Methadone Drug Addiction .com

Seriously?

2008-12-22 00:18:04 by Ravey

Local ABC Affiliate KTVX examines Dr. Webster's interview on 20/20. Originally aired 9/27/06 www.zerodeaths.org

and I have only 20 mgs. left hopefully to save for tommorow,cause from past experience my worst two days of withdrawal are usually the first 2.

ONE WORD: SUBOXONE/SUBUTEX

Methadone is not a good solution these days, it creates it's own problems. Try Suboxone or Subutex. You must get it prescribed by a Psychiatrist. Also the co. that makes it gives doctors applications for two-three patients to be on it for free (it's $285/ mo., cash price) You have to ask for it though. I know people with a much worse habit than you and they are functioning great with Suboxone maintanence. It essentially stops the kick!!! It gets rid of opiates in the body (Subutex) and then Suboxone does not allow you to feel high even if you did opiates again!

http://www.suboxone.com/patients/resourc es/find_a_doctor.aspx

SUBOXONE is the first opioid medication approved under DATA 2000 for the treatment of opioid dependence in an office-based setting. SUBOXONE also can be dispensed for take-home use, just as any other medicine for other medical conditions.

The primary active ingredient in SUBOXONE is buprenorphine.

Because buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist, its opioid effects are limited compared with those produced by full opioid agonists, such as oxycodone or heroin. SUBOXONE also contains naloxone, an opioid antagonist.

The naloxone in SUBOXONE is there to discourage people from dissolving the tablet and injecting it. When SUBOXONE is placed under the tongue, as directed, very little naloxone reaches the bloodstream, so what the patient feels are the effects of the buprenorphine. However, if naloxone is injected, it can cause a person dependent on a full opioid agonist to quickly go into withdrawal.

SUBOXONE at the appropriate dose may be used to:
Reduce illicit opioid use
Help patients stay in treatment
by

Suppressing symptoms of opioid withdrawal
Decreasing cravings for opioids

2009-08-30 10:38:11 by Donna Holloway

I'M THINKING NO...YOU NEED 5-6 DAYS TO BE CLEAN OF METHADONE, BUT IF YOU WANT THE SAFEST ANSWER, ASK THE PHARMACIST HE KNOW MORE ABOUT SUBOXONE THEN THE DR. DOES. AND GOOD LUCK ON THIS TRANSITION.PRISILLA

2008-03-20 06:29:54 by lisa m

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now and again is helping me or just prolonging the restlessness,am i doing this right do you have any other advise for me .this is sooooooooo hard

You've been on Methadone for 5 years? What milligram where you on when you started to come off of it? Are you trying to detox yourself @ home? Are you taking the liquid or the pills? Sorry so many questions, but if you answer these,it would be alot more helpful. I detoxed myself off of Methadone, and it is hell. I will go ahead and tell you how I did it, then if you answer my questions I may be able to help out a little more. How I started was (I took liquid the majority of the time, sometimes pills), (the liquid is easier to come off of because you can gradually bring yourself down). If you can get liquid, go to the pharmacy and ask for an oral syringe so you can measure in milligrams. The first week go down 2 milligrams, continue that for a week, and go down 2 more milligrams, repeat that until you are eventually off the methadone. It is a long process but it is the best way to do so the withdrawal isn't as bad. It can take 6-12 months to fully recover from methadone withdrawal. It took me about 6months to feel "good"! Also when your coming down Vicodin, or Percocets will help with the sickness, but try not to take to many, it will defeat the purpose of getting off the Methadone, just take them when you a really uncomfortable and can't take the pain. Zanax, Valium, or Somas will help if you take them at night so you can sleep. Hope this helps a little bit, and God Bless you, it's going to be a long hard road, but in the end you will feel amazing.

2010-05-04 07:10:23 by T doggy

this can be found in your system up to six weeks. It depends on how fast your liver can process out the medicine. It also can leave your system within three weeks. It just depends on how well your body is functioning.

2007-08-27 07:46:35 by Ashley B