Methadone Drug Addiction .com

No one takes me serious so please serious anwsers only
thanks for all of the help

Key medical problems are blood pressure and the possibility of seizures. While there is little that can be done about the seizure potential except to observe. The other issue is blood pressure. Elevations in blood pressure could lead to cardiac issues and stroke. The blood pressure should be monitored during the withdrawal period and the patient taken to the A&E if it becomes significantly elevated. If your physician is available, he/she may be willing to monitor and prescribe a low dose antihypertensive during this period. Nausea and vomiting are not uncommon, and medications for this are helpful.

I have found that the withdrawal period from methadone is quite prolonged, due to it's long half life, but these measures help rid the toxins and relieve the symptoms some.

The following nutritional guidance may be helpful during the withdrawal period.

Oral nutrition: Increase the right proteins!!!! Proteins are the building blocks for neurotransmitters and neurotransmitter receptors…as well as the building blocks for your natural opiate receptors

• For 3 weeks you must remove all red meats from your diet. Red meat has chemical components that increase inflammation and pain. Fish, chicken, eggs are good sources of protein. If you are having a hard time taking in solid foods go to a health food store and buy protein powders that can be made into smoothies or drinks. You absolutely must have increased protein intake…proteins are the building blocks for all enzymes, neurotransmitters, and enzyme receptors in the body. No chemical works in the body without receptors. Just like opioids have to have opioid receptors.

• L-Methionine—a sulfur bearing amino acid…necessary for the production of S-Adenosyl-methionine (SAM-e)…SAM-e is a necessary cofactor in the production of the master neurotransmitters—serotonin, dopamine, adrenalin, and nor-adrenalin…this must be added to any amino acid therapy directed at rebuilding neurotransmitter production and function…500 mg—two twice per day

• Increase your intake of raw fruits and vegetables…you get little or nothing from canned foods…fresh fruits and veggies are loaded with fiber which help bind and remove toxins from your body…they also normalize gut function

• Stay off candy, and other sugar heavy foods

• Drink lots of good water, green teas are good for the antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties…no cokes or soda waters for three weeks

• When capable you must start exercising…swimming is best because it is low impact exercise…yoga…tai chi…walking daily…detoxing or otherwise…exercise is a normal component of good health.

Supplements: Some need less and some more…remember the efficacy of all nutrition and supplement use is ultimately guided by your genetics…and we are all different to some degree…

Multivitamin with a strong mineral component: in gel caps only…an excellent quality multivitamin is absolutely necessary…remember that vitamins and minerals are cofactors/coenzymes for repair, healing, and normal function of the body…most times I have patients double up on multivitamins for the first 3-4 weeks

Mineral complex: see above

Fish oils, or flax seed oil.: necessary for repair and proper function of cellular membranes…anti-inflammatory…these need to be mixed omega 3, omega 6, omega 9 oils—4000 to 6000 mg per day in split doses…although some can be purchased as liquids and mixed with your smoothies.

If you don’t do the drinks…get proteins as free amino acids…double up

L-Glutamine 500mg caps…at least 2000-3000 mg per day…split the dose so that your doing it at least twice per day…helps heal the gut and the building block for GABA…the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter…helps slow things down…Do not take GABA as a supplement…GABA is make in the brain…when out side the brain the molecule is to large to cross the blood brain barrier…the building block for GABA is L-Glutamine or Glutamic acid…these building blocks readily cross the blood brain barrier.

Valarian Root 450 mg: Botanical that reduces anxiety and helps one to sleep…Kava, Jamaican Dog Wood, Lemon Balm, Avena are all nervine botanicals which can be used together or by self…I find the doses for each individual varies but typically 1000 to 1500 mg every 4 hours.

Melatonin…dosages vary…this is a hormone released from the pinal gland in the human body at night time for sleep…this is essential for those coming off opioids…in my experience as little as 1 mg to 30 mg has been effective…do what you have to do…I’ve had addicts coming off $100.00 a day habits sleep 4 hours the first night…start low and add 3-5 mg every half-hour till sleep…research on healthy volunteers using up to 100 mg of melatonin in a single dose shows little side effects…Melatonin is also known as a very strong antioxidant with 1000 times the potency as Vit E…Take only at night when you would be going to bed at the regular time…the room must be dark…that’s the way this hormone is released in the natural state…

Full Spectrum antioxidants: relieves inflammation and helps normalize inflammatory pathways and reduces damaging molecules (free radicals) present in the system while detoxing

Vitamin C: 2000-3000 mg per day divided doses…

Reduced L-Glutathione 300mg per day: Helps liver detox metabolites of methadone…Detoxing agents can be found in many products…most in combinations…

Adrenal Support: Research has shown that methadone, and drug use in general, has profound effects on the adrenal glands. In fact, research shows that there is a profound negative effect by methadone on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. This is why those that withdraw from methadone have protracted fatigue and problems with anxiety and insomnia. I often use freeze dried adrenal extracts in treatment with fairly good results. You’ll find these products listed under names such as Adrenal Plus, or Adrenplus…the starting dose is around 1000 mg per day in split doses.

Milk Thistle with alpha-Lipoic Acid is one combination that I use extensively---for liver repair and detoxification…1200 to 1500 mg of milk thistle and 400 mg of lipoic acid per day in split doses

This is the basics. There is absolutely no way to eliminate all the problems associated with withdrawal from opiates...one must have a supportive environment and sometimes with daily visits from a compassionate health care provider…This will not kill you…it will be a miserable event… In fact, cold turkey deaths coming off opioids are rare and usually associated with other health problems, or overdosing on prescription medications…withdrawal from opioids is much less of a risk than total withdrawal from alcohol. I wish you all luck on this endeavor…My compassion and empathy goes out to you…Ultimately, I know that you can do this…after all…it has to be done.

