Resolved Question: Do you support methadone treatment (for addiction)?

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Do you support treating opiate addicts (addicts to drugs like oxycontin, vicodin, and heroin) with methadone? Why or why not?
Also, would you be okay with a methadone clinic opening up in your neighborhood?

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Resolved Question: Do you support methadone clinics?

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Do you support methadone treatment for opiate addiction? Why or why not?

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Resolved Question: Should I stop my methadone treatment, your advice would be greatly appreciated?

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Here is the thing, I am an ex-drug addict, I was a pretty bad user, (started pills when I was 18 from a chronic pain condition called endometrosis) but I have been sober or clean from heroin and pills for 2 years about….I got on methadone treatment about 2 years ago. I am living with my friend who is into natural medicine and is against methadone. I know that methadone causes some stuff like i heard it depletes the calcium in the bones over time, and it’s REALLY hard to get off..I know I tried before. But I don’t want to be on it for the rest of my life. I am 27 and I’m on 105mg a day.
My roommate says I should get off because
1. it prevents me from going/living anywhere that doesn’t have a methadone clinic nearby.
2. I have to go almost everyday to the clinic..(I’m on phase 2 which means I can have 3 take-outs a week, and I will be getting my phase 3 soon.)
3. He’s worried about the calcium thing.
4. Also he thinks I will die from a liver thing or slow breathing in my sleep.
Those are the main things he is worried about,but the things is..I have been on it for about 2 years and I have not had a dirty UA since getting on the methadone. It’s has been helping me..Also it really is hard to get off.
5. I had an EKG done and my QT levels are off….but my methadone doctor said he sent the results to a cardiologist and he said the heart waves on the paper looked fine…He called my primary and said it was alright…but it still makes me a little worried.

I have heard of this treatment called. Ibogain? It supposedly helps people get off opiates, and it addresses the withdrawal that would come with stopping it.

I know I don’t want to be on it forever but….it’s helping me right now….what do you think?

Thank you.
Wow, thank you J Miller for your answer, you know alot about this subject..as should I. :) I have been reading up on it…but some of the sites I have been to are vague and say stuff that isn’t necessarily true. That’s why I wanted other opinions and facts from people who know what they are talking about. Thank you for replying to my question. I really don’t feel ready to get off….but my friend has been pressuring me….just cuz he thinks it;’s a bad thing to be on it for a long time….but then what does he know…I will let him know what I found out about it. I really am doing better now then I was not on the treatment.
Thank you for your input. Hope you have a great day/night.

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Resolved Question: Should I stop my methadone treatment?

Filed under: Methadone Treatment

Here is the thing, I am an ex-drug addict, I was a pretty bad user, (started pills when I was 18 from a chronic pain condition called endometrosis) but I have been sober or clean from heroin and pills for 2 years about….I got on methadone treatment about 2 years ago. I am living with my friend who is into natural medicine and is against methadone. I know that methadone causes some stuff like i heard it depletes the calcium in the bones over time, and it’s REALLY hard to get off..I know I tried before. But I don’t want to be on it for the rest of my life. I am 27 and I’m on 105mg a day.
My roommate says I should get off because
1. it prevents me from going/living anywhere that doesn’t have a methadone clinic nearby.
2. I have to go almost everyday to the clinic..(I’m on phase 2 which means I can have 3 take-outs a week, and I will be getting my phase 3 soon.)
3. He’s worried about the calcium thing.
4. Also he thinks I will die from a liver thing or slow breathing in my sleep.
Those are the main things he is worried about,but the things is..I have been on it for about 2 years and I have not had a dirty UA since getting on the methadone. It’s has been helping me..Also it really is hard to get off.

I have heard of this treatment called. Ibogain? It supposedly helps people get off opiates, and it addresses the withdrawal that would come with stopping it.

I know I don’t want to be on it forever but….it’s helping me right now….what do you think?

Thank you.

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Methadone Treatment Counselling – ARTS9 – Interviewing and Counselling Group Presentation: Cameron, S., Neron, S., Rouleau, T., Smith, A. & Thach, D. (2011, April 13). Methadone Treatment Counselling Roleplay. www.youtube.com MMXI

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