Do you lose the weight that methadone puts on you?

[Blondenancy]

I have been on methadone for 2 years. I am 5'5 and before methadone 125. In the last 2 years i gained 90lbs!! Yes 90.
My doctor said that is was the mehtadone. I have detoxed off methadone, while the weight go away.
I go the gym 3-4 days a week. and while on it ,could NEVER lose weight.  
PLEASE HELP THIS IS ALL NEW TOO ME.

[gnarly_1]

HI  id you choose to you can switch to sud when you hit 20mg in your taper ......some have done it a a higher level but with bad resuluts best to taper down to 20 we have had many meber do ti from 20 with no problems sub is ez to get off of but has it own vices to deal with
good luck with what ever you decided .........Gnarly

[Trinityluv76]

I'm a Canadian, so very lucky these treatments are fully covered under insurance for both METHADONE and SUBOXONE.  THAT is not the problem!

I'm currently weaning (quickly) from 90mg just 4 weeks ago, to now at 47mg, and am wondering if I can SWITCH to suboxone in the interim?? IS there a certain point during weaning when doc will allow switch?? Like what number mgs?

I'm SICK of being overweight, although it's starting to come off now (slightly)  with the weaning process, or it's just me psyching myself INTO not eating sweets as often..sigh..not sure.  

I was 146lbs at start, now 216lbs, but heaviest was 222lbs just weeks ago!! I have NOT wanted to go out, face friends, take new pics for FB or ANYTHING for that matter, and WORST of it, is that I'm suffering HUGELY with current and past knee problems from breaking my patella (knee cap) yrs ago, which didn't bother me when I was slimmer! I had fully recovered from the surgery to remove the bone frag and I went on with life. The gain has aggravated not just THAT knee, but now my OTHER knee, and hip to boot! Had MRI just last week with very sad and depressing results! (On past injured knee) OA is OUT OF CONTROL, edema of bone marrow (like, ewww??) and patellar tilt! Like WTF??? This was all gone for many yrs since the break in 94'!!! Now I'm fallin' APART! Anyone else get pain in joints from weight gain?? Knee problems?? Thank GOD my teeth are all intact though! :P

Sorry to vent, but I'm TRULY TRULY done with being heavy, in pain, and under the control of a liquid substance.
Thanks for reading....please respond to original question too?? very curious..my doc takes like 2 mins each visit and gives the "look" that says, "ok...we are finished here..." so I don't even ask q's much anymore. Sad.  Feel sub-human.

Trina

[muffin493]

for 1  1/2 years  was on norco prescribed for RA fibro and other illnesses i was all on oxy cont tin and opana i started wanting more so i abused them then i wanted off so bad so i went to the methadone clincic to get off of the pills all together the meth clinic happily took my money well i was thier at the meth clinic for 3 1/2 double the time i used and abused pills i felt so hopeless until i found hope with a DR  in concord Ca he has amazing detox im on day 5 and feel fine day one and two were very weird and i felt drunk while i went threw it but by fri i should be fine hell i never went threw withdrawl with the progream and im almost done i know i have to repainr my body and mind sorry if this post is not legialble im still a bit outta it im willing to give the info on getting offf methadone safetly an comfortable i can help you

[PhoenixRising69]

Thanks for the inspiration! I'm getting off methadone and just started going down on my dose 2 weeks ago. I'm currently at 106mg from 116mg and that's just in like 13 days, so I feel like i'm off to a good start. I know the road gets tougher from here, but it's okay, i'm ready to rid my body of this plague! I will definitely be doing a suboxone transfer when the time is right though. That's for sure! Anyways, people like you posting your stories let people like me know that it's possible to do it and succeed at it.Thanks again! God Bless and I hope you're addiction is well managed for the remainder of your days and never holds you back from your happiness or dreams again! Take Care! : )

[min800]

I was on methadone for 8 months and gained five months a month until I asked to be taken off of it.  i started out at 105 and got up to 150 lbs.  That was 18 months ago and I haven't lost the weight so it is clear that whatever causes it some people never lose it and other people just have to diet and exercise a LOT.  I was rear ended in two car accidents and herniated two discs in the first one and did further damage to my vertebrae in the second.  Every doctor I've seen told me there was no relation between Methadone and weight gain until I recently I called an old friend, an internist who specialized in addiction and pain and he said he saw it frequently.  One person developed
elephantitis and was never able to recover.  On top of my constant back pain I now have edema all over my body, especially my feet and legs which hurst more than my back.  People don''t recognize me and I've me in too much pain and too tired to exercise but I recently got steroid shots in my back and I'm hoping they will allow me to exercise and diet to lose the weight.  My daugher is getting married in less than a year and I don't want to look like this.  I used to wear a size 4 or a size 6 and now I wear a size 12 or 14.  Methadone was worse for me than my accidents.  Physicians who are aware of these side effects need to be talking to the physicians who are prescribing Methadone to their patients to let them know what the risks are.  Now I'm back on the pain medication I was on before I was on the Methadone so it's been a vicious cycle.  My friend the physician told me about a new medication recently released in a patch.  Luckily I am going to a new physician and will talk to her about this.  Why don't more people know?

[bscott52789]

i feel the same i have gained 30 lbs in 2 months of methadone. I plan to switch back to suboxone over my winter break b/c the weight gain and going to a clinic everyday isnt worth it. It's just going to be hard making the switch from 120mg of done to subs but im ready, anyone else know if they lost all of their weight making the switch?