I will tell you that I was on methadone for several years following an injury while I was on active duty in the Army. The above is a result of my research, I used this when I came off, and have used these measures for other patients when I stopped their medications once the need for the medication was over.

Good luck.

2008-04-29 15:09:23 by jessica 21

Addiction to methadone can be viewed as a disease that attacks the central nervous system, and common symptoms include gastrointestinal distress ...

My boyfriend has been on suboxone since June, for methadone dependency. We cannot afford the $800.00 a month bill anymore so he has been easing himself off, and has gotten down from 32mg a day to 2mg a day. He has went 2 days and was going through so much pain he took 2 mg's again. I thought muscle relaxers may help but he has no health insurance so no prescription. Is there anything else he can take to ease the withdrawal pains in his feet and legs? I don't know what to do for him.

alcohol would probably help with the pain but is not very healthy. Same goes for marijuana.
I would say nothing really but to create new habits to do that are not harmful
like drinking water or chewing gum

2008-12-21 10:21:33 by ashcad124

I was on pain management for five months. I was taking methadone, and I have been taken off of all of it. I am having a very hard time with the withdrawal. Anyone know how to make this any easier? I want to jump out of my skin!!
I'd also like to throw in this question as well: How long will this last for?

Also: my doctor was the one who quit prescribing. I don't have to go cold turkey, but all he gave me was 20 5 mg Vicodins and 800 mg Motrins. I'm trying to ration the Vicodins to only 1 or 2 a day because they make the nausea even worse, and they don't help much either.

The doctor thought that I was selling my pills because I ran out early. I assure you that I was not.

Well I have never taking methadone , but I was on cocaine for eight years so I know a lot about addiction, my advice might not fit your needs but I would try to sleep as much as possible I would sometimes take tylenol PM so that I could. Have friends over it's always better to suffer in company than alone. And Good Luck I really feel for you and understand how hard this could be. Please hang in there there is a light at the end of the tunnel, I have managed to stay clean for almost three years. I wish you the best and I will pray that you are strong enough to get through this.

2006-08-10 19:39:34 by Billy's Wife

I've been using opiates - Mainly but not limited to Vicoden, Lora-tabs, Loracets, and Hydrocodones at about 80-120mg a day for about the past 6-8 months. I would often substitute Ocy's, Percs, or Opanas in order to fill that void when I couldn't get my hands on the hydro's. I kicked the addiction once before years ago when it was much stronger at about 200-500 mg of Oxycontin daily. I was struggling so badly this last time though and I'm not sure why. The cravings where more than I could bear and the withdrawals where to the point where I couldn't even work. I'm loosing all my friends and not doing the things I used to love before. I am currently on day 5 of sobriety and am starting to feel like a normal person again. The only main concern is that I purchased 3 10mg methadone's off the street and took them @ 20mgs - 2x10 on day four and 1 10mg methadone on day five. I must say that I honestly feel like a new person and fully have no desire to relapse or purchase more methadone for the purpose of easing withdrawals or cravings. I'm pretty sure I fought through the worst of it. Regardless for me there is no going back. Id rather be sick for another week than depend on a pill to keep me going. After all, I know they will be the death of me and the end of everything I love if I continue the path that I was on. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if the opiate withdrawals from the hydro's are gone now that I am done with the methadone or should I still look forwards to another week of sickness without the methadone. Any moral support would help. I am sure I am going to get a lecture about illegally using 3 methadone to aid me in kicking my habit but that's by no means what I am looking for. I am wondering if my opiate withdrawals will return now that my short (but honestly - extremely helpful) methadone supply is gone. II have absolutely no intention of returning to either one of these HORRIBLE drugs. I just would really like to know where I stand. And any moral support or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please no lectures as depression is already an ongoing issue. Thanks in advance for any answers or support. There is no turning back for me - its either now or never.

Hey man, good for you for recognizing how your addiction affected not only others, but your own life. Identifying that the drug changed your own life is the hardest thing to do from your own perspective.
I am not a medical person, but If you've already felt like you were coming down from the withdrawal sickness (it was weaker than the day before when you took the methadone) then the methadone will unlikely cause your sickness to come back in spades. You will undoubtedly feel sicker than if you didn't take them, but I don't think anyone can judge you for wanting to get rid of the pain withdrawal can cause.

All I can say is, the sickness will only last for a short time compared to the rest of your life, and if getting off opiates is your MAIN CONCERN, then living through the day to day pain for only a little longer is worth it while it might not seem like it at any given moment. STICK IN THERE!

Get a dry erase board or a sign and write "Never Again" on it, or something to that effect, and have it somewhere that will constantly remind you to never start again. It might sound stupid, but having that sign as a symbol of your strength will help you stay off them forever, even though you might think "there's no way." There's always a chance that you'll start again, and you need that constant reminder of how horrible the drug is and how it affects you/those around you to keep you from never starting again.

2009-11-19 00:02:32 by Anonymous and Worried

the counter medicine.male 47 yrs old using heroin for 4 yrs interveniusly weight 180 pounds. Withdrawal symtoms include diarea, cold chills, hot flashes, muscle pain, lower back pain,stomach cramping. I need to know is there anything that can be bought over the counter to ease withdrawal symtoms? and what can be presribed and in what dosage to ease withdrawal symtoms. Anybody out there can help please do. Live in Chicago, IL. and there is no free medical detox that I know of if anyone out there knows a place that will admit someone without medical insurance,in Chicago IL. please let me know . Write Back A.S.A.P.

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2006-06-02 22:49:40 by KitCat