Methadone

on a normal drug screen ther are catagories that range from cocaine methamphetamine opiates and under the opiates they have the capabilities of determining what kind of opiate that may include oxycodone morphine methadone so yes methadone will show up as an opiate or if its own class is provided under methadone then

Methadone should only be taken orally as prescribed by a physician.

Swollen lymph node, often from infection. Nothing to worry about. Give it a wk or two.

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In the U.S. doctors can prescribe methadone for pain management but not for MSW (addicts)

I don't know, but that doesn't sound safe to me. i was just prescrided pain killers and muscle relaxers for my back. i believe those meds gave me panic attacks, and the doctor prescrided me xanax only .5mg. i think i need a higher dose bec. i still feel anxious alot and cant stop thinking about it. I would not recomend taking all of those drugs nless you talk to a doctor. I was taking my Meds like i was prescrided and it made me feel like i was going to have a heart attack or die.now i am only taking Xanax. I would rather have a broken back then have the anxiety!!!! I don't know if this helps, but just alittle something to give you an idea.

Yes they detect differently. I know that some drug tests require a seperate, specific test to detect methadone (and it shows up as methadone).

Perfect euphoria in my opinion, it shouldn't be dangerous either since the morphine was prescribed by my doctor for my degenerative spine disks and the Ritalin was prescribed so I wouldn't sleep so much from the morphine. Try 30mg of morphine and 20mg of Ritalin intranasal.

If methadone is taken as prescribed and responsibly, you should be able to operate heavy equipment. If you experience any drowsiness, do not operate heavy equipment and you should contact your doctor about adjusting the medication.

Sometimes eating about thirty minutes after ingesting methadone will help the drug to work more quickly and effectively. I have been told this by workers at a clinic and also patients who complained that the drug wasn't working well enough for them. When I was put on methadone, I would wait about 20 to 30 minutes after I took 2 pills, then eat a small snack or a meal, and it would "kick it in" so to speak, making me experience more pain relief and I felt I got more out of the medicine than if I had not eaten anything at all. Drinking hot coffee also seems to help for a lot of folks. Different pain medications work for different people and I believe in using methadone because it has a long-lasting effect and the patient only doses once a day. Other pain relievers such as lortabs or percocets only last a few hours and then more pills are needed to continue pain relief. Roxicodone is only a break-through pain reliever, sometimes lasting only an hour. Also, methadone is not a drug that is likely to be abused intravenously like Roxicodone or oxycontin. I believe it is safer because it is used mainly once daily, it is a pill or liquid to be ingested, not administered intravenously.

yes.. i have known people to abuse methadone when they cannot find heroin. methadone also has a withdrawl factor that can be compared to actual heroin withdrawl. eventhough it is used to get off heroin its really just substituting one for the another.

Yes depends how much o.c tho

Yes, a methadone pill may be cut if a lower dose is required.

Actually it is strongly discouraged....

Studies show that the use of anti-depressants, combined with Methadone usage severely increase the negative side effects of Methadone such as slowed breathing, respiratory failure, and death. I would recommend, although tedious, reading the entire medication information packet that comes with your prescription and you will find this info there. Or if you are obtaining Methadone Illegally, go to an informative website and read the medication interaction warnings. Be careful, and good luck.

The short answer is that, if you are under medical supervision, preferably in a hospital setting where you are being monitored, dilaudid (hydromorphone) can be taken for breakthrough pain when methadone is used as the primary analgesic (pain killer) for severe pain.

Methadone is a tricky drug to prescribe and finding the safe dosage that provides pain relief involves starting at a low dose and gradually increasing it until the patient gets relief, while monitoring the patient's vital signs and watching for the many possible side effects. The technical term for this is titration, and it is best done in a hospital setting, especially since patients in severe pain usually have other medical conditions that add to these risks.

Both dilaudid (hydromorphone) and methadone are opioid narcotics, but methodone is a more long-acting drug while hydromorphone is a more short-acting drug. Both are used for treating severe pain, but due to its short-acting nature, hydromorphone is more suited to treating breakthrough pain that occurs despite treatment with another drug.

The problem with taking hydromorphone with another opioid narcotic like methadone is that they can have a combined effect that can depress respiration to the point where medical intervention may be needed to prevent death. In a hospital setting where you can be monitored and where life support and other measures can be taken in an emergency, this is less of a concern. Outside a hospital setting, it is difficult and risky to determine the safe dosage for methadone for specific patients.

