methadone hallucinations

my husband is on a low dose of methadone for pain from failed back surgery syndrome and nerve pain. After about a month the medication gave him relief but he began having night terrors and nightmares that left him shaking and upset. He is now detoxing off methadone. Anyone else have these problems on methadone?

[Tuckamore]

Hello Bastet,

I think your husband is a good example of the old saying, "One mans pleasure is another mans poison." Not meaning in this case that pain medication is a pleasure but meaning what can work well to reduce pain for one person can have horrid side effects for another. Everyone's system can respond a bit differently to medications of all types.

Morphine in larger doses makes me hallucinate and have vivid, often horrid dreams. Dilaudid for me produces hives but no hallucinations and I have had large doses of demerol without good pain control and no side effects. Methadone does nothing for my pain but did produce vivid dreams but no nightmares or hallucinations. So everyone responds differently.

I hope your husband will find something that is effective for his pain without any of the side effects that methadone caused for him. I wish you both the best.

Take Care,
Tuck