Methadone & Oxycontin Mixed!

alwaysburbabee

Can someone please tell me if methadone gives you the same side effects as Oxycontin?.. I'm not to sure how this all works but my boyfriend has been an Oxycontin addict for almost 2 years and is now started the Methadone treatment.. It seems like hes doing the same actions as he was as on Oxycontin nodding out, falling asleep sitting up and his face is breaking out in hives, all the same affects as Oxycontin!!!... He has started the treatment (45ml) 3 days ago the first times he had took the Methadone he went about his day fine and today hes acting really weird.. WHY?...

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gnarly_1

HI .....well methadone builds up in your system it has a long 1/2 life around 36hr so you still have some of yesterdays dose in you when you take todays your serum level builds up
if he is noding out he is taking to much he could probably get by on 30ml starting out
what ever he does dont let them keep moving you dose higher and higher they do that at a lot of the clinics and it makes getting off it long and drawn out literally months try to use this just long enough to get off the oxy then start weening off methadone withdrawals are the worst of the narcotics you want to minimize you exposure to it as much as possible
tomorrow ask them at the clinic if they can move him down to 30ml also bring up the side effects methadone can become deadly if you react to it keep posting to let us know what happens good luck and God bless......Gnarly

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feohmoon

I commented on my journal entry that is actually the mothers story of her son that I pasted there...again, I do not want to make you feel worse, but you can compare his symptoms to be on the safer side.

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alwaysburbabee

THANK YOU EVERYONE I WILL TO BE SURE THAT I GET HIM TO SIT DOWN AND READ ALL YOU POSTS... <3

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alwaysburbabee

I'm very worried and stressed the most.. I've already been through alot with him from preforming CPR on him to child services in my life cause of having him around his child while on the O's, I know that sounds bad but you would never know how hard it is to keep the father of the child that you care and love so much away from his child...And also hes after flipping his car form nodding out Thanks all for the information/help means alot to me for some one across the world to be understanding about this and helpful, I just wish I could take his pain so he could stop all at once, never thought one little pill could destroy everything, very sad ):

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throwindatowl

PLEASE have him read this...An addict to another. We are here too try and help eachother. Thats my one and only intention. Dont let my story be yours, please.

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feohmoon

Methadone does build up in your system due to its long half-life and I do not want to scare you but in my journals there is a post about methadone written by a mother whose son dies from acute methadone toxicity. Like I said, I am not trying to freak you out because I would be a wreck myself if I were in your situation but you have to be aware of the worst case because it can be dangerous...especially if your suspicions about OC is right.
Those are 2 very strong drugs...I do not know what you should do or if he is ok...but that behavior is nothing to mess with...especially with recently starting methadone....
You are in my thoughts and prayers dear - so sorry you are having to go through this....
Peace & Love

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throwindatowl

I almost lost my life taking methadone. Now let me be straight up. This was about 3 years ago. I never really messed with pain killers really. One day I got 10 methadone pills. This is extreme and dont want to scare you at all. I feel like I gotta let you know what happened. I did 4 or 5 one night and woke up the next morning. I was mixing them with xanax. Just being honest. I took 3 more the next night and didnt wake up the next morning. My very first memory is laying on a stretcher in the front of my house. I could not breath at all. Paramedics told me to calm down and had oxygen going. I lived in a small town and went to that hospital. I was so bad off they sent me an hour away to a larger hospital. I got nephnionia-however you spell it. 5 days in intesive care with oxygen for 4 of the days. It was horriable. I made it out with no brain damage and doc told me I was very lucky. Now I am not telling you this to scare you. Id like him to read it. In a clinical setting they MAYBE safer. So my story is extreme. Is it unheard of. No. Very few people know this happened to me. Close family and friends. Addicts can get whatever almost whenever. Id hate him to get those and think its ok too take more than he should. Addicts do that. I wish I could tell you what to do. I think he needs to NOT take methadone. I think he needs to go to the hospital now. Not later like me. My poor ex wife and daughter had to live through that. The guilt haunts me.You would think that would scare me straight and I wish I could say that it did. Ive been offered methadone since and would never touch it. An addicts story I hope helps you in some way. Im sorry to scare you if I did. I wrote this to help not hurt.

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