Methadone has a very long half life (it stays in your system for a very long time). Apparently longer than a week :D
No, Pregnancy can still occur if methadone is being used.
Yes. Sometimes methadone takes up to 2 hours to start feeling the effects.
No, methadone will block the euphoric effects of morphine and other opiates.
If you want to, yes. But the methadone is a much more potent opiate than Vicodin. If you are taking an adequate dose of methadone, then it is likely that all your opiate receptors in your brain are full. That is, in fact, the point of taking methadone. If they are, then you probably won't "feel" anything from the Vicodin. If you are not taking an adequate dose of methadone, then the Vicodin will help with pain/opiate withdrawls/whatever you are taking it for. It is important to add that if you take the Vicodin with methadone, or any long acting/extended release opiate, that you are still increasing your chances of respiratory depression(the #1 risk of taking too many pain-killers or benzodiazopenes) EVEN IF you do not "feel" the effects from the Vicodin.
Your doctor probably weaned you off the Methadone too fast before switching you over to Suboxone. Methadone takes a LONG time to withdrawal from. I would definitely tell your doctor that you're still feeling withdrawals from the Methadone so he can help you. Hope you feel better.
No, if you take methadone, you should not mix it with suboxone. Make sure the methadone is out of you system before taking suboxone. Combining these medications can result in instant withdrawals and severe sickness.
I have kids and my youngest is 3. I still seem to have some milk in my breasts. It was that way before I went on methadone and I only breast fed my child for 2 weeks. I started methadone 2 years ago. I think it's normal.
Endorphins stops when on your methadone because of the blood flow and chemicals. This is in the body.These drugs are made by chemists in labs, and include methadone, Endorphins can boost your mood too, and affect how you respond to situations of stress.
Testing exists to ensure that methadone patients are actually taking their medication and not selling it on the black market. I'd like to elaborate on the above answer. Testing for Methadone assures that patients are taking their medications because most people that are taking Methadone are on a previous medication that is causing the withdrawal alot of Methadone users will sell the drug to get their drug of choice. Also they want to make sure the user is not abusing the drug by taking too much.
It wouldn't, unless methadone was one of the drugs being abused/used and was still in the person's system at the time of the urine test. It takes some time for methadone to be "flushed" out of a user's system due to its very long half life.
Of course it will. But it also depends on how long after you have taken the methadone. If you take the urine screening a week later it may still be in your system and show up on the test, if you take the test 2 weeks later it STILL may show up on the test, if you take the test 3 weeks later it will probably not show up. But be aware that Methadone is a very long-acting opiate and it is stored deep in your muscles and tissue so it can take a while to clear out of your system even though you only took 10mg for 3 days. But it should be out in about a week or 2 depending on your metabolism.
No, the clearance time of methadone is about 24 hours.