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i have a freind that took methadone for 6 years and then went off of it 5 mil at a time now they are done and it has been about 14 days when will the mood swings stop?

Heroin withdrawal usually peaks within 3 days and is essentially finished within a week to ten days. Methadone withdrawal, however, may not peak for 7-10 days and may last for several weeks to months. So, if he is 14 days post methadone and moodiness is the only symptom still remaining he is doing great. Much of this is probably due to the fact that he detoxed slowly which is what I try to tell people will give them the greatest chance of success.

2008-12-02 15:40:28 by lisa w

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I took a sip of methadone to stop my withdrawl symptoms, will that hinder my treatment?

im not sure how many days but to start suboxone you have to be in mild to moderate withdrawl.
otherwise youll get sick sick sick believe me ...violently ill isnt the word for it, its bad.
if your meth starts wearig off after say 6 hours and your eyes start watering and your nose starts running id wait about 3-5 hours after that just to be sure.
I went into the clinic in moderate withdrawls (cold sweats runny eyes, and nose mild stomach cramps and crazy anxiety) and had no problems and about 15 minutes after i took a suboxone i was feeling ok. they moved pretty quick at the clinic becasue you have to be sick.

good luck and i hope you like the suboxone better i think its easier no going everyday at the crack of dawn to get right.

take care if you have any other questions please feel free to contact me

Good Luck stay strong
xx

2008-06-23 22:34:38 by 2NewHips

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2006-10-16 08:17:04 by melissa

Methadone & buprenophine are currently being used as the standard treatments for what addiction? Do you feel it is effective?

HI,

Methadone: is a narcotic pain reliever,similar to morphine.
It reduces withdrawal symptoms in people addicted to heroin or other narcotic drugs.
Taking it improperly will increase your risk for serious side effects and death.

Buprenophine : is an opioid (narcotic ) medication similar to morphine , codeine and heroin. It is used to treat narcotic addiction too.

Please note that you always consult your doctor before taking either.
Hope this helps.

2010-03-25 21:59:45 by tyk80

My cousin is a major drug addict and is trying to get off of heroine so they are giving her methadone treatments. My family was just told that my cousins money is running out now to still recieve her methadone injections and that if she doesnt get the money to still take her methadone treatments then she is going to die. I know nothing about drugs or understand any of it so if my cousin can not get the money to pay for her injections will she really die and why will this cause her too die? My mother is the one who told me this and dont know alot of information on all of this or why they say she could die from this so if someone knows any information on any of this please let me know. Im really worried about my cousin now so could this really be true? Could she really die?

Opiod withdrawal is non-lethal. So she cannot die directly from not receiving methadone, that's not true.
Perhaps there is more to the story, like the speculation that if she doesn't stay on methadone she'll go back to using and end up killing herself.

Edit: I checked the site referenced, scrolled through the in memorium section and was unable to find any deaths directly related to withdrawal. Mental illness/living around violent elements are separate issues.
Withdrawal seizures do not typically happen with opiod abuse - opiods affect the enkephalin and endorphin systems. Withdrawal seizures are associated, rather, with alcohol withdrawal, which can be lethal.

I did searches for opiod/opiate withdrawal and death/lethality on scholar.google.com, which searches medical journals among other things.

From the journal "Addiction"
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs /10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03745.x

You'll need access (usually through a university) to view the full text.

"Opiate withdrawal has been described as akin to a moderate to severe flu-like illness. Opiate withdrawal is appropriately described as subjectively severe but objectively mild."
"... The risk of death from unassisted opiate withdrawal is negligible..."
keeping in mind that the risk of dying from the flu is also negligible/not at all likely.

Also, keeping in mind that if your cousin is/was on managed doses of methadone, the withdrawal will not be as severe as coming down from an abused opiate. It is accepted in the addictions community that opiate withdrawal itself is not lethal, and also that alcohol withdrawal can be far more dangerous. Withdrawing from opiods has very little effect on the systems that would make you seizure, that would happen from using/ODing.

However, I'm sure withdrawal is a horrific experience and certainly would have an effect on mental health/the urge to use/being self-destructive. You don't, and I'd go as far as saying you can't die from withdrawing from methadone.

Another risk that is negligible: crossing the street.
Anyway, hope that's reassuring.

2008-06-01 19:39:37 by Siraco&Sophie