Methadone

DO NOT INJECT ORAL MEDICATIONS! Medications designed for intravenous are sterile and designed specifically for that purpose. Oral medications are not and you will therefore be injecting whatever else is inside that bottle. It is not simply the case of "same thing different name," it is designated as oral for a reason.

Without running to google, from personal experience I have seen babies effected by methadone. Some of the problems I have seen are low birth weight, slow development mentally and physically(talking, crawling and walking), autism, irritability, acting out, adhd, ect... Many differnt problems could arise from a baby being born addicted to methadone, although if you are on methadone and pregnant, your best bet is to stay on methadone because the withdrawal could kill the baby. Of course this is all specualtion because I have also seen babies that were born healthy. But It must be awful for the baby to have to experience opiate withdrawal as the first thing it ever does in life.

Not to give you a vague answer, but every person's physiology is different. Body mass, metabolism, tolerance, etc. all play roles in determining the exact answer to your question. Whereas one person could never wake up after taking just 10mg of Methadone, there are others who are on levers as high as 200-300mg a day to treat Heroin addiction.

Yes, it does. Methadone is an opiate blocker, used for people who are trying to recover from excessive opiate/heroin use. In fact, in some cases, Methadone is prescribed strictly for pain in general.

Good luck w that! The only way I kno is to find clean urine then adding the methadone to it. Therefore when tested it is only positive for methadone. This works, I have done it to pass a many.

This isn't an easy question to answer. I do know that there are pregnant women who attend the local methadone clinic, however, it can and does cause addiction in the newborn. It all depends if the benefits outweigh the risks. It is important to discuss this with a doctor.

I agree that there are pregnant women who attend a methadone clinic and are able to have a healthy baby. I myself know several of them. However, their baby stays in the hospital while they wean it off of the methadone (again, this applies to the women I know that were pregnant on the clinic... not all women who have a baby while on methadone will have to leave their baby at the hospital for weeks at a time for the baby to be withdrawn safely under medical supervision). So, therefore, I would advise anyone who is pregnant to speak to their personal doctor about the risks and benefits of taking methadone while pregnant. I do, however, think that it is better for a pregnant woman to be on methadone instead of a cocktail of drugs that could really endanger (or worse) the unborn child.

Taking a drug that has morphine in it. This includes heroin. Heroin will return a positive result for morphine. Morphine of course will also; however, morphine is rarely available on the street.

Take valuim, clonidine and ibprophen, get as much rest as you can and take lots of hot baths. Try not to take any other opiate as it will delay the process

Take none of the above,other drugs are not the answer,reduce your script at a pace you are comfortable with, I have done this myself for 14 months and am now on a very low amount (4 mill) but have not used it now for 6 days, will power is what you need.

Yes. If you are legally prescribed to it you definitely can. I wouldn't recommend telling people you are on methadone unless you absolutely have to. For example, if a doctor or dentist asks if you are on any prescription drugs, if a new job requires a drug test and asks on a form if you are on any prescription drugs or if you are joining the military or some kind of organization that would require you to tell them what drugs you are prescribed to. Just don't go around telling people that information about yourself because if it gets in the hands of the wrong person, they may try to steal it off you or something, people get very desperate when withdrawing from opiates.

Also, I wouldn't recommend taking methadone UNLESS you are prescribed to it by a licensed physician. Methadone isn't a drug to play around with or experiment. There are a lot of kids that are taking it and have no idea what they are getting themselves into.

People often have the misunderstanding that "blood test" is a universal term. Untrue. There are many different types of blood tests, each given for a specific reason or reasons. With that said, the medication "Soma" can be seen on a blood test only IF it is looked for. In other words, if you are going in for a standard cbc / blood test...they will not be looking for "Soma" and therefore it will not show up. If however you are taking a blood test to look for "Soma" or its metabolite (meprobamate), then YES the test will indeed be positive for the presence of the drug.

Yes, it is possible to make Methadone tablets liquid for injection. If you normally use 200mg good quality street-Heroin, it is enough with 20mg Methadone to prevent withdrawal symptoms.

Methadone tablets usually have a lactose-monohydrocloride additive. If you try to warm (cook) this with water it will become a gelantine substans unusable for injecting.

The trick is to use cooled equipment as well as cooled water (please for your own health use 9mg natriumcloride, sterile water that mimic the body's own water/salt mixture). DO NOT USE TAP WATER!!!

As cooler as better (above freezing point) to prevent binding to gelatin.

Mix it well, and you will get a lot of residue, but this is only "fill stuff" in tablets. (20 to 30 % of the Methadone will be left in the residue so eat this to get it all).

Use a quite large peace of cotton to filter when you fill the syringe.

Be honest to yourself regarding the amount you use a day because Methadone is much more potent than street-Heroin. If you try to use the same amount in milligrams you are likely to overdose.

You will NOT get a similar kick from Methadone as Heroin. Ever! It is definitely better to take Methadone orally to save your internal body from damages caused by this type of injection's.

Methadone (and Subutex) are the best way to get your opiate addiction under control. Miracles will happened if you are patient and use several month's to reduce doses. Depending of how long you have been addicted it can take up to a year (slowly and painless) stepping down to get totally clean.

This should be done in cooperation with a qualified physician if you can find one to trust. It is also possible to do this on your own, but not recomended because opiate addiction is exstreamly difficult to control by yourself. It demands an enormous portion of self-disiplin, but if you make it. You are definetly strong enough mentally to achieve anything in life. Just get clean first!

Good luck!

