Needles and methadone

[totodog]

Hello,
My son has been going to the methadone clinic for about a year now. I think his dose is around 135 but he lies all the time and took me off the clinic call and check on him thing. Last night by daughter found insulin needles in the dryer from my sons laundry. He was on heroin before starting the clinic. He has been sleeping all the time and he told me he was selling the needles not using them. He looks and acts like he is on something else besides the methadone. Can you use heroin when you go the clinic everyday?
Thanks for any help.

[gnarly_1]

HI....sounds like bad news if your finding syringes around the house
dont put up blinders  take it for face value he is using again and that on top of methadone is very dangerous he is using to get high methadone wont get you high unless abused if he is giong to the clinic they will ketch him sooner or later with a dirty U/A they will give him a chance to clean up then boot him out if he dont it is time to call the clinic and talk to his counselor they will get to the bottom of this mean wile pray he dont O/D methadone and heroin are a deadly combo many an addict misses the high god luck and God bless.........Gnarly  

[vicki595]

Of course! I'll send him a message!

[ImDONENoMore]

We have a member here, gnarly, who knows a ton about methadone - and he's usually here late at night - so I'm sure if he sees your post, he'll respond.  He's great and very well-respected on this forum.

I'm so sorry you're going through all of this.

[vicki595]

Hi there -   I'm sure you could combine both drugs or piggy back them and I'm sure it's done but it would be very bad! Just dangerous. 135 mg of methadone is a good size dose to begin with so if he's doing heroin on top of that he's asking for trouble.

I don't blame you for being concerned. He could respiratory arrest easily after a dose of heroin.  Best call the family together and agree on a plan of approach and then approach!

You might be able to call the clinic and tell them your fear. I think they'd want to know. I thought they did urine checks, no?

Stay in touch and let's hear what the others have to say-