Methadone Withdrawal: Methadone Facts

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

Where can I find detailed information on methadone withdrawal?
My girlfriend has been on methadone for about 2 3 months for chronic pain. At max, she was taking 60 80mgs a day. Everything I read on the internet regarding withdrawal symptoms is regarding people who have been on 200mgs a day for years. She is obviously in a different criteria. Does anyone have a good resource regarding what to expect, and the best ways to get off of short term methadone use in relation to withdrawal symptoms it will product?

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

What can I do to make methadone withdrawals easier?
I have been on methadone for 6 months, gradually decreasing my dose to get off this stuff.. I was on 5mg about 3 4 days ago, and had to stop because im going on a trip sunday. Im not sick to my stomach but my body feels warm but I am constantly freezing. The restless legs has turned into a restless entire body. Im constantly fatigued and my legs burn just walking up the stairs. Hot showers help a little but is there anything else I can do? Will this get better or worse as the days go on? If it gets any worse, how can I make traveling on a bus tolerable?

How long do methadone withdrawals last?
I'm down to 8mgs and Ive heard no matter what dose your on, 8 or 1mg you're going to experience the same symptoms.I don't think my Dr. is concerned with my maintenance. I go to a clinic and pay $60 wk for my dose. It's been two days since I've taken it...but I've been taking xanax too help me through sleep. I've heard that it can take from 1 week to a month for the withdrawals to stop...i know it's out of your SYSTEM within 2 3 days but the withdrawals are a different story.I don't think my Dr. is concerned with my maintenance. I go to a clinic and pay $60 wk for my dose. They want people to keep coming back for the money. It's been two days since I've taken it...but I've been taking xanax too help me through sleep. I've heard that it can take from 1 week to a month for the withdrawals to stop...i know it's out of your SYSTEM within 2 3 days but the withdrawals are a different story.

Do vicodins help methadone withdrawal?
I am in my 8th day of methadone withdrawal. will the vicodins start the withdrawal all over again? What can help alleviate the withdrawal?How long do the methadone withdrawal last?I have been taking methadone for 2 years. I am coming off on 10mgs and i have been taking alot of vitamins, xanax, and a couple vicodin every couple days. I need it to take the edge off so I won't relapse.I don't have health insurance to get suboxone the doctor visit is $250 for the first time then the script is $500. Suboxone is also very addictive you can withdrawal from those too.

Is methadone withdrawal deadly?


How long can I expect to go through methadone withdrawal?
I have detoxed from methadone but want to know how long the withdrawal sympts will last? No chance of relapsing

Nursing Diagnosis of for newborn methadone withdrawal?


Does anyone know a lot about methadone withdrawal?
I need to know how long it will be before regular pain meds will work as they are supposed to, Lortab, Percocet, Etc. . I'm having a major surgery done and have to be off the methadone to have the surgery. I stopped taking 120mg's on the 29th of april, I did not take any for five days. By sunday I felt so horrible someone brought me some 5mg methdone pills. So I took 50 60mg a day until today Friday , I'm not going to take anymore I just need to know the longest time someone's opiate receptors were blocked after stopping the methadone. Will my tolerance for pain meds. be very high is my first question? My second question is I read that ultram blocked methadone's affects, does that mean I can feel my pain meds? I know that it puts you into withdrawal, will that move the methadone out faster? I have to have rods and plates put into my wrist and arm, and don't want to suffer in pain. My doctor has already discrinated against me, I'm scared i will be in severe pain, he wont car

Taking psuedoephedrine to help with methadone withdrawal?
I have a theory and was wondering if it would work. Methadone withdrawal is mainly caused from the body producing too much norepinephrine because opiate cause your body to not make as much and it has to kick up the production when you get addicted to opiates, which is why withdrawals happens. If someone were to take pseudoephedrine for a long while before stopping methadone cold turkey and then stop taking the pseudoephedrine too, would this help the body to not produce so much norepinephrine? Since sudafed norepinephrine causes an increase in norepinephrine, it would seem that one would go through a withdrawal from it constiting of too little norepinephrine and maybe the two would counteract each other, or at least make the methadone withdrawals a little easier as they are impossible for me at this time. What do you guys and girls think?Hey Tim L....I know for a fact that pseudoephedrine works by stimulating release of norepinephrine from the neuro endocrine system. Also, a significant part of methadone withdrawal is cause from the body producing too much norepinephrine, which is why clonidine is sometimes prescribed to help withdrawals. Read up on your medical info or ask a doctor before assuming you are right. I've done a lot of research, believe me

How bad are methadone withdrawals and how long will they last?


