Opiate Addiction: Methadone Facts

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

Withdrawing from opiate addiction?
I am currently trying to quit painkillers. I have been doing them daily for almost 4 years. I'm quitting for the one I love, my anxiety and depression getting worse, constantly being passed out, and due to the fact I've developed ulcers in my stomach. My issue is the symptoms Cold sweats, nausea, diarhhea, no appetite, RLS, body aches, and chest pains. The pill I've been doing the most is Oxycodone. I understand it is an opiate, just as strong and addictive as heroin, and alters my brain and the way my body functions. I'm trying to quit cold turkey. Can anybody give any advice on home remedies to lessen the symptoms or help them not feel as bad?

Boyfriend with opiate addiction... Please take the time to read.?
Boyfriend with a drug addiction.. Please take the time to read.?I met my boyfriend 6 years ago. We dated for a year when I was 14 and then began dating again last August. During our time away from each other he developed an opiate addiction, specifically oxy and then eventually to heroin smoking it . He was clean of opiates for about 5 months before we got together again, but began smoking a lot of weed. He also suffers from depression and bipolar disorder. His dad is a recovering heroin addict 12 years clean , while his mom has been a meth addict for 15 years. Around the end of March he admitted to me that he had slipped up on heroin a few times since we had gotten back together. I was absolutely devastated, but didn't want to give up on him. He has been taking Suboxone since then, but has admitted to also taking percocet.My question is how to go about this issue. It's hard for me to just leave him because I want to try to help him and be a positive influence in his life. I believe he truly wants to get clean, but because of his history and family it's made in very hard for him. What type of doctor's would be good for him to see? An addiction specialist, psychiatrist, or psychologist? He just got health insurance for his work Starbucks .Thanks.

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

Will taking oxys while coming down from opiate addiction help with withdrawals? (read details)?
I am a heroin addict and I am currently on day 1 of detox. I have suboxone but I am still in a lot of pain. Will small doses of oxycodone while on suboxone...so not to get high help with some of my body pains?

Reducing opiate addiction (subutex/buprenorphine) rapidly?
Hi, I have been using buprenorphine for one year now and I have decided to stop, I have reduced my dosage from 8mg per day to 0.3mg per day over one week and have now ran out.I am feeling not as bad as I thought I would but have the typical 'rattling' signs such as constant stretching, yawning, nausea, violent sneezing, runny nose, watering eyes, hot and frosty sweats, lethargy, painful itching and general aches, however I am able to fight these symptoms by going about my daily duties.I have been using 5mg of diazapam per day to combat the sleep issue and 30 500 co codamol to act as some form of substitute to keep the stomach pains at bay.I wish to know given the time I reduced, the length of my habit and my current replacement scheme, how long the withdrawal syndrome will last.Awaiting reply, thanks in advance.I'm afraid I wasn't using it for withdrawal, I was 7 weeks clean before I used it, sorry I didn't mention this.

Just want to hear peoples opinions of the use of Methadone perscribing for the use of opiate addiction detox.?
This isn't just about the use of methadone for detox from heroin but also about the detox of all opiate addictive narcotics. Whatdo you think aboiut it, do you have any experience with it, do you think methadone is succesful for detox or not? Or any other opinions you have about methadone use. Have you ever heard of methadone being abused etc....basically anything you want to say I know i've posted a question like this already but i really need some more opinions and i would love to get some comments from past users of opiates or some medical opinions,but any opinion is gret thanks for your help

