Methadone: Methadone Facts

Question: I want off methadone.i've been on 3 years?

(Posted by: Jon R on 2012-01-25 23:53:20)

Right not i'm on 45 mg a day.6 months ago i was on 90mg (as i was for the 2.5 years before) i am done with it and i want to get off.how long is it going to take?how hard is it going to be?i need a plan.if you've done it before let me know.i'm serious im getting off this shit and nothing is going to stand in my way!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im totally clean but i'm not if i do this everyday! i need to travel and i need to not spend this 90 a week.also it sucks getting up at 7 when i work at 3pm!

Posted by: phillip b on 2012-01-26, 00:09:29

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Posted by: Mir on 2012-01-26, 00:16:06

Hi, good on you for wanting to get off! Never done it myself, but have worked in a Methadone clinic for a decade now. Here we'd advise people on 45 mg to reduce at around 5 mg a week, until they find it's getting harder. Usually around 30 mg they will start reducing once a fortnight or month. The rule of reduction is the slower you go, the higher your long-term chances of success be. (Much like dieting). May I suggest you switch to Suboxone when you get down to about 30 mg? You can take this every other day, or even every third day, and it will hold you. I will also be easier to withdraw from, as it is only part opiate unlike Methadone. All the best! Mir Registered Nurse

Posted by: * on 2012-01-26, 01:28:23

Awweee, i'm sorry sweetie! i went to a methadone clinic once and methadone is hell, it's like an awful drug and it's awful to get off of. it ruins lives & the clinics are just used as legal ways to get high. don't ever go to one! i was the victim of one. okayy so you need to try to taper yourself off slowly. try going down to 40 mg a week, then 35 mg the next week and so on and see if that works. you'll get the shakes, maybe an upset stomach, and irritable. but that's it. it won't be that bad, it'll just be irritating! ): if that doesn't work, go to an outpatient rehab place and they can give you medicine that will help you with the withdraws and help you come off of it without any pain. i like outpatient rehab places because you can stay in the comfort of your home. they really aren't bad places! they help you be comfortable as you're coming off drugs! it's awful going through this, i'm sorry and I know you can do it and everything will be okayyy (: