SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME ,I'M VERY CONFUSED.MY BOYFRIEND IS A RECOVERING OXY ADDICT.HE WAS SHOOTING UP FOR A YEAR BEFORE I FOUND OUT.HE'S SUPPOSEDLY BEEN CLEAN FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS,BUT HAS BEEN ACTING STRANGE LATELY. I FOUND A SMALL BOTTLE OF SOME FRUITY SMELLING LIQUID IN MY CAR AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS COUGH SYRUP.I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME AND HE GRABBED IT FROM ME.WELL,THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS SOME LIQUID CODEINE OR SOMETHING.I BEG HIM EVERYDAY TO TELL ME WHATS GOING ON AND FINALLY THIS MORNING HE TELLS ME IT'S METHADONE,AND THAT IT'S HELPING HIM CONTROL HIS CRAVINGS FOR PAINKILLERS.THERE IS ABOUT $600.00 DOLLARS UNACCOUNTED FOR THIS MONTH,WHICH IS ALOT OF MONEY TO US.I AM NOT A DRUG USER SO I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DRUG PRICES OR ADDICTION.I THOUGHT METHADONE WAS TO HELP PEOPLE.IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE ADDICTED? WOULD THAT BE WHERE ALL OUR MONEY HAS GONE? I KNOW HE'S GETTING IT OFF THE STREETS.DOES THIS ALL ADD UP? I'VE ALSO BEEN FINDING MEDICINE DROPPERS AND BOTTLE CAPS ALL OVER THE PLACE.SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN.
Yes! Very addictive... My sister is on it, and is very addicted. If it wasn't something wrong he wouldnt be hidding it... If he is getting it at a clinic its about 85$ a week. On the streets .... much more...
narcoedmtl@hotmail.com
Hi,
"Some (heroin) addicts readily admit that they prefer methadone as their drug of abuse." International Journal of Pharmacology. 1975
Some heroin addict quit heroin buy using methadone and get addict to methadone. They need to detox from methadone. It is possible without the use of other drug replacement.
Hi,
"Some (heroin) addicts readily admit that they prefer methadone as their drug of abuse." International Journal of Pharmacology. 1975
Some heroin addict quit heroin buy using methadone and get addict to methadone. They need to detox from methadone. It is possible without the use of other drug replacement.
My God, people, where do you get your information from? First of all, your boyfriend is buying it off the streets which is not a very good idea because you don't really know what you're getting in a dosage. Some people who sell it, water it down and yeah, we're talking alot of money here. Second, Methadone Treatment has always had a stigma attached to it because there are some and I do mean some, that continue to use opiates. Methadone is designed to block opiates, IF in fact you go to a clinic for HELP. If it is done correctly, and you are taking your medication (methadone) AS PRESCRIBED, you A. Don't get any cravings for opiates, B. Even if you did try to get high, your "blocking dose" would prevent you from FEELING the effects of opiates, such as Heroin, Oxycontin, etc.C. Patients DO NOT get high from their correct daily dosage. I speak from experience as I am on of those people who went to a clinic for help and got it. From the day I started on Methadone I never used Heroin again. I do not "get high" from my dosage because it was done with a Doctor and I did the right thing. Yes, people DO get high from Methadone but not if they are on a Maintenance Program.
If your boyfriend is going to use the methadone he should find a doctor to prescribe it or find a local methadone clinic. I am on it and it really has helped me. Getting it on the street is way too expensive I pay 6 dollars a day for my dose. It varies from place to place. If he doesn't get help may I suggest that you get out of the relationship. Addiction is a very confounding disease and it brings pain not only to the drug user but those around them as well. You can only do so much. Ultimately it is up to him.
-Lisa Loyd
-Lisa Loyd
Very well said Dottie....way to go!!!!
