the is no quick fix for methadone it goes in stages the first moth is pritty ruff it gets better slowly hang in ther you can do this methadone plays by its own rules...........
Avatar m tn I agree with livngr8ful about the methadone. Methadone is much stronger than hydrocodone so I can't really see where adding that to a taper would benefit you. A few years ago I was prescribed hydocodone for back pain. I tapered with just hydrocodone and got through with little to no withdrawals. Tapering can be difficult as it takes quite a bit of willpower. If you take them as prescribed and never took them for reasons other than pain you may not have a difficult time tapering.
Avatar f tn educating urself to know better is the key as people get stuck on sub and i can see why...they r taking more narcotics than they were in the first place....30 mg of methadone would be taken care of with 2-4...6 mg max a day of sub...anymore than that could possibly be making the person high...and it is true...sub is possible to get a high from at a dose like 32 mg a day...unless u were a heavy heroin user etc...a hydro user at 80-100 mg a day can safely wd at 1-2 mg of sub and have no wds..
Avatar n tn t sit still and pace all the time. Should I be feeling this bad. I am very scared about this. Any words of encouragement would be appreciated. Have been on one or the other for a year or more, I guess.
797052 tn?1240511394 Im telling you from experience do not mess with methadone, when I was using opiates I never had too much of a problem getting off of them with the exception of a large oxycontin detox, I was taking 320-480mgs/day for over a year, I blew tons of money and nearly killed myself. After that was the first time I got on to a methadone maintenance program, worse decision I ever made, it became the worst addiction Ive ever experienced and Ive had my share.
Avatar m tn i really should have listened but i didnt. now im clean from the from the norco for 5 days and methadone 2 days. i took the methadone to help me come off the other pills. i learned my lesson though. i have been on vicodin and norco for over a year, i wasnt even getting the same happy high feeling anymore i knew it was time to quit.
Avatar m tn Three years ago I had managed to taper down from 125mgs of Methadone to 5mgs for two months, then I bit the bullet and completed the 90 day hell of Methadone withdrawal. Yeah it really, I mean really sucked. So fast forward 3 years and I now face more opiate withdrawal, this time I've been taking 40mg Oxyneo per day for about 3 months or so. Anybody have any idea the withdrawal time for such a small daily mg consumption?
Avatar n tn I know the headache it causes running out of pills and searching for more. I would do that over and over again towards the end of the month. The headache for the physical part of withdrawals will get much much better after 5 days or so. It's such a short amount of time! It's pretty much like a bad flu. Just try and look at it as just that. When you're sick you know you'll feel better after a few days. The same goes with withdrawals. What helped me the most was going for walks.
1264367 tn?1408104163 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. I've been sober for months and I talked with my PCP and he suggested that I detox off asap from methadone. I brought up that maybe my gastroparesis is from the methadone.
736475 tn?1281259327 I could not even count the amount of times I relapsed when I was abusing the vicodin.I was taking 4 at a time 5 times a day of the extra strength vikes.Looking back now I can say,and I'm only speaking about myself,those 'attempts' to quit were half hearted at best.When the time came that I decided I wanted off the methadone,it was different.
939983 tn?1262528060 I was taking 300+mg of oxycodone a day for the management of the chronic pain associated with adhesive arachnoiditis.
Avatar f tn First of all..I want to thank all of you for taking the time to respond, it's been very helpful. My sister's dose is 80 mg, much lower than when she started her tx. She does not abuse other drugs, the clinic does U A's ,she is always clean. With out methadone she would be back to busting scripts and in jail. I had no ideal the maintenance could be for life....... We live 2500 miles from each other. One year ago I stayed a week with her. I went to the clinic with her.
486507 tn?1237242081 I could kick myself for taking them again, did it just for recreational(stupid stupid me) Well again i am on 50 mg a day this time for a year so I am expecting a little more withdraws this time. The first time I had no support but this time I feel I need it so here I am reading these post and feeling scared but very excited to be off the stuff. I know the feeling of great accompishment when you start to feel better and the joy and drive it brings you once the withdraws start to subside.
939983 tn?1262528060 I take Methadone and Norco for chronic pain. I have gone through withdrawl for both and getting off of the Methadone is way harder than getting off of Norco. The Meth makes me drowsy also and I've been taking it this time for about 8 months. I hope things level out for you. Talk to your doctor about cutting back on the dose or taking something in addition to help you stay awake. Just don't cut the Meth pills in half or anything like that - could be dangerous. Good luck.
199177 tn?1490498534 CLEAN FROM OCYCOTINS FOR 4YRS. THE HERION 3YRS STILL ON METHADONE FOR THE MOMENT!!!!! CONGRADS TO US ALL SO FAR FOR A JOB WELL DONE!!!!
Avatar f tn I was previously on a variety of pain medications, oxicodone ms cotin I was then told from clinic I would have to go to a pain center and they would not be able to help me I then found out how addicted I was I went searching for a pain center to no avail and ended up finding a dr that would give methadone and the stuff they give to herion addics I could not believe I was now considered a addict I ended up seeing this dr and he gave me the methadone for pain 60mls a day I was doing fine at first
Avatar f tn Ughhh. Do you have chills? Advil isnt doing it for me. It is hard explaining to my students/coworkers why i will have 2layers of clothing on this week. What are u experiencing now?