Methadone Treatment: Voting Question: Am I Going to Withdrawal From Methadone if I Have Only Taken It for 7 Days?
Voting Question: Am I going to withdrawal from methadone if i have only taken it for 7 days?
Filed under: Methadone Treatment
I have been using heroin off and on for 2 years but recently i have been using regularly for about the last 4 months. I tried to quit cold turkey from heroin a couple weeks ago but with my mind state at that time i could not get through it. 7 days ago I started a 21 day methadone treatment but the more i have researched I have found that methadone is almost as bad. I do not want to be on anything or just substitute heroin for methadone. I told the doctor that i wanted to stop and to detox me off. I started at 60 mg and every 2 days went down 5 mg. So today I was supposed to be taking 45 mg of methadone. After talking with the doctor I decided to rapidly detox by taking 20 mg today instead of 45mg and i am taking 10 mg tomorrow then i will be off. My question is am I going to have as bad of withdrawals as heroin or will i even withdraw at all because It has been 7 days so the heroin is out of my system and I have only taken 7 days of methadone so I don’t think I can become dependent that fast on methadone. If someone could answer my question that would be great and if I am in for a horrible withdrawal like from heroin does anyone have any tips?
I am sorry if you got the wrong impression from what I said. I know methadone helps a lot of people to stay clean and to be able to go to work and live without using or hurting. In that scence i have nothing against methadone. As far as what I am trying to accomplish is to not be on any substance what so ever. Methadone though may help a lot of people is not good for your health and there are many restrictions that go along with it. Also the longer one is on methadone the more dependant one gets and will be harder to get off in the long run. I have been told by all the people in the clinic as well as the doctor that no matter what i am going to withdrawal either at the end or if i stop now. I would rather get it over with now before my semester of school starts and get on with my life.
Resolved Question: Can weed substitute the need for methadone?
Filed under: Methadone Treatment
If someone wanted to quit the hard core drugs they were doing, can they just smoke large amounts of weed to keep from getting “sick” and having bad withdrawals? Is there a substitute for methadone? My mom is addicted to crystal meth, I want the best treatment for her whenever I come up with the money to afford it. And I’ve heard that methadone can make things worse for a person.
Voting Question: Do they keep methadone treatment confidential?
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Ive had a problem with opiates ranging from hydrocodone to oxymorphone. For about 3 years now. I’m now getting sick of it and I think I am ready to try and get off this shit for good.. If I was to go through a methadone management plan. How do I go about finding them for one. also does insurance usually cover them? Also will they keep it all confidential? I dont want to lose my job or anything over it..
Resolved Question: Has anyone in the Michigan/Indiana area seen Dr. Byung C. Rhee for pain? Does he prescribe pain meds?
Filed under: Methadone Treatment
I’m trying to locate a good Pain Doctor/Clinic. I missed the landing ramp on a dirt bike jump about 25 years ago and have had problems with back pain ever since.
I have seen a “Pain Specialist” who performed Facet Blocks and Epidurals using Steroids injected into my back, which were helpful for a few days on the Blocks and longer on the Epidurals; but they never put me in full relief to where I could sleep through a whole night. Being that I only have Medicare for Insurance, the benefit vs. the cost was far from being ‘Worth It.”
Surgery has also been discussed for relief of my pain. I have known 3 co-workers, when I was still able to work, and 1 family member who had back surgery and 3 out of the 4 said “ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DO IT”, with reasons ranging from “it made the problem worse” to “it caused new problems that they didn’t have before the surgery and didn’t take care of the original problem either”; and the 4th said “sometimes she’s glad she did it and other times she’s sorry that she did it”. Plus, the one family member who had it done was my late Father who asked me to promise him “that I would never have surgery on my back unless it was to save my life or to prevent paralysis”, (If I had another accident or something like that.)
I was seeing a doctor in Texas where the accident happened; who kept my pain under control with mild pain medications, muscle relaxers, and Valium, but I was a lot younger and in better physical shape than I am now. (It sucks getting older.)
After moving back to Michigan, I went to another Dr. who alternated me from Fentanyl Patches (Duragesic) changed every other day, to a Morphine and Valium combination when the Fentanyl would quit working. Then back to the Fentanyl when the Morphine/Valium quit. That seemed to me to be the most effective; but the guy retired and I couldn’t get anyone to help me out after that except to offer the steroid treatments. The withdrawal was horrific. So, someone I met recommended that I go to a Methadone Clinic, which I thought was something only for Heroin addicts.
