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#961241 - 11/13/09 03:02 AM
Re: Methadone 5-10 mg?
[Re: DeeRock]
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Registered: 09/10/05
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if you go to a methadone clinic it is a daily thing where you have to go in the mornings. you also have to be clean from other drugs or they will kick you out or drop your dosage severely. the $10 a day thing can be changed depending on how much money you make, or free.
people go to methadone clinics for addictions to any opiates, whether it be pain pills or heroin. and yes, a morning dose will last all day.
meonlyits, generally thats when you start to notice most of the effects, I'm sure it kicks in before that.
I've never been to a methadone clinic, but I used to have a friend and his girlfriend that went. I was friends with them in highschool and found out soon after that they were shooting heroin. Hi The clinics have changed a lot in the past 10 years, thank God... A person can get on methadone if they are addicted to say oxycontin, but a person taking a few vicodin will be showed the door. The last time I got on methadone, I hadn;t been to a clinic in years, and while I got on a taper right away, I had to prove that I was an addict by either a doctors records, track marks and I had to prove 2 unsuccessful treatments..Luckily I was able to show that I am an addict, but if a person just walks in and says I am an addict give me methadone. believe me, they will not be seen, they will be shown a list of either NA/AA meetings or suboxone doctors.. Also if an addict keeps using, especially at first, they will not get kicked off of the clinic. and depending on what they used, they may have their dose raised not lowered..Its like, if I keep using opiates why would they decrease my dose instead of raising it, because then I will never stop..When I first got on, it took awhile to get my right dose, and not once did I get threatened with being thrown off..I worked with my doctor and my counselor and in July 2002, I got on the right dose and I haven't touched heroin since that day..Now if I came in loaded on benzos everyday, they wouldnt dose me, and yes I probably would get thrown off for my own health..People that keep abusing drugs are wasting someone who really needs the help..Clinics are only allowed a certain # of patients so if some guy is in there not being serious, he or she shou;d get tossed for someone who wants it..... Also, methadone in pain sufferers does take longer than shorter acting opiates, but not 2-3 hours, my friend gets relief in 45 minutes to an hour...Pain sufferers have much lower doses than addicts do. My friend who takes it for pain takes 40mg a day. He is also given something for breakthrough pain, but never needs it..Methadpne for pain is taken twice a day.. Hope this helped Hottie
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