Methadone

No. Opium is a mixture of several drugs, one of which is morphine. Heroin is a derivative of morphine. The two are similar but unrelated (except that the morphine is usually taken from opium).

Although morphine can be synthesized by an organic chemist, its is far cheaper and economical to retrieve morphine from opium.

Opium comes from a type of flowering plant that contains several chemicals that are medically useful, morphine is one such chemical.

There are various processes for isolating morphine from opium/poppy straw, but suffice to say, organic chemistry techniques are involved.

It really depends on the person. Since methadone works for 24 hours you really should wait 48-72 hours. Wait as long as possible because you do not want to get deathly sick from the suboxone. see?? i just smoked some crack and i didnt have to wait no time!!

Yes, a general drug test would indicate that they are both opiates, witch is a group of drugs that include most painkillers. But I believe that depending on the reason for the test, is it for employment or probation? more specific tests may be used in certain cases in which the specific drug can be identified. This is being done more and more in just regular DR. offices now. Anyway hope this helped and good luck.

As a pharmacist I can say some people get violently ill from morphine. This is NOT the same as an allergic reaction. It would be considered a side effect. Some symptoms are headache and nausea/vomiting. If you are sensitive to morphine please inform your physician so they can avoid prescribing it to you in the future. An allergic reaction is much more serious and can lead to hives, rash and difficulty in breathing.

Methadone does not show up in a basic opiate test that is part of the standard pre-employment drug test and which can detect heroin, codeine and morphine (and perhaps oxycodone, hydrocodone, and dilaudid). A Methadone specific test must be performed to detect Methadone. This test is not uncommon and is part of the second tier "extended" test done by many companies.

Yes and No. Methadone does not show up in a basic opiate test that is part of the standard pre-employment drug test but can be detected with "extended" test done by some companies/ rehab, etc..

Yes. Suboxone is for the treatment of mild to moderate opiate addiction, like Vicodin addictions. Suboxone is itself an opiate; it replaces the other opiate, but it doesn't get you high, so you can quit getting high without the painful physical withdrawal. It also has an ingredient called naloxone in it. Naloxone is a partial opiate antagonist, meaning that it blocks the opiate receptors in your brain, so you cannot get high on opiates while you are taking the Suboxone.

In order to begin treatment with Suboxone, you must wait at least 18 to 24 hours since your last dose of Vicodin. It is absolutely essential that you be in full-blown, severe withdrawal from the Vicodin, before you start taking the Suboxone. If you take the Suboxone before you are in full withdrawal from the Vicodin, it will produce the worst, most horrible withdrawal symptoms you can imagine. You will get really, really sick.

Once you are in severe withdrawal, you can begin taking the Suboxone. Start with a small dose (say, half a pill, 4mgs), and wait 30 to 45 minutes to see how you feel. If you still feel sick, try taking another half a pill, and wait another 30 to 45 minutes. Continue taking small doses, every 30 to 45 minutes, until you feel well again. Remember that Suboxone must be dissolved under the tongue; it won't dissolve in your stomach, so do not swallow it.

You will have to continue taking the same dose of Suboxone every day, or else you will start having withdrawal symptoms. Once you feel you are ready to stop taking the Suboxone, you can start decreasing your dosage little by little, over a period of several months, until you are able to stop taking it completely. The slower you decrease your dosage, the less painful getting off of it will be.

You would be much better off having a doctor supervising your Suboxone treatment. I have included a link to one treatment program, The Columbia University Buprenorphine Program in Manhattan (buprenorphine is the main ingredient in Suboxone, besides naloxone). If you don't live in the New York area, the Program can probably help you find treatment options where you live.

Methadone metabolizes very slow in the body. It may take up to 4 to 6 days for it not to show up on drug screen. Unless it's a hair follicle test you may want to avoid that test because methadone always will remain in the hair forever in most cases.

I was a heroin user for 10 years and when i decided enough was enough, I went on to methadone I started off on 90 mill used that does for about a month,then took it down to 40 mill,I was advised against this but thought I'd manage and wanted myself off it,it didn't affect me and i was fine,I dropped 10 mill every month again this did not affect my sleep pattern etc It's been 14 months since I started using methadone and I'm now on 4 mill not a lot I know some days I don't take it and have not done so now for 6 days,I have been fine apart from my feet nothing to much,it's something I can handle.

