Withdraw

[Jenny79]

I have been on hydrocodone (vicidon) tylenol 3 and Perocet for over 1 1/2 years for chronic pain i have chronic pancreantitis and kidney disease, i tried this week to get off the pills and no luck i ended up in the hospital, they r going to put me on a methidone treatment....Does this work the same as the other drugs i was taking for pain? And is it less addictive? I really am tired of using pain kiilers for a bandage until my surgery but the withdraw is terrible and the pain is terrible...Can anyone give me some hope? Will the methidone keep me free from pain and withdraw?

[hellc@mst]

hiya.mdone mayb a sensible solution 4 u.it is as addictive as ne opioid but its lengthy onset makes abuse unattractive to those lookin 4 an expedient hi.it was always meant as a pain killer and its analgesic efficacy is well documented.mdone is especially useful for those pain sufferers who r opioid tolerant and require longterm treatment.If dosed correctly u should not feel ne w/ds and few,if any,cravings.here is a useful and reputable
site www.aafp.org/afp/2005040/1353.html
regards J

[fishmeal]

Hey, don't discount sincere medical help.... get with a Doc that knows what he is doing and has been there done that.

[Fiocody]

Hi - I went to that site and it was not found........can you repost that sites address again, perhaps it is not correct.

Thanks.
Fio

[hellc@mst]

oops.sori about that.
www.aafp.org/afp/20050401/1353.html

[DutchessGolden]

Methadone can be a very effective treatment for pain. The difference in methadone and other opiates is that is had a dual action. In the 1930's 2 doctors discovered methadone while looking to find a drug that slowed the intestinal tract(as all opiates do. And supress the respiratory syatem, which is why morphine long ago was given to kids for diarrhea and many cough syrups today contain codeine or hydrocodone) for during surgeries. They also wanted an analgesic that was not similar to morphine in chemical structure. This was they could limit some of the stringent laws that came to be on opiates. ANYWAY (waaaay off topic here) After WWII it was tested as a pain reliever. The difference is that it has two actions, like all opiates it relieves pain but it also acts as an antagonist to certain opiate receptors in the brain which blocks the action of other opiates you take while on methadone. However, methadone is much much easier to wean off of than other opiates and it will eliminate your withdrawal symptoms b/c it binds to the same opiate receptors as the other drugs ur taking. I would suggest that if the methadone does not work well for pain relief for you, that you continue taking your tyl.3's and percocet, and hydrocodone. Or maybe move up to tyl4's (ten extra mg of codeine) and eliminate one of the others or take a lesser dosage of the others and use methadone to wean off of those drugs if you have trouble weaning off of them after your surgery. A friend of mine, a doctor, has successfully been treating over 200 of his chronic pain patients with methadone for several years. His link is good but I think this link would be better for your particular situation. Please read and let me know if this helps xoxo D.
http://members.tripod.com/~jbabs714/meth.htm