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methadone tolorence
by jimgreg, May 10, 2008 05:06PM
i was on a high dose of methadone for xever pain in my knees and lower back..120mgs aday..worked were i didnt have any pain...now on perks not meth..these dont do that much at all for me...the head dockter wants me back on methadone..i weened myself down 5 months ago..then put on meth again 10 mgs only it helped my pains not all of it though..my QUESTSHION IS SINCE I BEEN ON PERCOSETS 18 DAYS WITH NO METHADONE IF HE WANTS TO PUT ME ON 15 MGS TO START ADAY WITH...WILL I STILL HAVE A TOLORNCE TO IT..EVEN A LARGER TOLORENCE FROM 5 MONTHS AGO..THE RESON I DONT LIKE THE METH 2 REASONS I DONT LIKE THAT I CAN SLEEP FROM IT..AND TAKING MY PRTESCRIBED DOSE OF XANAX THAT IVE BEEN O FOR 3 YRS..AND KLONOPIN BEFORE THAT FOR 13 YRS!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE TO TAKE BOTH TOGETHER..I HAVE SLEEP APNEA DO USE THE CPAP MASK EVERYNIGHT....HAVE ASTHMA BUT CONTROLLED........WHY IS THIS METHADONE SOO GOOD DIDNT MORPHENE USE TO BE THE STRONGEST PAIN KILLER IN THE WORLD A FEW DECADES AGO????? ( PLEASE HELP ME SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS?? IM NOT A DOPE ADDICT BY FAR!!!
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Methadone is liked by some Dr's because building a tolerance to it takes a little longer than morphine or oxycontin. There are less side effects. That means they can keep you on a maintenence level of methadone without having to raise it as often as morphine. Once you stop taking it your tolerance will lower, but my knowlege is that it takes at least a month to lower your tolerance enough to make a huge difference when you begin on it again. Otherwise you may feel a huge benefit in the beginning but very quicly build back up that tolerance within a week or two.
Percocets arent nessesarily weaker but there short acting where methadone is a long acting medication so you only have pain relief for 4 hours versus 12 to 24 hours. This makes your pain go up and down and your never going to get a hold on it. Thats why time released medications are much better for chronic pain.
opioids will never be able to take away all of your pain, but your doctor will try to get it below or at a 5 on a pain scale from 1-10. So if you want it at a 1or 2 you may never feel satisfied.
I hope this helped you a bit
Good luck.