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No one will help!
by himay, Oct 10, 2001 12:00AM
I am a long time heroin user and have recently started to buy methadone to treat myself, since no doctors in my town will give me my own perscription. I know it's just replacing one habit for another. Well I was wondering if any one knew any names of doctors that could help me get my own perscription?
welcome to this forum, there will always be room for one more junky
here! In responce to your question about methadone. This is very
diffucult to answere as regulation vary from state. In some states
an MD can dispence methodone to addicts. in other states they can-
not. i live in nebraska and methadone (or any other narcotics) cannot be perscribed to known drug addicts. i learned of this while talking to my pharmacist while getting my monthly Rx of 90 oxy-c (40 mg) filled. I asked what then about some one like me who must after 10 months of oxy-c be addicted? My pharmacist laughed and said "the difference is you have an MD diagnosis, not to mention insurence coverage. i live in a metro area of approx. 1 million people and the only way anyone can get methadone outside of a in-patient hospital detox is through a single underfunded and under-
staffed walk in clinic. the usual amount of time for some one to
get help from this clinic is 30-40 days. you must decide for your- self if the clinic route is the way to go. for every good thing said about methadone, there is something bad to say. PLEASE examine all of your options, the pros and cons before you make a decision that could well affect the rest of your life.
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
I can't believe that not one person here responded to my post about Ginger she has not written back and I am worried about her.
first of all wecome to the forum! always gonna be room for one more
junky, so come in out of the cold.
so you ran out of pills, i seem to remember you say something about
percocet or hydro (actually except in how there classed in the eyes
of the law, i find them almost identical). what to expect...well
if you have been using for a year or more you must have an idea of
the things to come?
I would suggest you scroll down the forum here and check out Thomas's detox recipe. what you are heade for is a demonstration
of abstenence syndrome. it is different from one person to the
next. detoxing cold is usually described as a bad case of the
flu, with a lot of head trips thrown in. If you have a good friend or a family member you trust, now is the time to call for help asassistence will prove invaluable...
remember: you are walking a path worn smooth by the tears and foot-steps of many who came down it before you. also opiate with drawal won't kill you, it might make you wish you were dead, but it will not kill you!
keep posting as this forum is full of many good people who are
either where your at or have been there!!
keep an angel on your shoulder and move to the light!
kip
The only reason I even brought it up was we were discussing amphetamines which are seriously more dangerous. It's like a beer compared to a triple shot of whisky. The point is that a lot of things sold in healthfood stores can be detrimental to your health if used improperly. We addicts are really at risk when it comes to pills, aren't we? Today there are warnings on just about every substance we use. It's really up to us to decide and be held accountable as to how we use something.
Sorry for the big lecture! How's it going jbear?
J.B.
Butterbean
Withdrawal is one of the hardest things I ever physically went through in my life, but once it is behind you, it feels GREAT to have your freedom back. Be sure to get as much support as you can from any source you can get it...that is what got me through. Prayer, acupuncture, Thomas's recipe, this forum letting me babble away...all that helped.
I look forward to getting to know you better and if there is anything I can do to help you through this week, let me know.
love,
WW
Thank you!
it seems my current oxy detox has been complicated by a genuine
case of food poisioning! Just got back from seeing my gp who is an
internal med. specialist. tried to take oxy last night and this
morning--just blew the stupid little pill back into the stool---
what a waste huh? well didn't see my primary care doc, saw elmer
fudd , his partner. Gave me phenergan suppositorys for christ on
crutch! i hate to repeat myself, but i hope i'm athleep before i
get my finger outa my ath!
it's been real rough posting today- what with frequent trips to
bathroom!! whatever company makes imodium, buy stock in it now as
my personal consumption of this product of so far dubious worth,is
thru the cealing!! see pain doc tomarrow. he is real tight with my
gp ( i think they are former lovers) so i plan on ratting out elmer
fudd the useless partner!!
thanks to every one who posted for Amy. the new ones are the ones
that need the most attention! gotta go, i think i'm going to put
another oxy-c in the stool
all that angel stuff, yeah?
kip
http://www.widomaker.com/~skipb/panic.html
You need to get help and these doctors can help folks in your situation as well.
Francois
I was taking between 25-30 vic. a day or 9 perc. a day. Think my liver is shot???
So I hope this is going to get better. Can't refill until 11/6. By then, hopefully I will not want to fill them because of what I have to go through when they are gone. Skipper.... no one knows of this and i would like to keep it that way. I think that is why I turned to you guys. Thank you all so much for welcoming me.
I was taking between 25-30 vic. a day or 9 perc. a day. Think my liver