Cans someone answer some questions about opiate addiction?
My boyfriend and I both are Heroin addicts. I know, nothing to be proud of but at least I admit it. I am in the recovery process. I had to go the Methadone route as a last resort. I've been on it for 2 years and finally started detoxing and now I'm at a low enough dose that I can get high on heroin again usually methadone blocks the " high" . My boyfriend is always on and off it all the time and won't try Methadone. He was doing well and now he's used 6 days straight about $50 worth each day. I don't think that's that much. He says he's " dope sick" now. I think it's mostly mental. If he stops again now, how long will he feel sick? I know it's nothing like someone that's been using for a long time or using hundreds of dollars worth a day?Also, do you think I should give my boyfriend an ultimatum? The only reason why I used again is because I knew he could get it for me but I wasn't fiending so I wouldn't have sought it out myself. My final question is why does Heroin make a lot of people so irritable even when they are on it? He's untolerable when he's high. He's a real jerk. It would make sense if he was sick and acting this way but he gets so mean when he's high on it. The other day I had to save his life because he " nodded" off while eating fell asleep with a big hunk of candy bar in his mouth and was choking to death. I gave him the Heimlach and it flew out. It was so scary though, he was turnig blue and mnaking starange noises. I was so scared afterwards that I yelled at him and told him that I hated him and he told me off. It was just so avoidable and he scared me and that's why I told him this WHAT CAN I DO BESIDES JUST " DUMPING HIM" ? Oh, he also has makes only $8 an hour and he can't afford rehab.

Question about opiate addiction?
im 20 years old and having been abusing oxycontin daily for about a year and using anywhere from at least 40 to 160 mg a day depending on my money situation. But i have recently stopped using because im sick of it controlling my life. my question is will my brain chemistry be screwed up forever, another words 10 years down the road am i gonna still have itches to use or anything like that. i know a year isnt THAT long of abuse but still pretty bad

How do you help someone with a severe opiate addiction?
He can't afford inpatient, which is the best I heard. He is on a path to destruction the rate he's going. Been a decade long addiction..What can be done?????

Whats worse alcohol addiction or opiate addiction?


What are the signs of opiate addiction?
I have a friend and they had been prescribed percocet a moth ago for an elbow injury which is now all healed. Lately they have had dark, baggy eyes, lost a littttttle weight and a couple times after hanging out with her at my house she has just fallen asleep outaa no where

Long term opiate addiction how to taper down ... or suggest a way to explain to the doctor that I want off.?
Hello all my name is chris and im new to this forum disscussion board...here is my deal I have had kidney problems for going on 8 years now my right kidney is crystalizing and I have massive like 6.5mm stones that I pass just about everyother day.. mind you this has been going on 8 years... I am highly dependent on opiates... because simply put not a damn thing else works.... they first started me out on Norco 7.5 5x and day for 3 years ...then to the 10mg 5x daily ... well about 3 years they stopped working all together so I was put on percocet 10 325 6 tablets daily as needed...totally i was on hydrocodone for 5 years and oxy for 3... well 2 years ago the percocet stopped working and he switched me to roxicodone 15mg 1 pill 7x a day and i have been on that since....I am in severe pain but at this point I am so physically addicted that I am tired of being on the damn things... i don't abuse them i have always taken them as directed... but I know that withdrawal is HELL especially the length of time i have been taken them and the dose escalation...I do not know how to bring this up to my doc...I have 2 of them that work on me in the same medical building... and they both have been excellent ... i know you can taper but i dont know how to exactly... just any info would be appreciated ... thanks guys.

What exactly is Ibogaine, and how successful is it for the treatment of opiate addiction?
I was told of a new medication to help overcome an opiate addiction, unfortunately I haven't been able to find out much about it. I believe that it is only available at a treatment facility located in New Mexico...so, it really makes me wonder if it's even a legitimate treatment approved by the FDA. I also wonder if there have been many studies done on it, and what the statistics are concerning its rate of success.

Long term mental effects of opiate addiction?
I couldn't find any of the specific answers I wanted. I got a few questions. Is it possible to fully recover from addiction? What I mean is can someone get back to being happy, peaceful, spiritual, religious, etc...the way they were before ever becoming an addict? Is it possible that the cravings for ones drug of choice will ever fully subside?I ask because I am an addict. I've been in recovery for well over 1 year, yet I still constantly think about and crave my drug of choice and feel like I will be emotionally numb forever now.

Are you ever happy again after opiate addiction?
I was addicted to opiates for a year never injected but have smoked heroin and Oxy , and I've been off for 6 months and still have no motivation nor do I have much of a reason to live other than my family would be be devastated.