methadone is poison highly addictive with the same effects as heroin the only reason people say the dont feel it is because they have become tolerate to their dose lower their dose and they well feel it alright in the form of hanging out <withdraws>the only plus if you can call it that is that methadone has a half life of 18-24 hrs as oposed to heroin which is 4-6hrs that is it stays connected to ur opoid receptors in ur brain prolonging the effects and making it less likely ur be out hunting ur next shot that day anyway...this is also methadones big down side when you want to come off it you well hit a wall at around 15-25mg that is the dose no longer holds you until ur next dose and you well have withdraws maybe not for the first few hours after ur dose but for a greater part of the day these withdraws drive you crazy the aching the moods and the kicking legs unable to get to sleep deal with family and in the end ur only alternative is to go up in dose or to use again so how to do get clean rid ur self of the chemical hand cuffs they call methadone well the truth is most people dont methadone does not in most cases rid people of their addiction to heroin or other opoids it only gives them release from the emotional and finanical burden of a habit they are still adddicted this time to a far more habit forming chemical methadone unlike heroin the withdraws dont last 10-14 days they last for months up to 6-9 months b4 u even can say i feel 90% good however there is hope forget about methadone if you really want to rid urself of the habit go straight to subutex it is less habit forming less likely to be abused can hold you for 2-3 days between dosing and when you finally want to kick the habit totally the hanging out is far less mind f#$%king than methadone please if you take one thing in that i have written rid ur self of the methadone habit better still dont even go there i say all of this from first hand experience 2 months ago i hit that wall on methdone having over the last 20 mths come down from 120mg a day to 25mg a day i started to constantly hang out not sleep and it looked like i was headed for the pitz again i decided to try subutex i had heard all about the withdraws u suffer when you change over well compared to the last 2 mths it was a walk in the park on a bueatiful sunny day all i did was take half my daily dose 24 hrs b4 my first dose of subutex yes i was feeling pretty crappy but within 1 hr of taking that dose of subutex 6mg my life changed i had a further dose of 4 mg in the afternoon then daily doses of 10 mg for a fortnight after that i went to double doses on mon wed and a triple dose on fri meaning i only have to go to the chemist 3 time a week and rather than suffer from the rollercoaster ride which is methadone my life now is a flat line my head is so clear clearer than its been for 10 years and im on the trail home reducing at 1mg a week yes there well be withdraws when i finally reach 0mg but everyone i spoken to say they are far less trhan methadone and heroin ive experienced both so im sure im up to it one more thing to the guys out there who are on methadone and know 1 particular side effect of it the leads back in the pencil and my wife who by the way has stood by me through all of this loves it for the first time in a few years we are a real couple :)
Methadone is evil s*** - heroin is better for you! (but its illegal).
I was on methadone for years and myself and nearly every other person I knew on it were using heroin at the same time. All it ever achieves for most is just making you comfortable in between your heroin use. Most people still blow every cent of income on heroin and methadone just holds you until more money comes in.
I am totally off drugs over 5 years ago and would never recomend methadone for anyone wanting to get clean - its unsuccesful for that!
If you want make your life more tollerable while using then go ahead - thats all its good for. But be warned its f***en awful to try and get off - worse than heroin
If you want to get clean then forget the filthy s***
Factual success rates for methadone are that pathetic that nobody even quotes them.
I personally used for over 10 years and cannot think of a single person who is recovered because of methadone(by recovery I mean totally over drugs and will not relapse)
Withdrawl pain is the success to long term recovery and plenty of it.
I was on methadone for years and myself and nearly every other person I knew on it were using heroin at the same time. All it ever achieves for most is just making you comfortable in between your heroin use. Most people still blow every cent of income on heroin and methadone just holds you until more money comes in.
I am totally off drugs over 5 years ago and would never recomend methadone for anyone wanting to get clean - its unsuccesful for that!
If you want make your life more tollerable while using then go ahead - thats all its good for. But be warned its f***en awful to try and get off - worse than heroin
If you want to get clean then forget the filthy s***
Factual success rates for methadone are that pathetic that nobody even quotes them.
I personally used for over 10 years and cannot think of a single person who is recovered because of methadone(by recovery I mean totally over drugs and will not relapse)
Withdrawl pain is the success to long term recovery and plenty of it.
Steve, why fill people with this stigma that methedone isn't going to work for people??? Do you remember learning when you were in elementery that everyone is different??? Sometimes different people need different treatments. Just because you had a hard time with meth does'nt mean that you can try to take it out of the picture for everyone else. This is why people off of the street do not like to go to the clinics because of people keeping this stigma going.
Dr. Jed P. Anderson
Some people are born with an endorphine deficiency syndrome. Methadone really helps these kind of people. Even know it's for life.
Dr. Jed P. Anderson
Some people are born with an endorphine deficiency syndrome. Methadone really helps these kind of people. Even know it's for life.
What do you people not understand???? Oh because the govt. says its legal its good. They just want to stop the spread of disease, theft, and all that good stuff drug addicts do.... Drugs are drugs if you need a drug every day YOUR A DRUG ADDICT
Ex drug addict myself and agree with the opinion that meth is evil s***. I dont know ANYONE who got clean and recovered due to meth. And I know s*** loads of people who have taken it. It doesn't surprise me either that the Doctor doesn't have a clue what he/she is on about cos in my experience most of them don't. Addiction is only understood by the recovering addict. I have been drug free for over 4 years myself. I tried the methadone programme to help me stop using but it didnt work.
I was on merhadone for over 5 years and yes a lot of addicts use the methadone as a crutch for days when they don't have thier fix, me included. but when I finally decided to get clean the methadone was a tremendous help. I went from 85 mgs. to 0mgs over a peroid of 16 months. The first few weeks being off the methadone were not the best time in my life, but when I think of the alternatives and what I put myself through for the last 8 years before that it wasn't that bad. I'm coming up on 2 years clean and don't know how I could have done it without the methadone. So it works for some people, if you do it right. Everybody is different. What works for one may not work for another, but you won't know until you try.
J.T.
J.T.
Man, H is better than methadone. Nobidy gets off methadone.you sound like my grandfather!