Methadone: Methadone Facts

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

I am about to quit methadone cold turkey due to personal reasons. I am looking for some insight?
as to what to expect with withdrawl symptoms and some helpful encouragement.

How do i get methadone pills?
if i wanna get methadone pills, what should i say to my doc to convince him to give them to me

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

Does anyone know of a doctor that can perscribe suboxone or methadone in madison, wi that accepts care credit?


Is it okay to take two methadone pills if I'm 15?
i have sleep issues. I either take 2 Oxycodone, or 1 methadone before I go to bed to make me tired enough to sleep my dad started giving me them about a year ago, and now if I don't take it, I stay up all night and go into withdraw.. About 4 hours ago I took a methadone pill, and I haven't even felt tired since then, so i just took another one. My dad told me never to take two or I may die. Will I be okay?I understand what my dad was doing is wrong, but, I'm not lying here, he got slightly brain damaged on a ski slope Which is why my parents are divorced and he still has to take a lot of meds. And to be honest, I've been suicidal for awhile, and like, it's not like I want to die, but I don't care if I do..

What is methadone and it's effects?
They just put my mom on methadone along with her lortabs and I'm just wandering if this is something that's gonna make her seem like she's taking a lot of her medicine or wht.. They said they put her on it to make her pain meds last her longer, Any info you have on this would help...

Is my boyfriend addicted to methadone? ?
My boyfriend has been taking predcribe methadone for 2 yrs now. He keeps raising an lowering his dose. He is at a 40 dose right now. He complains when he doesnt get to dose. I think he should b finished by now, but he says it takes a while. Can someone tell me wat they think.

Anyone know how to increase your sex drive while on methadone?
My boyfriend is 22 and he is a recovering herion addict and now is taking methadone. Ever since he started it he has no sex drive, like he wants to have sex but really can't. Please help us.

Switching to suboxone from methadone how rough is it?
Just looking for a little quick advice about my switch from Methadone to Suboxone from anyone that has been through the same thing or any experience with it. Have been on methadone for the past year at 30mg then weened down to 5mg and took my last dose last monday. The earliest I could get in to see the suboxone doctor was wednesday, tomorrow. So i had to wait about 8 days. I have been using opanas this week to get by and i got a suboxone saturday to use. I know I have to be in withdrawals at my appointment but i got an Opana 40 this morning and just finished it off. My appt is at 1 45 so that gives me about 18 hours do you think I will be alright and they will go me my Suboxone? Also I have only used Suboxone a handful of times so not too familiar with it's effects over long time usage? I know it helps with the cravings but do you also have the buzz from other pain killers so you have no desire to use whatsoever? I'm 21 year old male and was using oxys for about 2 years anywhere from 80 a couple hundred miligrams a day. Then i got introduced to opanas about a year ago and was doing 1 2 opana 40mg pills a day so on average 60 80mg. This is the same time i started on methadone also so i was doing methadone and opana daily. Switching from using oxys to methadone and opana together has really up my tolerance which im sure is obvious. Just any insightful info about the transition from methadone to suboxone and what to expect would be much appreciated? also what dose do you think i'll be started on? FYI im currently prescribed 40mg of adderall instant release a day for a little more background info.Keep your judgmental comments and any jack advice to yourself about how i'm a junkie or ruining my life with opiates please. Heard it all before. Thanks in advance for all your help

How can I help myself get off injecting high doses of morphine,without using methadone,suboxone ect ? ?


Should I stop my methadone treatment, your advice would be greatly appreciated?
Here is the thing, I am an ex drug addict, I was a pretty bad user, started pills when I was 18 from a chronic pain condition called endometrosis but I have been sober or clean from heroin and pills for 2 years about....I got on methadone treatment about 2 years ago. I am living with my friend who is into natural medicine and is against methadone. I know that methadone causes some stuff like i heard it depletes the calcium in the bones over time, and it's REALLY hard to get off..I know I tried before. But I don't want to be on it for the rest of my life. I am 27 and I'm on 105mg a day.My roommate says I should get off because1. it prevents me from going living anywhere that doesn't have a methadone clinic nearby.2. I have to go almost everyday to the clinic.. I'm on phase 2 which means I can have 3 take outs a week, and I will be getting my phase 3 soon. 3. He's worried about the calcium thing.4. Also he thinks I will die from a liver thing or slow breathing in my sleep.Those are the main things he is worried about,but the things is..I have been on it for about 2 years and I have not had a dirty UA since getting on the methadone. It's has been helping me..Also it really is hard to get off.5. I had an EKG done and my QT levels are off....but my methadone doctor said he sent the results to a cardiologist and he said the heart waves on the paper looked fine...He called my primary and said it was alright...but it still makes me a little worried.I have heard of this treatment called. Ibogain? It supposedly helps people get off opiates, and it addresses the withdrawal that would come with stopping it.I know I don't want to be on it forever but....it's helping me right now....what do you think?Thank you.Wow, thank you J Miller for your answer, you know alot about this subject..as should I. I have been reading up on it...but some of the sites I have been to are vague and say stuff that isn't necessarily true. That's why I wanted other opinions and facts from people who know what they are talking about. Thank you for replying to my question. I really don't feel ready to get off....but my friend has been pressuring me....just cuz he thinks it 's a bad thing to be on it for a long time....but then what does he know...I will let him know what I found out about it. I really am doing better now then I was not on the treatment. Thank you for your input. Hope you have a great day night.

Does anyone know a dr in sacramento area that will perscribe me methadone i go to a clinic?
i want to be able to live my life and go camping travel etc and not be bound to the clinic i have no medical insurance please help

Coming off methadone...?
i been taking methadone for 18 month and was on 15ml at first. i cut it down by 1 ml every month or so ,sometimes i stayed on a bit for longer. im down to 4ml and i wondered if i stopped now would i be ok . i need someone who has been through this to let me know . thanks

What are the effects of methadone on a non-heroin user?
What would be the effects dangers of methadone use in somebody who has never used heroin before?

I need a QUICK answer. Does Marijuana help Methadone withdrawal symptoms?
My sister is addicted to meth, but goes to the clinic. She missed it today and yesterday and wants me to give her money for meth and she said she's going to rehab soon. I haven't answered her back, but I refuse to give her any money for more meth. I'd give her weed though if that could help her. She said she is throwing up and that she feels really bad. I don't mess with any other drugs so I'm not sure if a gram of weed could help her until she gets to the clinic tomorrow morning.Nothing wrong with weed. There is a lot wrong with methadone. So if trading meth for weed helps her then that would be the best option. I'm not getting into the right and wrong of marijuana, but it's better than meth any day.And she wants $60 and there's no way I would give her that much. I refuse to give her any money to buy meth.