Methadone

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.

Yes... i had a decaying molar and when the pain got so severe i decided to try to find a painkiller to take. All I could find was methadone and being so desperate for pain relieve, I took one pill (not sure of dosage). it worked quite well for the pain but it also cured it! I awoke the next morning and there was still no pain. I soon realized that the tooth partially grew out.

This happened more than 6 months ago and although my tooth continued to fall apart, the pain never returned!!

I see these questions alot, but they just do not make any sense to me. If you are trying to get off an opiate, why would you take another opiate? The answer is NO. There is a reason why they give methadone at clinics to get off opiates and not hydrocodone and oxycodone. Oxycodone and hydrocodone half a much shorter half-life than methadone, therefore you need MORE of it to get similar effects. What makes methadone a great tool for opiate recovery is that it lasts so long and because the euphoric effects are much less than hydrocodone. Therefore you can take much less and manage it much more easily at a lower cost. If you take hydrocodone to lesson your methadone withdrawal, then you are only building a tolerance for hydrocodone that will cause withdrawal symptoms as well. Again, why would you take a drug for withdrawal symptoms that cause withdrawal itself? Methadone is the best choice for opiate detox. If you are experiencing withdrawal serious enough to make you think about taking another opiate you are either 1., not ready to detox, or 2., are not being decreased properly by your doctor or clinic manager. The normal decrease rate for methadone is 1-2mg a WEEK. Yes, it's slow, but very effective and will have little to no withdrawal symptoms. This is all from personal experience.

yes. But first if getting this from a pill source I would extract the methylphenidate salt from it, and then dissolve it in a saline solution.

Antibodies are part of the body's immune response to foreign bodies, or antigens. A foreign body can be anything from cat dander to a flu virus. For every antigen, there is a unique antibody, or immunoglobulin, that has a site to bind to a specific antigen, which is why flu shots and other inoculations can work--once the immune system recognizes the bacteria or virus and creates an antibody, it remembers how to make those antibodies and can thus quarantine the pathogens and destroy them before they can spread and infect the body.

Thus, without exposure to a herpes virus, either I or II, there would not be an appreciative amount of antibodies specific to herpes, or herpes antibodies, as the question phrases it. However, everyone has some of these antibodies, since the process of developing specific antibodies involves random mutations of genetic information to deduce what is needed to bind to the specific antigen. For clinical and diagnosing purposes, there exists is a cut-off point that determines if you have herpes or not.

If you want to see what your antibody level is, there is a really neat site that has some great information as well as some testing options. For Herpes I, or Oral Herpes or HSV 1, check out the first link in related links. For Herpes II, or Genital Herpes or HSV 2, check out the second link.

Yes, hon. First - there's always side affects to Vicadin and there's always "side affects" to smoking reefer. The two together is one hell of a buzz. An adult, well - a pot smoking adult answer would be: Anything that says do not take with Alcohol, don't take it with pot.

Personally, I figure as long as you're not going anywhere but to bed you SHOULD be OK... don't hold me to it. If you're taking Vicadin you must be in some kind of pain, right? I "take" pot for pain all the time.

Hmm... I think I'm getting a headache... ;}

When one takes Methadone, meaning methadone treatment, do not need to take Morphine. Therefore, taking those two for my personal opinion one do not have a need to take them together. You ether take Methadone alone, which according to me is the best one to take, or, just Morphine alone. So preferably do not mix them together.

Yes. Suboxone is a synthetic opiate, and you become addicted to it just like any other opiate drug. Going cold turkey from it is no fun at all. That's one of the reasons that suboxone replacement therapy is not a good idea. If a person runs out, they are likely to turn back to heroin or other opiates to avoid the withdrawal syndrome.

If you quit cold turkey anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks depending on what dose and how long you've been taking it. It is recommended to slowly taper off with 5mg every 2 to 3 weeks. If you go to a methadone clinic they will try to keep you on the drug for a year or two. It helps to eat a healthy diet and exercise.

Any doctor can persribe methadone to a patient as long as there is just casuse. However many doctors won't because of the risk of addiction. If you ahve pain that seriously need attention I recommend seeing a pain doctor. Or someone who specializes in chronic pain.

I have read where people have started stuttering after taking some medications. Anything that causes changes in the brain, like a stroke, could cause stuttering. Check the research papers on the web site for The Stuttering Foundation.

You kind of don't. Methadone is addictive. There will bewithdrawal; you should probably consult a physician for ways to minimize this withdrawal.

10mg of Methadone is equivalent to 5micrograms of Fetanyl.

Fetanyl is tremendously stronger than Methadone. Fetanyl is measured in micrograms, Methadone in mg....

hope this helped...

caffeine will increase metabolism. so yes it can drop the half life the methadone although more then likely, it will not be a significant amount.

No you will be fine for the day because it has an incredibly long halflife. Miss two days though and youll start to feel it.

As in most of these answers, they are right but partially right at best. It depends what you are using methedone for? If you are using it as a N.R.T. as it used most often, then you are only going to take it once a day. The problem with this is that th e half life is in very long, it will wear off before 48 hours. It is all contingent on what you are dosing at and how long you have been on it? with those variables answered there is a much better chance of answering the question accurately.

The FDA is issuing this public health advisory to alert patients and their caregivers and health care professionals to the following important safety information:

· Patients should take methadone exactly as prescribed. Taking more methadone than prescribed can cause breathing to slow or stop and can cause death. A patient who does not experience good pain relief with the prescribed dose of methadone, should talk to his or her doctor.

· Patients taking methadone should not start or stop taking other medicines or dietary supplements without talking to their health care provider. Taking other medicines or dietary supplements may cause less pain relief. They may also cause a toxic buildup of methadone in the body leading to dangerous changes in breathing or heart beat that may cause death.

· Health care professionals and patients should be aware of the signs of methadone overdose. Signs of methadone overdose include trouble breathing or shallow breathing; extreme tiredness or sleepiness; blurred vision; inability to think, talk or walk normally; and feeling faint, dizzy or confused. If these

Methadone is an opiate medication (specifically an long-acting opiate agonist). It is prescribed in tablet form to treat pain, and in liquid form (at specially approved clinics) to treat opiate addiction - especially when withdrawing from heroin.

Methadone is a DEA category 2 medication (as is the case with all other opiates, with the exception of codeine).