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Methadone helps me to stay off heroin, i have to sneak and make a 2 hr drive 6 days a week to clinic for methadone. I use my moms car and nobody knows i am doing this, this is very difficult to do and very expensive, I dont know that my strait and religous family will understand.

heroin is cool

2006-11-30 16:53:43 by wild 1

Methadone maintenance continues to be a controversial issue. Dr. Zona responds to a caller on the issue. KCAA radio, October 13, 2009.

i am concerned that he is experincing extreame sleepiness and respitory depression. his breathing is slow and deep. and he wants to sleep all the time. is this a normal side effect from the methadone or withdraw from the opitate? or should i be concerned that it is perhaps an overdose? i know they monitor the intake of methadone that he is given, i'm just concerned and i don't know much about the drugs.
thanks.

I have two friends on methadone. At a high dosage they were drowsy. Maybe your friend is on a lot. Methadone is an opiate so that's an effect of it. His drowsiness ought to get better as they slowly lower his dosage. My friends are both in different methadone programs but they both still get their vitals checked when they go in for their doses. If you're worried you could go in there with him and talk to the person who hands it out.
It's probably NOT a symptom of withdrawal-people withdrawing from heroin are the opposite of drowsy. They are extremely agitated, runny nose, flu-like symptoms, nausea, vomiting, can't sit still, can't stop talking about how they NEED heroin. One of my friends up and jumped out the flipping window once! When we got outside he was throwing up blood all over the lawn. Sheesh glad I was smart enough to never ever touch that shite!

2007-10-23 13:18:40 by kimmy pach

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My parents have put up with so much crap from me & helped me with raising my oldest son. I just think that their going to be disapointed in me again. I am 30 years old now but they've been dealing with this addiction problem of mine since I was 13 & the heroin problem specifically for over 8 years now. All though I finally feel as though I'm getting my life in order I'm afraid that they just won't understand & they'll look @ it as if I'm still using. What do you think is the best way to tell them any ideas? My husband & I are moving in with my Grandmother to help her & she lives very close to my parents so I'm afraid that their going to find out, cause I go to the clinic every morning so I thought that it would be better that they hear it from me then someone else.

I would talk this out with someone at the clinic. - noone can tell you what to do but it can be easier to make a decision when talking it out with others. I would think you are on a step program and if that is the case perhaps you should consider :

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

I cant answer for your parents but I can say if you were my daughter I would be proud of you for your efforts. What you are dealing with is a very difficult situation to be in. Being a parent I would acknowlege this and suport you in any and every way I could..... But Im not your Mom
Good luck

2006-10-04 09:11:54 by Liza M

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Is it real hard to get off; about how long after stopping will you start feeling ok again??

I was on methadone maintenance as recently as a month ago.
If you do a slow drop in your milligram intake it is not very painful to get off. I was ok in about 2 days and never really felt that bad anyway.

The key to the whole thing is slowly getting off, DO NOT try to rapidly drop the dosage and then all of a sudden stop taking it completely. You will experience bad withdrawl symptoms.

Methadone maintenance saved me in a way. I did it for alomost a full year. But don't get too comfortable on methadone, it can be very addicting. Use methadone as a drug to get off drugs.

I suggest after you get to the peak of your dosage, that you drop the methadone dose at a rate of 1-2 milligrams per week.

2006-04-24 07:01:20 by cat hens

i didnt know midrin was C1V classification

No, it should not. However, bring the prescription package with you, and tell them, so that this is not an issue.
Also, if migraine headaches are a problem, everyone should be aware so that a plan for management can be constructed.
Best wishes.

2009-11-22 07:30:20 by teresawww2000