Oxycontin addiction methadone to detox

[ferretgirl]

My husband is currently in a detox/rehab facility for oxycontin abuse.  My question is, that they are using Methadone to detox him, supposedly to "save" him from going thru the withdrawl symptoms.  But, from everything I'm reading the methadone is just as hard to get off of, and some people end up on it for years...........

Should they be using Methadone to detox him, and will he have to continue taking the Methadone once he is home?

[bmac]

OK first yes lisabet there is enought to go around. And I don't have anything sloppy(peaz can explain that to U) and I am the man BTW. Jerri I am incredibly groovy this fine Friday afternoon.
To all the lovely ladies out there this is Bmac and I am bringin' you babes on home to me , now awwww , get it! Tighten up! OK I have spoken!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Mac

[Jerri2]

lisabet,Your so right you did make perfect sense to me!!I'm back and will try to stay out of hiding this time!So good so far!! doner,You/ve come a long way so just stay on your path and you will get to the end!!I cant tapper off of anything cause if I got it I take it when I want It! Love and Hugs..Jerri

[modoggirl]

I saw that someone was asking about detoxing off an opiate with methadone. I want to share my own experience with this and by the way I am a nurse so I knew exactly what I was getting myself into, going on methadone etc......I am also a long time opiate addict over 10 years of heavy use and a total of 20 years of abuse. I am 41 and probably will never stay completely clean.  I also suffer from fibromyalgia and degenerative disc disease. I say that I will never be completely clean because of the pain I suffer, the long time use of opiods and just knowing myself as I do. I have went cold turkey by choice several times with 6 mos. being the longest. I have went cold turkey because I HAD to and whatever the reason for going ct, it just will not work for me..the pain is unbearable, the depression is like being dropped off a cliff emotionally, and the withdrawel symptoms although do get better, NEVER really leave me. Methadone is the only way that I have ever been able to stay clean for over 6 mos. with little or no wd symptoms. I have an excellent councellor also. As far as group therapy goes, a site such as this could be beneficial but watch out for the useless bickering that hopefully is more under control and monitored now. If you can relate to what i am saying, methadone may be right for you. It is less expensive than most street drugs, it is medically monitored and the side effects are few and seldom dangerous. The clinic I attend requires random and frequent drug screens and a yearly physical exam with  a U/A and bloodwork. It has good councelling which is as important as the pharmacological support of methadone. Even with all the benefits it is a narcotic that you are using to replace another and does have wd symptoms just like any other opiates. It can be tapered over a period of time to ease the wd symptoms. I probably will never get clean but this treatment has kept me as clean as I have been in many years...good luck to you all who are trying so hard to find your way to a clean life. God does love us all...no matter what

[doner]

Thank you for your compassion. I am in a very tough place but chose many months ago to contain it and so far have been successful. Cold turkey sent me running back everytime. I have followed my personal program and so far have not stumbled( and let me tell ya coming under 20 mgs almost killed me)But being able to look back at my progress keeps me determined but it also prolongs the process.Some people just arent built for that.On another note it just amazes me how little some drs. know about such things as wds. Methadone is almost at the top of the list for controlled substances and the dr told him no wds. Cmon!
She refused my boyfriend oxycotin because of the terrible wds.(She claims to have worked in a detox center for 7 yrs.)Then gives him 280 10mgs of methadone and has been refilling them ever since. Now Im finding out that they(drs) are giving oxys for methadone wds. I just dont get it. Thanks again take care

[doner]

My topic is Methadone and it seems to me that everyone elses opinion is the same. My only advice to opiod users is not to use or let a dr.talk you into using methadone for anything longer than a month. It is the worst drug to get off of that Ive ever known. My boyfriend and I used everything from lorcets vics(any tabs) then to high doses of oxycotin. He has legit pain and his dr. offered him 280 methadone per month. I asked him to take it to detox ourselves from oxys. I am not an expert in medicine like some of you are.All I know is how I feel. I believe that methadone should be left to those who need to detox from heroin through a clinic or for those who will be on a meds for the rest of thier lives. From what I understand(dont quote me) methadone does the least amount of damage to the liver and other such things. I know from personal experience that once you are addicted to methadone no other drug will take the wds away. I was taking 80 mgs per day no other drugs and then ran out. Couldnt stand the pain and 2 oxy 80s didnt even touch it. This is the road I have chosen and willing to take responsibity but would like to warn people of the detox of methadone. I believe it is the most painful and longest lasting withdrawl alive. I am controlling my addiction and am down from 80mgs to 15mgs but it has been a very long and painful road and from what I read the the worst is yet to come. When my boyfriend asked his dr. about the withdrawls from methadone and she told him there was none. They dont know everything. I am posting hopefully to scare anyone without long term pain or a methadone program from ever taking even one although Ive heard if used for a week or so can be effective. I guess I am trying to save anyone out there from the pain I am going throough. Sorry about the long post Good luck to all on their journey to recovery.

[lisabet]

Hey Jerri - your advice and life experience inspires me every day.  You're a sweet soul and it shines through your posts.  I'm glad to see you posting again. I know you tend to "drop out of sight" when you're using, but I really wish you wouldn't. You're an inspiration to me whether you're using or not.  You're still the same sweet person either way.  Your addiction isn't "YOU"...you are you. (Did that make sense?)...smile.  Anyway, since we're kindred souls, you probably know what I mean.... :)   Love you, sweetheart, Lisabet