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is it legal for a doctor to prescribe both methadone and xanax for pain to the same person at the same time?
Of course it is legal. Methadone and Xanax (alprazolam) are not even in the same class of drugs, methadone is a synthetic phenylheptylamine opioid analgesic and alprazolam is a benzodiazepine (or more concisely a triazolobenzodiazepine) class anxiolytic, anti-panic, sedative/hypnotic.
Doctors can prescribe as they see fit. It is actually very common for opioids and benzodiazepines to be used together and people with chronic pain may take a drug like methadone routinely and they may also be prescribed another opioid like oxycodone or morphine for break threw pain.
Although Xanax should not be used and it not indicated for pain. Xanax is used to treat acute anxiety states, for the management of anxiety disorders, for panic disorder with or without anxiety, and for anxiety associated with depression.
Some benzodiazepines like Valium (diazepam), Ativan (lorazepam), and Klonopin, Rivotril (clonazepam) are effective as muscle relaxants (particularly diazepam), and clonazepam is particularly effective for treating neuropathic pain.
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what are the chances of overdose while taking these medicationsand might this result in death?
The main danger is death. Methadone is a very powerful drug, it is used to curve cravings of heroin so go figure. Xanax (Alprazolam) is also a very powerful sedative, when the two are combined the depress the central nervous system very quickly, as you probably have already found out.
Also they can cause your breathing to slow down or even stop. The way overdose works is that you fall asleep then your breathing stops.
Both Methadone and Xanax are great drugs separately, just don't mix them. It doesn't take much to kill you either, as little as 25mg of Methadone and 2-4mg of xanax combined have been known to cause death. Google Xanax+Methadone+Death and you will get tons of examples.
And as far as your Doctor that prescribed both of them together, I'd find a new Dr. who knows his meds and has your best interest in mind.
Any street level user can tell you that those are two drugs you never want to mix unless you just don't care what happens.
I am currently taking 2-3mg of Xanax a day (percribed). I am also addicted to Oxycontin. I have been taking 80-160mg whenever I can get it. Usually every other day for 2 years. I am going to a Methadone Clinic Tuesday. And I am wondering if they will perscribe me the Methadone scince I am taking Xanax. I am going through withdrawls this weekend. I need help getting off the Oxys, and am very serious about quiting, but don't have insurance to go to doctor, or espically rehab. Can the methadone really help if i'm very serious about quitting. I've heard alot of mixed thing on methadone, i'm just scared cause i really need my xanax on somedays. Thank You
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I am currently taking 2-3mg of Xanax a day (percribed). I am also addicted to Oxycontin. I have been taking 80-160mg whenever I can get it. Usually every other day for 2 years. I am going to a Methadone Clinic Monday. And I am wondering if they will perscribe me the Methadone scince I am taking Xanax. If I go in Monday will they be able to give me a dose that same day? I am going through withdrawls this weekend. I need help getting off the Oxys, and am very serious about quiting, but don't have insurance to go to doctor, or espically rehab. Can the methadone really help if i'm very serious about quitting. I've heard alot of mixed thing on methadone, i'm just scared cause i really need my xanax on somedays. Thank You
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been on methadone 6 yrs been on xanax 6 yrs 7 monthes..10mg of methadone NOW was on 120 mg aday..xanax on 2.5 mg aday = 0.5mg 5aday.. both from docs..pdoc and pain management..have no sytoms of respiratory depression..need to know the added effects of starting 25mgs aday of lamictail???? then 1 week 50 mgs go 2 weeks on that dose and hold it till seen.. prior to xanax was on 4 mg of klonpin 11 yrs sevre pantic with agoraphobia......need anwer from someone in medical or pharmacy..just a regular person wont know the toxicolicle aspect..
There should be no interactions when adding Lamictal to Methadone and Xanax. All three are at small doses. Only the Xanax and Methadone have risks. But you have not been having problems thus far. And, as always, if your doctor knows about all of your medication then you should be fine.
But there are no pharmacological interactions.
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Jimmy is a 28 year old gang member-turned cocaine trafficker-turned heroin addict-turned methadone addict. Methadone is a synthetic opiate doctors prescribe to wean people off of heroin, but the problem is that because the drug is so similar to heroin, the addicts just end up getting hooked on that instead. It seems like a very shoddy system-rehabbing people from heroin. Two highs don’t make a right, do they? Anyways, Jimmy seems to have gone swimming in the sea of denial about his problems. Even though he takes numerous methadone pills a day and mixes them with Xanax, he claims he’s not addicted because they’re all legal prescriptions. Welcome to the reality of Generation Rx-a modern moment in time when everyone has their doctor on speed dial and gets handed Ambien for restless nights, Xanax for those stressful family dinners and Vicodin for pesky headaches. Everyone has a new drug dealer and it’s called Walgreens pharmacy. These addictions are easy to be in denial about because instead of meeting some random in an alleyway for your drugs, you can go to a fancy brightly-lit office and talk to some dude with a PHD. You know, I thought that being cognizant of your addiction was a prerequisite to being casted on the show but I guess the producers are looking for a harder edge in season 9.
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