To make a long story short, I have been on Methadone since 1989. The Methadone provides relief for only a few hours after I take my daily dose, so I take it just before I go to bed. I’m sick of having to drive 50 miles to go to the clinic once a week to get my weekly takeouts and having to pay $ 200 a month for what Medicare doesn’t cover; especially since I’m on a fixed income from Social Security Disability which is better than nothing, but leaves you in the “Poverty Level” category.
I have a 2-1/2 yr. old MRI report; part of which is quoted as follows; L5 – S1: “Central disc protrusion with abutment of the S1 nerve roots, right greater than left.” L4 – L5: “Broad based diffuse disk bulge more focal right para-centrally with slight displacement of the right L5 nerve root. Mild central canal stenosis.” L3 – L4: “Diffuse disk bulge which is eccentric towards the left foramen where it abuts the left L3 nerve root.” I’m not sure of all of the Medical Terminology definitions but I think it says “He’s got a little bit of a problem in his lower back.”. I only know for certain that I am in extreme pain in my lower back and down both of my legs 18 to 20 hours each day.
I got a referral to the doctor that is in my question (Dr. Byung C. Rhee), and would like to know if anyone has seen him, if he provides pain medication instead of steroid injections, or am I just going to be wasting my time again.
Please help if you know the answer; or if you know of a doctor in the Southwest Michigan (Battle Creek or Kalamazoo area) who can prescribe meds for my relief. You would be giving me the best Christmas Present that I have had in my life, and I want to thank you in advance for helping me out if you can.
I also want to thank any one that took the time to read my question.
Best wishes to you all.
Resolved Question: What do I do if my grandmother is actually insane?
Filed under: Methadone Treatment
My grandmother makes up reality as she goes. When confronted with the inaccuracy of her stories, she gets really angry because, “I never lie! Lying is evil!” My uncle lives with her, and he has been on methadone treatment for something like 20 years. Grandma calls it his “medicine” and gives him every dime she gets, including anything she can beg, borrow and con from others, to buy it. It costs an extraordinary amount every week, but if he doesn’t get it, he gets violent. And if the clinic tries to wean him down, he goes ballistic and winds up in the hospital. Then my grandmother marches down there and accuses everybody in sight of trying to kill her darling baby boy, and gets so hysterical the doctors just give him what he wants. That’s taking enabling to art form.
Several times my grandmother has had a real need, for instance she needed a crown. She called her sister who gave her money. Then she called her niece, who also gave her money. Then she called my dad, who called the dentist and paid for the crown. All the rest of the money went to my uncle.
Even her neighbors have noticed, one of them called my dad to inform him of what was happening there. My grandmother owes her around $ 1000, which Grandma will never pay back since she gives every dime she lays a finger on to my uncle.
She lives in a horrible trailer house that ought to be condemned, but refuses to leave because my uncle needs her. For God’s sake, she’s 85 and he’s in his mid-fifties! I could go on, but I expect you get the picture.
I don’t have resources to have her declared incompetent, and my father would freak out if I did. But some of her behavior is downright criminal, and she ought to be restrained.
TIP 40 and 43 Opioid Treatment for Counseling CEUs for LPC and LMHC aka Methadone – AllCEUs Counseling Continuing Education for LPC and LMHC. This course provides a guide to what is commonly referred to as Methadone treatment based on TIP 40 and 43 by SAMHSA. Executive Summary: Research supports the perspective that opioid addiction is a medical disorder that can be treated effectively with medications when they are administered under conditions consistent with their pharmacological efficacy and when treatment includes necessary supportive services such as psychosocial counseling, treatment for co-occurring disorders, medical services, and vocational rehabilitation. Medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction (MAT) has been effective in facilitating recovery from opioid addiction for many patients. This TIP provides a detailed description of MAT, especially in opioid treatment programs (OTPs). MAT includes optional approaches such as comprehensive maintenance treatment, medical maintenance treatment, detoxification, and medically supervised withdrawal. Some or all of these approaches can be provided in OTPs or other settings. With the approval of buprenorphine for physician’s office-based opioid treatment, MAT availability is expected to increase.
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