Methadone Drug Addiction .com

A guy friend of mine has been Methadone Free (YAY) for one year this month. He was on 180mg liquid for over five years and he quit cold turkey last July, went through the horrific physical and even worse the mental withdrawals of the drug. Since then, he has been drug free. No one told him to do it, he said he did it because he wanted to and he was tired of depending on a drug to determine what kind of day it was going to be. Anyway, it has been a year and the diarhea has not stopped. It isn't 'as bad' as it was, but it is very much present as well as daily stomach cramps. Any ideas about the length of time this is supposed to continue? Seems like it would have all stopped. Oh, and for anyone who thinks it could be something else medical...he has had a colonoscopy and EGD, samples of this and that from his body, blood work and more blood work etc etc etc...The only thing that was out of the norm was a hernia which most of the world has. Any ideas from someone who has been there or knows someone who has been there? Just looking for some hope on this one. I have no idea how to help him and if the doc's cant seem to stop the symptoms ...what's next? He didn't want to go on suboxone in that he thought it was just another gateway to addiction.

Methadone, from my experience, a synthetic opioid, used to ease heroin and other opiate addicts from dealing with the withdrawal symptoms of opiates, can actually be harder to quit then the original drug of choice.

Many methadone users have worst withdrawals from methadone than they did before. The deal with methadone is that it is stays in one's system longer than heroin, morphine, Oxycontin, Fentanyl( unless transdermal) so the opioid receptors have longer to bond with the opioid. Watching someone go through with WD of Methadone can be worst than watching a heroin addict WD.

Since it acts like this, the withdrawal symptoms can last longer than any other opiate, other than Suboxone( which I would NEVER suggest to anyone, nor Methadone either) it can last months, to a year. That is why with managed methadone treatment, they detox a patient to 1 to 2 mg a day. However, since he wanted to quit(kudos to him!!) he will have complications for awhile longer. Having his speak to a doctor would be a good thing, but, as a recovering addict myself, I would not take Suboxone, it is just subbing one drug for another.

Methadone, for those with real determination, may work for addicts trying to get their lives back together, but, to me, it is just high risk. My problem was, when I was getting off OC's and Fentanyl, I liked the Done' better, goes back and forth, why I say do not use the Suboxone. I wish him and you the best, and I hope he stays clean!!!

2010-07-01 17:38:34 by Stephanie C

Addiction to methadone can be viewed as a disease that attacks the central nervous system, and common symptoms include gastrointestinal distress ...

I have been on methadone for 3 years, 100mg.

by withdrawals i assume you mean how long will it take you when if you stop now.

It varies from person to person but and it should be difficult as it has its same psychoneurotic effects as normal drugs but with not as much danger. The problem is that its a long term solution to gwtting away from heroine some people colud be on it for most of there lives however if your passionate about escaping it i applaude you and wish you good luck.

2008-03-28 13:37:07 by Brian I

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my friend is not doing well, he is trying his best to kick methadone, is there any home remedys for his illness?

nothing at home! if there is headaches, or any aches, motrin for that, and as severe as it can get, this friend of yours should seek med.attn. especially if the heart-rate goes way up or way down!!
aka: THE PULSE...be careful with doing this alone.!
it can kill a person.! there are medications to help...but prescribed only..

2008-12-26 04:31:16 by Bert R

I am on day 5 and I feel like I can't take it anymore. Any ideas how long the hell lasts? I was tapering off but stopped at 15 mg daily.

It can last up to several weeks - mathedone is probably the most painful opioid to withdraw from. Exactly how long the withdrawal lasts depends both on how long you've been on methadone maintenance and your normal dosage before you started tapering off.

A lot of people taper down to a low dose of methadone (15mg daily is definitely low enough) and switch to buprenorphine for a while because that's much easier to quit from completely.

2009-07-11 14:06:05 by Gia M

im out of town and can not get into anothr methadone clinic as fast as i need to so i found some tramadols and i looked it up and it says it contains opiats. Will these help with the methadone withdrawals till i can get into another clinic?

Yes they will but methadone withdrawals will not be bad until three days after you last dose. Also if your methadone clinic tests you and they find tramadol in your system it might cause problems. So if you could just wait to go to your clinic i would but if you are really sick 100 or 150 milligrams of tramadol will definitely take away the sick feeling.

2010-04-04 09:04:43 by Al P