Methadone

No, methadone should be taken orally as prescribed.

Methadone does effect weight loss and will increase weight in people. Methadone can greatly impact the body's metabolism. Drinking lots of water with a low-fat high fiber diet may slow weight gain and for some will help lose some weight very slowly. The only sure way to lose weight is to lower dosage to 35 mg or less a day or get off completely.

No. Snorting an opiate usually makes it kick in stronger and quicker. Methadone is meant to be taken orally and to slowly being to work so it does what it was created for. I would NOT suggest insufflate, smoking or injecting it. Very dangerous.

Methadone is a very powerful drug and the chance of significant side effects including the likelihood of death are increased when combined with alcohol.

Additionally, many methadone clinics require their patients to sign treatment contracts which require the patient to promise not to use or abuse other substances while being treated. It is possible to detect alcohol use during the frequent drug testing that should be occurring as part of the treatment regimen. So it is likely your best bet to lay off the alcohol until your treatment is complete, maybe longer if you are struggling with addictions.

Methadone slows down your breathing, so does alcohol, I have had two friends drink and take methadone and never woke up.

Methadone and alcohol are central nervous system depressants. Combining the two can cause the suppression of reflex actions, a weak heartrate, low blood pressure, slowed or stopped breathing leading to a lack of oxygen, becoming unconscious, aspiration, cardiac arrest, coma, or death.

You should never take more than 32mg a day. But in reality you can get by just fine with 8-16mg. You do not need more than that, because that is all it take to completely saturate your opiate receptors! So anymore after that is just a waste of money.

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Yes, after 1 to 2 -8mg pills the effects do not increase, in my experience.

I would NEVER take more than 16 mg in one day... that's asking for side effects like aggravation, irritation, and loss of sex drive.

However, my friend took 13 -8mg pills (over the course of 24 hours) before he went into jail, and he is still alive and kicking (no pun intended lol).

I personally never take over 4 mg per day, and I'm cutting back even more from here.

I usually take my daily dose of 100mgs of methadone and 30mins later I take about 400mgs of dramamine. This usualy intensifies the opiate "warmth" resulting greater euphoria. The key to this is timming. The methadone takes an hour to kick in for me. And 30 mins for the dramamine to kick in. So this allows the combination of the two to kick in at the same time.

Yes it is an opiate just like morphine and heroin.

Yes, it will show up on a drug screen even if you are taking methadone.

if you are going to a clinic everyday, chances are very slim that you will ever quit. Methadone is the most addictive opiate in the world. Your best bet would be to try and get a prescription to a drug called suboxone or subutext. It is a maintenance drug that does the same things as methadone but just without having to go to the clinic everyday. I went to a clinic for years and since I have switched to suboxone my life has changed for the better. But truth be told once someone starts taking a maintenance like these everyday it is very very unlikely to ever stop.

Really, any amount will show up on a urine drug test. And it should show up several hours after a person takes it.

No, each require their own test. Therefore, methadone will only show up as methadone and suboxone will only show up as suboxone.

Both increase serotonin levels, so it would be silly to take both. Now, if you take methadone in the morning, and begin getting shaky at night and cannot sleep, it would be o.k. to take it at night for sleep only...not during the day and not together with methadone!

The test can go back as long as your hair is long. The average growth rate for hair is 1/2 inch every month. So if they take 2 inches of hair - they can test for four months worth of drug usage.

With said, however, the average hair drug test will go back for 30 - 90 days. The longer the hair is, the less accurate the test will be.

I am on 100mg of Methadone and have been for a few years now. Three weeks ago my doctor put me on Paxil. He said it was safe.I have noticed no side effects at all!

Death -___-, Which is somewhat ambiguous. I don't believe after 33 years on methadone, I have ever heard anyone discuss injecting methadone. First off it comes in several types, which makes no right answer. As with everything else regarding opiates, the dose plays the largest role in answering the question. If you find methadone that will break down, the size of dose is going to dictate if have an early demise. My question is why would you shoot methadone? There are so many other drugs you can get your altered state of consciousness from. Methadone is primarily a N.R.T. substance, so use it what it is designed for. No lectures but get cleaned up and life up to your potential instead of hiding behind a drug induced state of ambiguity, which you are really going to regret later; if there is a later and from the type of questions you ask, I don't see there being much of a later if you don't start doing some real research prior to having these great thoughts.