One of the difficulties in using methadone is that its effects on respiration can last long after it has stopped providing pain relief. This presents problems for the very patients that it is likely to be prescribed for - those with severe chronic pain. Taking another dose of methadone, or another opioid narcotic such as hydromorphone, when the first dose of methadone is wearing off, adds to the risk that, at some point, you may stop breathing.

A physician who specializes in pain management is best qualified to prescribe a course of treatment for severe pain, which may or may not include the use of multiple drugs. Self-prescribing narcotics, or experimenting with the dosage, can be very dangerous.

It depends on the medication taken. However, if you've taken an overdose or know someone who has, call 911 immediately!

Suicide comes from believing that the pain experienced will never end. Hopelessness. However, by reaching out to those around you and to professionals, you can get through the pain and be happy again. I almost died of sugar overdose.Take care XD

Some macrolide antibiotics, Tagamet (antacid), Valium, some SSRIs (anti-depressants), grapefruit, and some anti-fungals can inhibit the action of the liver enzyme CYP3A4, which is responsible for the metabolism of methadone.

YES AS LONG AS THEY ARE A LICENSED PHYSCIAN WITH A THERE M.D. CERTIFICACTION FAMILY PRACTICEE PHYSCIANS CAN PERSCRIBE METHADONE IN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN HOWEVER IN MONTANA I BELEIFE THE DOCTOR MUST BE A LICENSED PAIN DOCTOR SO ALL STATES MAY BE DIFFERENT BUTWISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN I KNOW FOR A FACT I HAVE LIVED THERE AND I HAVE BEEN PERSCRIBED METHADONE FROM MY FAMILY PHYSCIAN FOR PAIN NOT ADDICTION FOR ADDICTION ONLY A LICENSED PHYSCIAN WITH A OPIOTE ADDICTION TREATMENT LICENSE CAN PERSCRIBE METHDONE IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND IT MUST BE IN LIQUID FORM NOW ALL STATES HAVE DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS AND STATE STATUES

HERE ARE WISCONSINS STATE STATUES

( http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/dhs/dhs075.pdf )

HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE WITH ANY MORE QUESTIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THESE STATE STATUES ARE ONLY RELATED TO METHADONE FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS ALSO KNOWN AS METHADONE MAINTANENCE TREATMENT PROGRAMS (MMT) ALSO KNOWN AS (NOP) NARCOTIC OPIATE PROGRAMS

Acute methadone withdrawal can last for up to two weeks, depending on the degree of addiction. Methadone metabolism produces long-lived metabolites that are also narcotic and create withdrawal symptoms. The best method involves SHORT TERM Suboxone therapy, preferably inpatient, with other medical support. Post acute withdrawal can last for several months, and ideally involves other kinds of care, principally emotional support, nutrition, exercise and medical evaluation for symptoms that may have been covered up by the addiction.

Recovery is a different issue entirely; it involves getting our emotional, physical and social life back to something like normal and, depending on how hard we are willing to work at it, can take from a few months to a couple of years -- to never.

It is dangerous to take steroids in the first place, unless used under a doctors supervision to counter act an allergic reaction to a medicine. methadone is an opiate pain reliever, and is safe to take with steroids, which basically are human growth hormones.

methadone is a very strong version of Oxycontin. it's used to help people having withrdrawals from Oxycontin and heroin so it's an extremely strong version of it. i don't recommend mixing the two because methadone is basically the equivalent of 160 mgs of Oxycontin.

You can disolve them in water or just swallow them in half with water or orange juice.

You cannot eat grapefruit while taking methadone because certain organic compounds in the grapefruit will inhibit certain enzymes in your intestine and, to a lesser extent, your liver. This means that because there are less of these enzymes floating around to break down the methadone, more of that methadone is in your bloodstream. Thus a toxic level may build up, rendering you dead from an opiate overdose.

No, both forms of methadone will show up as methadone on a urine drug test.

Anger, high fevor, cold sweats, seeing things and hearing them. Body is in so much stress, shaks, tired but not...numb, everything bad at once! Its not a good feeling, so don't get caught up in it at first, believe me, if you have people that truly love you...or in your mind, hate you and want to make your life hell...they are the ones that are going to get you help..and if you get as far as I did...that last day feels like you almost are dying, and then breathing in fresh air---feels as you are re-born...why do you ask this anyway??

Because I have someone I am sponsoring and they are going through withdrawal with symptoms like paranoia - thinking people are talking about him on the metro bus.