Methadone Drug Addiction .com

Methadone is a prescribed medication for harm reduction and becomes it's own addiction with a greater emphasis on the physical withdrawal aspect and psychological will be involved with the facing the pain faction but once a person is clean of drugs and alcohol there must be medical assistance to withdraw from methadone. The current methodology is for the person to withdraw by a process of taper and without any additional medical assistance i.e. medication for the agitation that (with all I am sure it is different) occurs. There are no clinics set-up for withdrawal assistance both psychologically and physically but lots of clinics to prescribe methadone. Is there no money for the medical profession in assisting an addict to withdraw?

Addiction is a physical disease. It can be compared with diabetes in its course of action. It has bio-psycho-social aspects. If one is trapped in this disease unfortunately, then he/she must get professional help. Treatment includes withdrawl and rehab. Medical doctors and consullers participate in complete treatment. Drugs should be quited unconditionally.

2007-01-19 06:24:31 by smartypants

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My son hase been an addict for manny years. he has reasently returned home and I am finding it very diffacult to cope. He has been in manny re habes and has had counseling for years. He is now on methadone with a reduction of 5mill each fortnight. this seems to be working, but now he is drinking alcole to exess. I feer that he is now an alcholic. he gets very depressed. I cant see him out on the streets but I dount know how much more i can take.it is the worst thing in life to see your own chiled suffer and not be able to make it right.

I'm sure it's one of the toughest thing's a parent would have to endure, beside's losing their child.. Addiction is nothing short of horrible. Rehabs don't appear to help much unless the person is ready to help themselves, Which I'm sure you've heard this time and time again.. Your son will have to be ready to stay away from people that are users, and at his age that's a hard thing to do . I would say the only thing that helped someone I know that was up in age, and had a hugh problem was AA meetings, they are constantly with people that really want to quit their nasty habit's...
I know there are also many there that are just attending because the court ordered them to do so, But then there is always a person that you son could attatch himself to that really made a change in their lives .. I think this is a big step for an addicted person, Seeing someone else that was willing to make a change, and in the end feel much better for their change .. Change is such a hard thing to do and we all know drugs are so addictive..
I will pray for you and your son that he finds happiness in his life without drugs or alcohol..
Some people that are addicts feel their is no other life, and they really do have to make some major changes to get away from these terrible habits
The changes would have to mean ridding themselves of all the so called friends they are around.. If an addict would just try this for a year and see the difference in how much better they feel physically and mentally , they would never go back to this life
A mother that never gives up is a true mother . But do keep your rules.. You are the boss..
GOOD LUCK TO YOU
I FEEL YOUR PAIN

2007-09-25 04:43:06 by chrissmallfay

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I'm at a pretty low dose considering some of what I've been reading lately (40Mg). I am being detoxed 5Mg per week. Just drank at 35Mg this past Thursday (7/9/09) and will be going down to 30mg after a week and so on..... The problem is I was using heroin for a lot of the time I was on the meth. My intent is to not use anymore...especially during this meth detox as I know if I do it will likely only worsen things for me in the long run. It has been three days now without any dope and I'm feeling fine even with the 5mg reduction in meth. I know I'm just beginning though. I know it's going to get very hard and I just want to know what I might be able to do without any prescription meds. to help me through...or minimal help. I've read about melatonin for help with sleeplessness, calcium and magnesium supplements and multi vitamins, avoiding caffeine and red meat, and basically using over the counter meds for help with the sneezing, watery eyes and immodium or kaopectate for any gastrointestinal issues. Any other ideas? No matter what, I expect to experience some discomfort and am willing to go through it....after all, it has to be done. But I just wondered if any of you out there have been through this and what to expect and for how long.... Just need some support and guidance. Thanks to any who can offer any suggestions!!

I truly commend you for your attempt to break the shackles of this heartless demon. It takes 48-72 hours for the last dosage to clear your system, so you may not have notice much yet. From reading your post, I notice that you are familiar with what not to eat, drink etc. I would be lying to you, if I said this will be a simple feat., but I am confident you will prosper. I have been on methadone for 5 years taking 150 mg daily, (360 tablets a month) for pain mgt. I abruptly stop taking it, tired of being a slave who was alive but not living. I experienced blow after blow after blow of severe withdrawal/dope sickness symptoms. All I could do for the first few weeks was dangle my foot off the edge of the bed, mentally physically and emotional exhausted. What kept me going was that I refuse for this to be my fate. As dreadful as, the diarrhea, epic sneezes, joint pains, anxiety,muscle spasms, restless leg syndrome, hot/cold flashes, elevated blood pressure, severe migraines and deep depression I refuse to let this defeat me. I could no longer live my life which, totally revolved around methadone and nothing else. As far as how long this may last....It varies, dropping off methadone from 30 mg or 150 mg it's still hell on earth. To help with the withdrawals, I recommend that you, drink plently of water. Try to get out the house for a short walk if possible, it helps physically and physiologically. Try to do basic exercises if you can bare it. If you can surround yourself with supportive, understanding people do so.Try Calcium and Magnesium, B-1, and Acidophilus Probiotic capsules for digestive and intestinal health.

2009-07-11 23:03:58 by Jess

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He said that if heroin addicts really wanted to they could do cold turkey for two weeks and be sorted, the pain isnt that bad. I asked had he ever taken drugs, he replied no. He said he believed that methadone and subutex where useless and doing rattle is best??? also alcoholics could use harm reduction and " just cut down" It is not that easy I think. what do you think about this?
this is meant to be an educational course for health care profs
this is meant to be an educational course for health care profs

This sort of information makes me insane!

Yes, theoretically a heroin addict could go cold turnkey for two weeks and be done with the physical withdrawal. Heroin withdrawal is not lethal in most instances. However, it is VERY painful and difficult. It won't kill you, but you wish you were dead. Unless he's walked a mile in those shoes, or held the hand and head of an addict in withdrawal, well, if he had done either of those things he wouldn't be saying such rubbish.

Methadone, Suboxone, Buprenorphine all have their own problems, that is very true. But for some addicts it is the only way to make the break. They are far from useless as they eliminate the pain of physical withdrawal very effectively for most who use them.

Harm reduction is an important part of the whole drug prevention piece, to be sure. But once alcoholic, your choices are limited. You either continue drinking or stop drinking. Alcoholics can't "cut down", that's not how the neurochemistry works.

This person is inexperienced or unqualified to be doing this job. You are right to be concerned.

2008-06-04 10:14:48 by Abigail

In a program at a drug treatment clinic, cocaine users were given standard methadone treatment and a plan was used to decrease their drug intake. Over the course of several weeks, patients received vouchers that could be exchanged for items such as movie tickets if their urine samples showed at least a 25% reduction in cocaine metabolites. Eventually, they could earn vouchers only if their urine samples were completely clean. The procedure used in this case can be described as
a) manipulatory
b) blackmailing
c) shaping
d) shrewd

Shaping. It's trying to achieve a goal by reinforcing successively closer approximations to the goal. In this case, the goal is clean urine samples. The 25% reductions represent the successive approximations. The process is called shaping.

2007-05-01 14:57:02 by Kev & Mandi