Yes, almost. Buprenorphine is sold in two forms: Suboxone and Subutex. The difference between them is that Suboxone has naloxone added to it. Naloxone is a partial opiate antagonist, meaning that it blocks the opiate receptors in your brain, so you cannot get high from either taking too much Suboxone, or from taking other opiates on top of the Suboxone. Subutex does not have the naloxone in it, so it is possible to take a lot of it and get high on it (it's going to be a crappy high, though...you're really better off taking hydrocodone or oxycodone, if you wanna get an opiate high), or to take other opiates like heroin or oxycodone on top of the Subutex, and get high from them.

It honestly makes me fart a lot! All joking aside!

It can take a couple of days to get into your system. You have to give it time. Just because you take one or two tablets in the beginning and you feel nothing, doesn't mean you better take a few more. Methadone doesn't work that way. It has to build up gradually into your system. Then you maintain that level of methadone in your body by taking it the way the doctor prescribes it.

It is used as a long term pain reliever not for acute pain. If you do decide to ask about this medicine for chronic long term pain, make sure you ask a lot of questions. Make sure this is the medicine you want to use. It is highly addictive and you can't just stop cold turkey. The withdrawals are are terrible. Let the doctor wean you off of it.

Methadone treatment works for heroin addicts, but also for chronic pain and any other signs of addictions ************I have been on methadone for 5 years. Here is how it went for me: I finally told my MD I was addicted to hydrocodone (Vicodin or Lorcet). I said I didn't think I could quit cold turkey on my own, and wanted to find out more about methadone. My doc referred me to a nearby methadone clinic. I had an appt with an intake counsellor. I found out all about the program, what the fees were, rules, etc., and had the opportunity to ask questions. I went to have a physical as was part of the program. I came back next for the actual dosing of the methadone. They started me on 20mg, and every couple days went up. I ultimately stopped at 75mg, which is where I have stayed all these years. It took me several months of following the rules and going to counselling to get take out privileges, and after a year clean, I only had to go to the clinic every 2 weeks to pick up my meds. The clinic in NC only charged me $224 a month. When we moved to Maine, that figure rose uncomfortably to $340. So costs vary greatly. I have done well on methadone, I don't crave opiates, I don't have any withdrawal. I feel good, my moods are good. I feel how I would think "normal" would be for someone not experiencing depression or opiate addiction.

wait at least 48 hours, what ever you do , do not take any suboxone before this or you risk getting VERY VERY sick. The half life of methadone is around 60 hours, so if you can stand to wait 3 days (72 hours) than that is better, the longer the better really. You also need to have been gradually coming down off the methadone and need to go down as far as possible. You must be below 40mg but if you can go all the way down to 10 or 15mg than that would make for a smoother transition. You need to be totally honest with your suboxone doctor about when the last time you used was so he can then tell you when to take the suboxone. Trust me you do not want to play around with this. I have seen so many people coming off methadone think " I'll just go ahead and take a suboxone" when it had only been like 24 hours, and the went into severe withdrawals immediately and where in pure HELL for a few hours. No matter how bad you feel just wait wait wait as long as you can. At least 48 hours.

Methadone blocks the effects of Oxycontin and other opiates.

Why are you on Methadone and Oxycontin in the first place? And how much of each? Then you will have a more accurate answer than the above.

Well I might not be around to get your answer to my question so here it is:

Methadone is NOT an antagonist acting substance nor even a partial antagonist like SUBUXONE (buprenorphine). Methadone is used as replacement therapy for opiate addicts. It is typically more manageable and longer acting than other opiates.

If you are on both at the same time then you are feeling both of their effects and may have a higher tolerance now (which if you are not on methadone for opiate replacement, then you should talk to your doctor because you are on a quick and horrific road of opiate abuse if this is the case). If you were on Methadone and then switched to Oxycontin, it may be the case that your methadone dosage was stronger than the Oxycontin dosage you took and therefore you now have a higher tolerance.

No, oxycodone will show up as an opiate and methadone will only show up as methadone.

There is no such thing.. Methadone IS synthetic to begin with. It is a man-made synthetic opiate made in the 30's or 40's in Germany for military purposes. There are 2 types or methadone...regular methadone and methadose. There is no difference though in its chemical makeup. It is the same exact drug.

Everyones "blocking" dose is different. It can depend on many variables like weight, height, metabolism, ect.. but for the average JOE the blocking dose for other opiates is usually between 60-80mg's, but can be as low as 30 or as high as 120.

how long should someone wait to take the azithromycin while on methadone to clear their system

No, not at all. Methadone is a pretty hardcore opiate, with notable effects lasting 24 hours for some. Trazodone is an old time anti depressant, now used more for its sedative effects in the treatment of insomnia. Trazodone can be taken easily in doses of 100 mg for sleep, while taking that much methadone could be harmful.

Methadone can most definitely cause fluid retention by the body, so yes, it can cause swelling of the hands and feet even if you are not allergic to it. I had been on methadone for 5 years when I went cold turkey, and I lost 15 lbs of water weight the first week. I had been telling the doctor all along I wanted Lasix (a diuretic that makes you pee a lot), and they did not believe me that the methadone waas doing that. They sure did believe me after when I stepped on the scale at the docs office and showed the 15 lb wt loss!! **********Methadone can only cause swelling if you're allergic to it. The answer that has the asterisks by it is from another person who answered the question.

Let me tell you this its more than three days trust me i had tried it and it was horrible it has trifling side effects go to the Detroit hospital ask for giligon mid hes in the adult and children doctor areas