Methadone: Methadone Facts

methadone - Important information about methadone, its uses and its dangers. The drug methadone is used extensively in addiction treatment.

	Methadone is a synthetic drug used to help combat the addiction to opiods -- drugs made from the opium poppy.

	Methadone helps block the euphoric effects of drugs like heroin and morphine.

Was taking xanax / hydrocodone, now methadone and lyrica?
What do I take for my anxiety? can I take my xanax with it? my xanax is about to run out, i now have the methadoen and lyrica for my pain, but what about my anxiety? what should i take for that? i have been on xanax for years, and norco for my pain. thanks

I need to know if I can get off methadone and feel the effects of oxycodone agiain for my chronic pain. PLEASE?
So I have chronic back pain from a serious football injury that should have left me paralyzed. Being the hard head that I am, I want to do better than where I'm at. Where I'm at is this...I have been on methadone for 2 years now, and was up to 50 mg per day plus 30mg of oxycodone for breakthrough pain. I decided I don't like the methadone, it works ok, but I am scared of all the horror stories of getting off it. I have been able to taper down to none. Zip. Zero methadone now for almost a week and have been strictly taking my oxycodone, but I have had to take almost double the oxy dose to keep from getting dope sick. My question is this, even though I've stopped methadone for a week now, I still feel no real pain relief or even minor euphoric effects from oxycodone. I take it simply to avoid getting sick if I don't take it, I start feeling really ill . I would have thought by now my body would have flushed out the methadone and oxycodone would work once again and I could resume using it only when needed for pain rather than only to keep away the sickness. Does anyone know if your body ever is able to feel opiates again after using methadone? Its not that I'm chasing a high, its that I really did not like how I felt on methadone and would much rather prefer taking oxycodone for pain only as needed. I think my pain is under control after a lot of hard work I've put in on my body but I feel like even after a week off methadone oxycondone does next to NOTHING to help my pain, it simply stops me from feeling ill. Has anyone ever stopped methadone and returned to opiates and actually felt the effects? Please, please help, I hate being tied to methadone but I realize I will need something for pain and I hope it doesn't have to be md. I have far more familiar with oxycodone and know how to take it and also get off it. Methadone is a whole other story, I hate it. Please help.

Should methadone and axanax be used together?
methadone being used for drug rehab 70mg axanax 1mg

I'm on methadone and I have to have a painful root canal, what can they give me as a painkiller?
Methadone blocks the effects of opiates. I'm on 80 mg. and have been on methadone maintenance for 2 years for heroin addiction. It saved my life. A lot of people don't agree with it but it was my only alternative. I had exhausted all other options and would literally, try to kill myself when going through withdrawal. I've been clean of ALL drugs since starting Anyways, I need to have 2 root canals. I haven't talked to the doctor yet but of course, I'll tell him about the methadone. My nurse at the methadone clinic said they can temporarily " up" my dose and that should take care of the pain but I still experience pain all the time on my dose. Will the dentist probably give me an extra high dose of a painkiller? What could he give me? And how painful are root canals? Can you be put " under" during the procedure? And how painful is it after the fact? Is it worse than having like a molar pulled? THANKS FOR ANY INFORMATION

Is there anyone on here on the methadone program?
If so, can you tell me what dose you're on and how it makes you feel in general.Do you think that thelong term effects of being on methadone are scary?how long have you taken it and do you think it's doing your body any good?I personally hate the stuff and I'm going down tomorrow from 75 mls to 70 mls in 5 ml increments.What would it be like going cold turkey from methadone?Do you think I should try?Thank you very much Reknaw13.I really feel as if this is really toxic on my body.my skin is sallow and my overall well being, I feel ,is being compromised by the drug.since I 'm not using oxys or the like, I think there are better reasons to get up in the morning.I really appreciate your answering my question and I wish you the best too.I shall and will reduce my use to 0.

Should I go to the hospital? methadone plus alcohol?
First of all no judgments please. I self meditated last night because I was having a very rough day. Here's what happened.. I took one 10mg methadone at 9 00 pm last night. Started drinking captain morgan around 1am. Passed out at 5 00am, was woken by the cops at 6 00...blew a 1.9 on the breathalyzer. Came home and slept from 7 00 10 00am. Felt fine for a while, then started vomiting quite violently. This lasted from 12 00pm 7 00pm on off puking . It's 10 30 now, & I feel fine. It was just like a bad hangover, considering I weigh 105 pounds & drank as much as I did. Some people are telling me I should admit myself to the hospital because they think I will " die in my sleep" . It takes 36 hours for the pill to completely wear off, so that's 10 1 2 more hours. I'm eating fine & drinking a lot of water. Should I still go to the hospital? Should I be worried? I have done this twice before due to my self meditation problems & was ok. Please no lectures or rude comments... thanks

What countries have methadone clinics?
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering how many countries around the world provide the access to legal methadone clinics for those addicted to opiates? I know that heroin is not a problem that is limited to the western countries, although it is much worse there. I'm sure that all scandanavian countries as well as most western european countries have them, but what about countries in south america? east asia? the middle east? africa? australia? THANK YOU.

How many countries have methadone clinics?
I can't seem to get much attention to my questions, so I already asked this question in a different form, but I'm simply rewording it in hopes of getting the best answer and to attract the most answers. I am new here, but I promise that I will give out the most possible points for an adequate answers... links, and websites would be awesome.

