methadone? in bone marrow....severe pain.

[dizzy1957]

does methadone ever leave bone marrow?  can it cause mild to severe pain like in lower leg for over a year go away and then come back?

[Tuckamore]

Hi Shane,

Welcome. As Sherry said please begin a new thread. Information to all is important and will be better viewed instead of hijacking another person's thread.

I would have missed this as I don't normally check on old threads, nor do most of our members. I just assume someone is attempting to respond to an old question.

However to answer your questions quickly 30mg methadone (oral) = 45mg morphine (oral). I'll offer more on your new post.

Thanks,
~Tuck

[namnam46]

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[shanehi1]

I been on methadone on and off for 8 years this last time I been on it for about 5 years on was on 120 and I took my self down to 30 mg and I quiet because it started hurt me my feet swelled up and I didn't take anything for 2 days went to dr. and they put me on morphaine 15 mg two times a day and I still cant get out of bed how much u think I need or what do I need

[TheBeast85]

Methadone does collect in your bone marrow and fatty tissue. It also effects your thyroid and pancreas. The pain happens when you withdrawal, and it is horrrrible, im not sure how we can go through so much pain without being killed, but trust me I feel your pain. Also when you start detoxing, your nerve roots are raw and craving the narcotic like the rest of your body. Good luck to you, its a horrible thing to go through.

[philnoir]

Methadone is not know for creating severe pain, but for treating it.

Opioids do not collect in the bone marrow.

[infodone]

It is an old wives tale that methadone "gets into the bone marrow".  While methadone takes longer than most narcotics to metabolize, it is only because it has a long half-life, not because it invades the bone marrow.

[marycarmel]

How long have you been off it?  It takes a long time to withdraw from but I don't think after a year it would be causing you problems.  There is something called PaWS, wich I think stands for post acute withdrawal syndrome.  It's rare but you could google it or search it here and see if it fits what's going on with you.