Methadone Withdrawal?
I've been going to a methadone clinic for about 6 days now on 70mg for opiate withdrawal. I didn't realize how strong methadone is until a few days ago and now I want to come off this crap. The clinic will only let you go down 10mg at a time and when you get down to 5mg you have to stay at that dose for a while. How strong do you think withdrawal will be for me being only 6 days in? Please only answer if you have experience with methadone.

Methadone Withdrawal -- scared with no one else to get answers from?
My dr put me on methadone for pain management about 2 years ago. I started out at 5 mg total a day and he eventually got me up to 40 mg total a day . I had major hip surgery hence the methadone. So eventually, about 10 months ago we started to taper my methadone and things weren't a 'walk in the park' but for the most part things were going smoothly and he was easy to communicate with if I had any problems. All of a sudden my dr is gone this past april I had called the clinic for a refill and was told my dr was no longer practicing at the clinic. I was anxious but to work that day on establishing a new internal medicine dr in the same clinic. The office made me an appt for 30 days later may and a day before the appt canceled it. So I tried to reschedule and they decided to schedule me with a different dr this time, which was fine with me. Same thing happened again, the appt was canceled last minute. And... get this... this happened a third time in June. So this whole time my medicine wasn't being tapered... I was at a constant 4 ml. I had to go to the hospital's Patient Advocacy office to finally get an appt that wouldn't be canceled last minute. So now I'm with a dr that has sped up my taper to an incredibly uncomfortable speed. More than twice the speed of the plan w my previous dr whom left his practice. So... my question The day I picked up the my current prescription I told the receptionist that I need to talk to her, my dr, as soon as possible because I was so anxious and fearful about the current taper my dr wanted me at. So now it's 2 weeks later, she called me once and I wasn't at my phone so I'm waiting for another call. I tried for a 2nd time today And at this point I just want to see if I can handle the withdrawal myself. I feel like she invalidates how I tell her I'm feeling. When I tell her about my withdrawal symptoms, I feel like she doesn't believe me. So last Fri 17th Oct I went from 4 ml a day I had been on 4 ml a day for about 17 days. That day I realized that she probably wasn't going to call me back in any timely manner I felt like I was backed up into a corner. So the next day, Saturday the 18th I went to 2 ml a day, Sunday I went to 1 ml a day half AM, half PM and I've been on that dose since Sunday... so 2 and a half days. But tonights 'the big night'... tonight is my last dose and it will be exactly .4 .5 ml. What I m trying desperately to figure out is how bad my withdrawals will be or if they will be bad at all. The last time I went through withdrawals was a long time ago and I was at 10 mg, so I know for a fact that the withdrawals won't be nearly as bad as they were then. But I know this won't be a walk in the park by any means, I just want to be prepared and have some sense of control over what I'm going to be feeling like for the next 2 weeks or however long they last. What's even worse is my mom is leaving in 2 days for a Napa Valley vacation and will be gone for 2 weeks so I'm going to be all by myself and I can honestly say I'm scared shi less.Does anyone out there know what I'm going to be going through, symptoms wise, in the next week or 2 weeks?? Any help, information, suggestions, or piece of mind is greatly appreciated... I have absolutely no one else to talk to about this. Thanks For those of you that don't believe Methadone is prescribed for pain management Methadone is prescribed for heroine withdrawal AND pain management. It depends on what state you live in. I was diagnosed with Left Hip Dysplastic And Torn Labrum With Impingement Syndrome and received a Left Osteoplasty Femoral Neck, Repair And Trim Acetabular Labrum, Synovectomy, Iliopsoas Tendon Lengthening. All of this was from being a runner while being underweight. It took me 6 years to get a diagnosis, I was originally going to cal poly in CA and finally moved to Oregon to be with my mom. She found me a dr and the dr got me a diagnosis in 3 months. He was an awesome dr and got me scheduled for surgery right away. My surgery was in Dec. of '06. Two weeks after my surgery my dr wanted to switch me from short term pain meds vicodin to 'long term' pain meds Methadone because it stays in your system for 12 hrs instead of 6. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never agreed to go on Methadone

Methadone withdrawal?
Has any one ever experienced withdrawal from a methadone maintainence program? If you have can you tell me if it was really as bad as I have heard?

Methadone Withdrawal?
i was taking 60mg of methadone for 4 years not legally then my supply stopped. ive been trying to detox by taking oxycontin in moderation. starting with 80mg, then to 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, and yesterday was my last day. Will i still feel withdrawal symptoms, such as vomiting, weakness, and insomnia?