Methadone

[nox88]

I have just started a 21 day detox from my methadone clinic and I want to know if there is a way to taper off without going threw alot of the painful detox????

[sadinmichigan]

OMG the horse came back to life!!! METHADONE IS THE WORST DRUG TO MANKIND!!!!!

[wait2long]

this is how little you know of methadone...he is not on a low dose of methadone and obviously it has been long term...soooo? like i said...your knowledge of methadone is showing clearly here.

[cathy5841]

catchiec, give it a rest....methadone is by far more dangerous than any sub.  the evidence speaks for itself.   you can dispute the facts...although you can try.  fact is, i had a very dear friend father of 4 young children, that took methadone before the opiates were out of his systm, to help get off the opiates laid down and died.  he did not know.   meth is a killer drug, even in low doses.  period end of sentence.  and i do not think you should be pushing it.

[cvhenny]

WHAT?/ Uh DUH Methadones an opiate ...IF YOU TAKE IT ON TOP OF OPIATES #1 HIGH AS A KITE or #2 YA DIE

[catchiec]

It helped him by telling him I had a positive experience with short term methadone detox. I did and I am off pills. That is very helpful. and hopefully he will go through mild to moderate withdrawals or maybe no withdrawals at all. He  is trying to get off. Good for him and the post was to him not to you. Stop taking it out on me because you have not yet kicked your habit. I will pray for you and I wish you the best of luck in one day becoming pill free as well. My life pill free is so much better now then when I was using and I think yours will be too.

[wait2long]

1000 mgs or over!!??  oh my gawd give me a break?!...where did you read that one, mad magazine?....LOL!

WOW!

[catchiec]

I was using high dosages of oxy's for a long period of time. I tried to go cold turkey twice but could not do it. My boyfriend was on Oxys as well. We both used low doses of methadone to skip the withdrawals for a short period of time. I was off of Methadone in about a week and had no physical withdrawals from either pill at all. I felt down for a day or two but that was it however even people not on pills feel down sometimes. I am sure you will be on a much higher dose them me so I don't know. Most people in clinic are at almost a 1000mgs or over. I never took more then 25mgs and stopped taking methadone at about a week. I experienced no withdrawals. Never had to miss work or felt like I wanted too. I hope you have it as easy as I did. The best of luck to you.