You are very unique, kicking (detoxing) methadone is way harder than heroin, heroin detox is like a bad FLU, with the sleepless nights, tossing and turning, hot & cold flashes, mood swings, diarrhea, no energy, every nerve stands on end, libido is shot. But the up side is it ONLY lasts 3-5 days, then GO TO MEETINGS, I cannot stress the importance of meetings which should start before the Detox. No macho bull, no, I can kick on my own, U can't, without help from people that been there. I been there, Heroin user for 15 years and I'm only 35. Been on Methadone for 3 years, switched over to suboxene, gradually detoxing and going to meetings, plan to be drug free before I turn 37.

A slow detox on Methadone can take 6 months to a couple of years, 21-day detox DOES NOT WORK. Big Pharma got us hook, line and sinker, but we can win.

As a long term Schedule 2 opiate patient (Duragesic 200mcg, 100mg Demerol, Percocet 10/325's, MS Contin 30mg's, etc., over the past 10 years) I can tell you that over time as your body becomes dependent, you'll eventually feel pretty normal until the time your levels start getting low and you feel withdrawals. Like you, I considered a pump, but in my case it wasn't deemed a realistic option. I never liked the problems associated with it either.

There aren't many studies concerning long term opiate use, in part because most high dose users tend to be terminally ill. I'm one of the anomalies, having had major spinal problems for many years. All opiates are morphine derivatives (except for synthetics), so it makes no difference which variation of the drug your taking - all of them do the same thing.

The biggest problem I've had to contend with over the years is mood swings, but that's typical of most opiates. It's important that your family and friends are aware of this problem, since it can happen at any time. Prior to being disabled, I was a Karate instructor and learned much about mental control of pain, and how to increase pain tolerance. While this helps considerably, for those of us in constant pain, your mental barriers and chemical controls will not always work - remember that the pain is always there, and the morphine only alters your brain's perception. Eventually those barriers break down, and it comes out in the form of mood swings. My wife and daughter have learned over the years to just close my door and leave me alone, as they know it's the drugs and not really me. Many families fail to deal with this early on and as a result do not make it.

Constipation and urination problems are another - they'll be with you as long as you're taking it in any form. My solution is chocolate pudding or ice cream. Lemonade will go through you as well.

It's important to keep your kidneys and liver healthy as well to ensure your body is filtering it out of your system. Cranberry juice is great for that, or just a lot of water. Keep yourself hydrated.

The longer you're dependent, the longer it will take to end your dependence if at some point you're able to down the road. The key is to drop your opiate level slowly over a period of weeks or months, using oral doses in smaller quantities to help deal with the withdrawals. At some point though, you'll need to deal with withdrawals in force, and it's not fun. Anti-anxiety and anti-nausea meds will help, as well as a sedative. I spent most of this past year lowering my levels from 200mcg fentanyl and my usual 4-6 Percocet 10/325's daily (for the past 9 years), and a total of about 4 weeks of withdrawals to get off of my patches. It takes the body about a month to recover, so if you can do it, make sure that you've got someone around who can help, and that your schedule is clear for the duration. Opiates alter the brain's perception of not only pain, but your own strength. If you're weak physically at the time, you'll be pretty weak as it leaves your system, but eventually you'll bounce back as your system recovers.

In the end though, it comes down to quality of life, and I resigned myself long ago to the possibility I'd require opiates for the rest of my life. We're all on a journey toward death anyway - how we get there, and what we're able to do in that time is the important thing. If it takes opiates to do it, then so be it.

THERE ARE MANY VARIABLES WHEN WITHDRAWING FROM MORPHINE. IF YOU DO IT IN A TREATMENT HOSPITAL THEY MAY GIVE YOU A SYNTHETIC MORPHINE THAT MAKES WITHDRAW LESS UNCOMFORTABLE. THE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE TO WAIT 24 HOURS TO USE THE DRUG OR IT WON'T WORK AND THAT FIRST 24 HOURS FEELS LIKE AN ETERNITY. BEING IN A HOSPITAL YOU WILL HAVE THE MORAL SUPPORT YOU NEED FROM OTHERS THERE DETOXING, AND YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE STAFF. SOME HOSPITALS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS SO SHOP AROUND AND MAKE SURE YOUR INSURANCE COVERS IT. AFTER THE FIRST 3 DAYS YOU SHOULD BE OFF THE SYNTHETIC morphine AND FEEL PRETTY GOOD, BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE. GROUP MEETINGS AT THE HOSPITAL AND WHEN YOUR RELEASED WILL GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT YOU NEED PSYCHOLOGICALLY TO STAY CLEAN. BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SUPPORT, THERE IS EVEN ON LINE GROUPS IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME OR DON'T WISH TO GO OUT TO A PUBLIC MEETING.

