Methadone
Correlates of motivation to quit smoking in methadone-maintained smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial [An article from: Addictive Behaviors] [H] [T] [M]
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Also what are the signs or effects of someone doing both. Can you find out from the methadone program if someone is also taking other drugs?
They most likely would be extra, super hyperactive. Non stop movement and talking, no appetite, temper, most likely. Believe me you can tell. This person better be watched cause he or she could probably have a heart attack any minute now.
I've started acupuncture to help quit smoking, with my anxiety and weight loss, Still moving slowly down the methadone rung, I'm not as ...
I'm just curious about why an antagonist of Herion has little affect on smoking cigarettes. I know much of smoking is psychological, but the affects of nicotene is bizzarly different when the half life of methadone dwindles.
Now that I have quit smoking after a 10 year stint the withdrawals are fairly difficult, but not nearly as bad as they were when I quit for 4 years, some 15 years ago.
Part of my reason for quitting was to save money I felt I was simply wasting. Another issue was that I was afraid my treatment program ( lifer at the clinic w/ ZERO dirties) could be masking the damage from smoking?
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I am aware of it trading addictions. Personally I screamed to my local ADAHM board for the 2 years I was waiting to get it here in Columbus Ohio.
I pleaded that I was needing it for pain management. At the time the state government had it so clamped down for anyone to get that my H habit worsened. I lived and live with the stigma that the H way was a WRONG way to manage pain. Well no SH!$ ! Would not this be a good enough reason to educate and distribute? Of course not. Then ,and even now to a certain degree I get these pangs telling me, "Paul, you did what you could do to deal with it all. Of course if they just would have understood that I had a real need to maintain the normal state of mind that the illegal substance afforded me things could have been much much better for all concerned. ..then I feel the unsettling conspiracy pang-" waiting is how you get punished".
Sorry about that. I never talk openly about this for a reason.
Methadone is not a narcotic antagonist. It is a narcotic. It is used to ween people from heroin because is does not have the same euphoric properties of heroin, and has a very long half life.
I fail to see the connection with quiting smoking. Methadone is not used as a smoking cessation aid. You would just be trading one addiction for another, and would not really help nicotine withdrawal in any quantifiable way.
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Yes I am quite aware of it's uses, and it is a legitimate pain medication. I was referring to it's other qualities and why it is useful in the treatment of heroin addition.
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Does it harm the baby if you smoke with methadone?
Your baby has over a 60% chance of being addicted to methadone when born. In fact I think it is 60-90%. There are also the chance of birth defects among other things. If it is in fact addicted it will begin its life in this world in pain.
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is a good time/combo. they say only quit one thing at a time, but i heard that this combo is good - meth n&wellbutrin. thnks!
Hi, when i started methadone i decided i wanted to quit everything including smoking, it worked out well for me...after a few slip ups! also wellburtin is perscribed for quiting smoking alot.
What are your thoughts?
Hi Ses,
Addiction is a disease however it can be controlled. The person using needs to make the decision themselves to stop and get help. You can't make someone stop which is very unfortunate! It takes a lot of counseling as there is underlying issues that they may not even know about. Sometimes it is depression or some sort of trauma like a death or car accident. When the person is in counseling (not all are good and not all work for everyone) the issue can surface and then they need to learn a new way to deal with the feelings. It is not an easy road!
They don't realize how they hurt everyone around them. The disease tells them that it's ok to lie and steal to get what they want. The urge to use again and again is what causes them to do the things they do, it over rides any morals they were raised with.
If you are dealing with someone that is using and they do get into a program - make sure it is longer than 30 days - see if you can find one that uses a course called Seeking Safety which teaches all the skills they will need to stay clean. Do some research and find a good program!
Remember that telling them to stop will not work! I know you'd want to "fix" them but you can't! Another thing to remember is that when the person is back home your actions also need to be adjusted, drinking alcohol or having it in the house will be a trigger for them to start using again It may not have been the drug of choice but it will bring them right back again. Alcohol is a drug just the same as any illegal drug.
As far as methodone goes, it is more addictive that the drugs they were using to begin with. It is brutal on the liver and makes brittle bones. Methodone is still a drug, it does not fix the problem, in SOME cases it keeps them from going out and risking their lives buying drugs on the street.In a LOT of cases the addict still uses while on methodone
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In the past, his only plan was to apply for the Methadone drug treatment plan, but that just substitutes one drug for another, he said. At some point he would have had to get off Methadone and face the sick feeling anyway.