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There are a lot of other medications available for the treatment of opioid addiction. I was just wondering what makes other people choose those over methadone.

Methadone can only be administered in methadone clinics and thus the patients will have to make do with taking some time daily to get their dosage. Aside from this, methadone can also get the patient addicted to it. Addiction to methadone, though, is not as dangerous as getting addicted to other opiates. However, at some point, the patient will have to go through withdrawal from methadone. Withdrawal from methadone must never be done without the supervision of a physician.

2007-08-29 23:39:31 by catherine_ann

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i am addicted to opioids and i seriously need help i heard that methadone can be taken while living a normal productive life is this true and where can i get this? there is no clinic in my area the closest one is three hours away.
if a psychiatrist is not a good place to go then where should i go?

A psychiatrist can help. Be brave and make an appointment to go and meet with one.

Methadone clinics can also help. Look them up in your phone book or
call your local drug and alcohol help line (here's one 206-722-3703)..

NA (Narcotics Anonymous) can help too and they are free. www.na.org

Prayer can help because God is bigger than you, more powerful than you and more powerful than even opiates! Call your pastor or if you don't have one, call some churches and interview the pastors. If you aren't even sure you know who God is, call 1-800-NEEDHIM 24/7.

Soothing baths, herb teas, candles, soft music, friends are all also helpful in getting thru withdrawal.

2009-03-26 21:40:34 by Evil Resident

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i broke my r.leg in three places and crushed that ankle too,since ive been on percocet and fentnyl and am currently looking into this form of treatment anybody use?

It's a terrible drug. If you have other options, I would use them. Methadone would be my last drug of choice. Think twice or three times before starting this drug. It's very hard to get off of once you have started taking it.

2007-05-03 07:26:41 by jenn

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My parent's friend is staying at their house for a little while and he has to go to a clinic to receive 125mg doses of Methadone every day. When I asked my mother about it she said that he had neurological problems from a contaminated water supply where he used to live. I have never heard of Methadone being used in anything other than opioid dependency, and this person has a history of addiction that I know of, including gambling and alcohol. Could the methadone be used to control these addictions also?
I know for a fact that some of his physical problems did come from a contaminated water supply, but it is an ongoing investigation so I prefer to not say exactly where. He does use a cane and has an extremely abnormal gait.

As others have mentioned, methadone is used for pain management in certain circumstances.

While the primary use, and the use that the drug is known for, is management of opiate addiction, it also sees a fair bit of use as a pain management drug. Methadone has certain properties that make it useful in some circumstances, notably, it is relatively high potency, compared to most other common opiates, and it has an extremely long half life in the body.

These two properties make it useful in patients who have a chronic, high level of pain. It only needs to be dosed once a day, compared to even controlled release forms of other strong pain killers, which need to be dosed twice a day, or more often.

What you're describing implies a measure of neurological problems (difficulty walking, abnormal gate). These conditions are frequently accompanied by a high level of pain, as a result of nerve and muscle damage. This would be a circumstance where methadone is certainly a useful drug.

2010-08-09 10:28:03 by Ben G

I am addicted to painkillers. I've had a lonstanding script for 10 mg vicodin. I admit to abusing this medication. My abuse wasn't from a desire to get high but to find relief from emotional pain. Last November my wonderful wife was diagnosed with lung cancer that was in stage 4. It had spread to her bones. It was at that point that I started taking more and more of the pain meds. About a month and a half ago I started taking my wifes pain meds. Her pain was well under control and didn't need much of the breakthrough pain meds. Between vicodin and oxycodone I've been taking around 200mg a day. I want to get off this stuff and am pretty sure I'm through abusing the meds. I've found spiritual strength to overcome the emotional pain. I just need to overcome the physical addiction. I tried just recently to stop taking the pills. I got halfway through the second day and had to take something. I read about methadone and suboxone online. Can I take this stuff on a short term basis, Just long enough to overcome the physical dependence? If so, how long does it take?
I'd apreciate any knowledgable answer. Thank you!

I can answer from personal experience, please don't substitute the methadone for the vikes. Yes, 200 mgs/day of hydrocodone and oxycodone daily is a lot of medication. You must be, or have been, taking about 20 pills a day, since you say you were taking her breakthru meds. Some time ago, I was in the same predicament, although not as severe. I was prescribed hydrocodone 4x daily, for pain. Of course, after a few months, I developed a tolerance, and needed more to dull the pain. I never took more than 6 or 7 pills per day, but I grew tired of it. I was introduced to methadone. My initial dose of 10 mg was too much for me, so I halved the next dose. Yep. I started out taking 5 mg 2x daily, and within a week was taking 10 mg 2x day, worked up to 40 mg daily total.

When I finally realized I wanted off *all* narcotics, I tried to throw down the methadone. Talk about sick from withdrawals. You think vicodin withdrawals are bad, you are in for a real monster if you ever get dependent on methadone and try to quit it cold turkey. I weaned my dose down over about six months. Yes, SIX months of tapering to prevent the horrible WDs.

Methadone is one of the stronger opiates. It has an extremely long half life.Yes, it is used to treat addiction to other opiates. It used to be dispensed from methadone 'clinics' to heroin addicts, as it keeps the heroin addict from going into WDs. Same with other opiates. The clinics here now treat other opiate addicts who are addicted to pain pills. A few doctors will prescribe methadone for severe pain, but very few doctors are going to jump you from vicodin to methadone. It's just not practical.

Methadone is not a good solution for short term dependence, IMO. Perhaps if you are determined, and really want off ALL opiates, you will follow the correct dosing, tapering, etc. But many, many people, once they realize the methadone is simply a substitute opiate (and a stronger one at that), tend to up their dosage themselves, instead of tapering or skipping days as instructed by their doctor.

At your current dose of other meds, you'll most likely need at least 20-30 mg once or twice a day to keep WDs at bay. But keep in mind, the methadone WDs are worse and last longer than WDs from the other meds.

I'd stay away from the methadone if I had it to do over again. I know a site that can be a great help to you. I'll look it up and post an edit later, or send it to you via email if you have your email open.

Good luck
Redbird

2010-03-17 01:16:58 by Don