WITH MORPHINE THERE IS WHAT THEY CALL A SECONDARY WITHDRAW AT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED SUPPORT FROM OTHERS IN THE SAME BOAT. SOME WILL HAVE YEARS CLEAN SOME NEW TO SOBRIETY, BUT YOU WILL LEARN FROM EACH PERSON AND EACH PERSON WILL HELP YOU GET THROUGH.

YOU NEED TONS OF WATER EVERY DAY, A HEALTHY DIET AND A SAUNA ARE GREAT AT HELPING TO CLEANSE YOUR SYSTEM DON'T GIVE UP AND DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP FOR MISTAKES. SOBRIETY LIKE LIFE IS A JOURNEY.

I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH EXERCISE AND A SAUNA. THINK OF IT AS SWEATING OUT ALL THE CONTAMINATES IN YOUR SYSTEM. IT ALSO MAKES DETOX EASIER. GOOD LUCK!!! Another factor is the amount of time you have been using. I think that's more about psychological withdraw, not the body.

Yes, but ONLY after u have tapered to a 30mg methadone dose, THEN detox for 24 hours, and when u are in clear signs of withdrawal, then u can take a very low suboxone dose (1/2 a pill or so). if u do not do this, you will go through extreme withdrawal, which is 10 times worse than regular withdrawal. take my word for this, it is not something you want to mess around with

I have been taking methadone for 4 plus years and my dentist has prescribed darvocet a few times well aware of the fact of me being on methadone so im going to go with yes. Also i have not had any bad reaction to the mixture so i dont believe its a problem.

it will show up as morphine.

many other opiate drugs (oxycodone, hydrocodone, heroin, etc.) may also show up as morphine

see:http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/testing/testing_info1.shtml

I know a scientific basis for the answer to this question is the best possible way to answer it, my response is from experience. i have taken three somas about five hours ago and two lines of Meth and hours have gone by and im fine. God willing i will remain this way.

It is absorbed by the walls of your stomach once you eat it, from there it passes into the bloodstream and on to the blood/brain barrier( I swear its a real thing lol) then into the brain where it fits into your opiate receptors, along the way the methadone is converted into morphine (most opiates turn into morphine once in the body it is easier for the brain to absorb.

This is not recommended. Sudafed makes you anxious and jittery. This can also be a side effect of methadone. In general, it's best never to take over the counter medicine with narcotics unless your doctor specifically tells you to do it.

Both fentanyl and heroin metabolites will show up as part of a complete work up of the most commonly abused drugs/medications and their metabolites. Fentanyl will show up as the parent drug and its metebolite (norfentanyl) in a confirmatory analytical test (LC/MS/MS) to quantities above rougly 1.0 ng/mL. Not sure about the half life, that is, how long it will show in the urine. Since heroin has a very short half life, only its metabolite (6-monoacetylmorphine or 6MAM) will show up in a urine toxicology screen. Even then, 6MAM has a slightly longer half life than morphine and can stick around in the urine for up to a couple days, depending on the detection limit of the analytical instument. Unfortunately, heroin is ultimately metabolized to morphine and, to a small degree, hydromorphone; therefore, if you're not legally prescribed pain medication, the physician should know you are at the very least misusing pain meds. NB: 6MAM levels can be requested by the MD if he/she has reason to believe the person is getting high.

the ingredient in both is oxycodone. oxycontins are extended release for all day pain relief roxicodone is immediatly released into your body giving the impression that it may be stronger but its the same exact drug. if youre looking for immediate effects of Oxycontin chew them up before swallowing or snort them.

No. They are two different drugs chemically and pharmacologically. Methadone is a synthetic opioid (drug acting similar to morphine) pain killer, whereas methamphetamine is a stimulant of the central nervous system.

Yes. Methedrine is methamphetamine. Both terms refer to the same chemical compound, methamphetamine hydrochloride. "Methedrine" was a trademark for methamphetamine that was taken out by the Burroughs-Wellcome pharmaceutical company in 1943. It was marketed as a treatment for depression. Here is a copy of an early ad (aimed at doctors) for methedrine. "A remarkable stimulant effect" indeed. http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psych-drug-corp/american-journal-of-psychiatry-ads/scan-6-methadrine-advertisement/view

Depends on your body and tolerance and how much opioid you take regularly.. Also depends on the dose. I take 30 mg of (its extended release a day and I don't get high

The most common side effects of methadone are constipation, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, headache, increased sweating, itching, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, and weakness.
Sweating, drowsiness, weight gain to name a few
Side effects of methadone include sweating, constipation, decrease in sex drive, and sugar cravings.