You will go into opiate withdrawals for 1-4 months. The reason it is so long is because of the half life methadone has. It is a horrible drug I suggest a one week suboxone taper then it will be about 8 days of Suck but manageable. A big factor in withdrawal from methadone is the amount of time you have been on it. If you have been on it for several days or weeks the withdrawal should not be much worse than a heroin withdrawal. If you are on the methadone for several years, than you are in for a real challenge! Difficulty with sleeping is one long term symptom of withdrawal from methadone after a long time on it. After the initial withdrawals begin to wear off, often difficulty with sleeping is a big problem. The next big factor is the dose you were on. If you are on methadone for maintenance treatment, today the methadone programs often allow very high doses of meth. Sometimes in excess of 200mg. To get off a dose like this, especially if you were on it for a dose, a very slow detox, and taper, especially when reaching less than 10 mg is optimum. When dropping off to nothing, sometime clonidine, a blood pressure med, is given. It seems to help with withdrawal. If you weren't on meth for a long time, maybe several weeks, a couple of months, a detox from the dosage you were on is suggested. Actually, if you were not on methadone for a long time, and the dose you were on was not too high, the withdrawals seen with heroin will occur; restlessness, anxiety, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, craving for methadone, chills, fever, no appetite, sneezing. These are the most common. It may take a couple of days more than heroin for the withdrawals to pass, 7days, maybe 10 for the symptoms to fully subside. I have heard, that the flu like symptoms with methadone is actually a bit less than a heroin withdrawal. The bottom line is it can be done! I have done it myself after being on it for years. It is difficult, but It is possible to obtain abstinence, even prolonged. I am not a big fan of methadone, there are other treatment modalities using heroin to treat that addiction, but that is another story!

60 mg when they mix it in the clinic, powder in to juice 1mil= 1mg,5 mil juice =5mg,and so on.

Salvia is undetectable except in military testing but since Salvia is legal at least in most of the US they're unlikely to test for it. Shrooms will show up on a drug test, but it is relatively uncommon to test for.

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Even if one is tested for it, it is believed (though not proven) that it leaves the body within 12 hours. The elimination half-life of salvinorin A is believed short (less than an hour), meaning the detection window for salvinorin A is probably brief. Also, Salvia does not trigger a false positive for any other drugs.

Like many drugs the amount of time it takes before a particular drug is no longer detectable in urine depends on the quantity of drug taken "X" multiplied by the number of days of continuuous use "Y". Just to keep it simple the average person can ingest methadone ( usually by orally drinking it ) and produce a clean urine in 72 hours.

Methadone is used to treat people who are addicted to opiates such as oxycontin. Many people enter treatment facilities and take methadone to help themselves to get off the opiates and eventually detox from the methadone.

Methadone is giving for two reason one is for chronic pain and the other is to detox a person who is addicted to opiates. methadone is an opiod which is addictive its self but it stays in your body longer and you dont get the high feeling from whatever opiates you were using and then when the dr feels its time they will slowly bring you off the methadone

well i think that the body is used to morphine now and is addicted and you don't want it to be jfhs ajf Some people have been on small doses of morphine for years and have led a relatively healthy life. However, it is addictive as you know and there comes a time when a little isn't enough. It's hard on the heart, kidneys and liver, not to mention damaging brain cells.

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Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:

•antibiotics like chloroquine, clarithromycin, erythromycin, grepafloxacin, pentamidine, sparfloxacin, troleandomycin

•arsenic trioxide

•cisapride

•droperidol

•halofantrine

•haloperidol

•medicines for irregular heart beat like amiodarone, bretylium, disopyramide, dofetilide, procainamide, quinidine, sotalol

•pimozide

•ranolazine

•rasagiline

•selegiline

•sertindole

•ziprasidone

This medicine may also interact with the following medications:

•alcohol

•alfuzosin

•antibiotics like gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin, mefloquine, moxifloxacin, ofloxacin, telithromycin

•antihistamines for allergy, cough and cold

•desipramine

•MAOIs like Carbex, Eldepryl, Marplan, Nardil, and Parnate

•medicines for blood pressure

•medicines for depression, anxiety, or psychotic disturbances

•medicines for irregular heart beat like flecainide, propafenone

•medicines for nausea or vomiting like dolasetron, ondansetron, palonosetron

•medicines for seizures like carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin

•medicines for sleep

•medicines for sleep during surgery

•medicines to numb the skin

•muscle relaxers

•narcotic medicines for pain

•octreotide

•peginterferon Alfa-2b

•phenothiazines like chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, prochlorperazine, thioridazine

•rifampin, rifapentine

•some medcines for cancer like dasatinib, lapatinib, sunitinib

•some medicines for HIV like delavirdine, didanosine, efavirenz, nevirapine

•St. John's wort

•tacrolimus

•tramadol

•vardenafil

•vorinostat

This list may not describe all possible interactions. Give your health care provider a list of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also tell them if you smoke, drink alcohol, or use illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.

This all depends on your height, weight, and dosage. The half life (the time it takes the medication to become half effective) is 24-48 hours. It could take as long a 1-4 weeks for it to completely clear your system.