My friend is a junkie and he is now on methadone?
Do you think he can beat it or is he a goner?

I took 20 mg of methadone 4 6 days. How long until it is out of my urine so I can take a drug test. itsbn9dys?
Please some1 help me It has been 9 days since i've taken methadone. But I went to Florida & took 20 mgs for 6 days in a row. Yesterday I got popped w a drug test at my job. I am male, 31yrs old, obese, work & sweat CONSTANTLY, I am so scared. If I loose my job i'm dead. Literally. I take care of my family & if I cant do that well I cant even talk about that. Can someone who knows about this PLEASE help me. Am I safe or not. I took the test yesterday. It was a 10 panel test. Yesterday would have been the 9th day with me not taking any methadone. I do take BP & lexapro on a reg basis so I dont know if that matters. So please someone tell me... Do you think I passed or not??

Is taking methadone pro-longing me getting sick?


Lyrica with Methadone for extreme chronic pain?
Hey guys... i have severe chonic pain from a number of issues. I have fibromyalgia that was caused by Lymes Disease that is now neurological because i've had it for so long and didnt even know it 3 years . Anyway it was hard because i am only 24 yrs old, and lots of doctors don't treat 24 yr olds seriously when they complain of extreme pain and can't find out why. Which was wonderful. Anyway i've been working with a great doctor for the past 7 months or so, and he put me on methadone. Started at 40mgs and inched it up 5mgs until i reached a comfortable dosage.. which endedup being about 100. That was fine for a couple of months... but even DESPITE the methadone i am still in extreme pain... all the time. I can't even walk more than a few blocks cuz i start crying and have to have a wheelchair for times when its necessary. There are literally EIGHT pages of symptoms for neurological lymes... and i have about 87 %... check out the link anapsid.org lyme symptoms anapsid.org lyme symptoms Anyways i asked him if any medications can work WITH methadone to help further with pain cuz i DONT want to be put on oxycontin or percocet or anything like that.... no way , and he is now going to be putting me on Lyrica. Also, Abilify 5mgs for the severe mood swings and anxiety. Does anyone have any experience with this, and can maybe tell me a little bit more? Will it work? What side effects should i expect at first? Any information would be helpful... thanks... IMPORTANT This is an information site. NOT your blog, NOT an opinion site or a forum chat group... Question and Answer. Please remember this as you are answering my question, as all negative hateful opinionated crap WILL be ignored. Thanks.

60 Day Detox from Methadone @ 26 mgs...How Hard Will It Be?
Hello all Before I explain my situation, I want to ask that the people who thrive on giving degrading, condescending and out right rude answers, please don't bother to even read my question. It's pointless because I honestly do not care what you think I am merely looking for positive answers and support from mature, non judgmental people who would like to help. Anyhow, I am 26 yrs old and have been on methdone maintenance for about 5 1 2 yrs now. I began a heroin addiction at around 16 yrs old and started the methadone at 20 yrs old. Within a year I was at a dose of 80 mgs and stayed at that dose all the way up until about 6 months ago. The methadone has helped me stay completely clean all this time and about 6 months ago I decided that I was going to do a slow, recommended detox becuae I feel that I do not need maintanence anymore. In January, I received a positive urine for cocaine, however I have never been a cocaine user. Mind you, at that time I had 6 take home bottles due the fact that I never had positive urines. The positive, which was false but they do not believe that of course had caused me to lose my 6th bottle so I had to go 2 days a week as opposed to 1 And also, the doctor stopped my voluntary detox because he felt that I could not " cope" with the detox so I started using cocaine... But wouldn't I use an opiate if that were true? Ridiculous . So I figured, ok, the tests aren't 100 % so I'm just one of the very unlucky people that got a false positive. So then, 4 months later, I received ANOTHER positive for cocaine You can only imagine how I felt considering I KNOW I am clean But once again, they did not believe me so I lost ALL of my take home bottles and was forced to go every single day to the clinic which is a nightmare. So at that point, I was at 50 mgs due to my slow, voluntary recommended detox and I felt absolutley fine. I honestly don't feel I EVER needed 80 mgs. So after being totally SCREWED by the clinic because of these false positives I decided, this is it. I want this $ % & out of my life and decided that I wasn't doing this anymore. I signed a 60 day AMA against medical advice detox and I am currently at 26 mgs. It has only been 3 weeks so far and I have come done just about half my dose and I feel fine. I have alittle bit of restless leg syndrome and sweat a bit but other than that I am ok. So my question is, when will I start feeling terrible? Will I DEFINITELY feel terrible? Can I make it through this? Any suggestions for withdrawal symptoms, especially the leg issue? Any advice is greatly appreciated. I want to be off of methadone more than anything and I would NEVER recommend it for long tern maintanance because the longer you are on I feel the harder it is to get off. Thanks again to all who took the time to read my question.

Methadone Detox Help?
I have been on 80mg of methadone for about a year now...i live in jersey and am moving out of state so i wanted to detox before i made the move..they have me going down 2mg per day at the clinic i go to...Today i took 48mg...i am not feeling horrible but not great either...basically i have two questions. Is there anything i can take to help the detox period go more smoothly? and After I've taken my last dose how long until i feel normal again??