Brandon S asked:

What are some side effects people experience? It is my first time taking it, so.. im of course weary about taking it.

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Carrie asked:

I am wondering what the side effects could be if a person who was perscribed and regularly took methadone were to also take dilaudid(unprescribed) mixed with a box of wine. Please no jokes I know it is so ridiculous it’s funny but I am trying to help a friend.
I am trying to get him to realize that his lifestyle is causing him the pain that he is complaining about. After he got the dilaudid, when it wore off he had terrible leg pain and went into the hospital for days. Only to get prescribed more dilaudid. I was really hoping the doctors would set him straght about his health issues but they did not. He is now in a wheel chair and no doctor has been able to figure out what is wrong with him.

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vinny asked:

Does anyone have specific personal knowledge about Liquid Methadone use, and side effects you have experienced.
Alicia S, you are out of your mind.I AM on methadone and like it very much.There are side effects though.That is what I want to discuss.Put your herbals and vitamins where the sun don’t shine!
LOVE- I am NOT a smack addict! I use Methadone strictly for excrusiating pain.

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hey culligan man asked:

I have 5 herniated discs and was on hydrocodone for a few months and recently they have not been helping. When I discussed this with my doctor he prescribed methadone. The only thing I can find on the internet is how it is used to wean people off of heroin. What am I getting myself into? The hydrocodone gave me a euphoric feeling, but no other side effects. What can I expect from the methadone 5mg?

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languagelover21 asked:

thanks in advance for your answers! i was addicted to oxycontin, heroin, and general pain killers for about six years. i decided to turn my life around and i went to the methadone clinic, however i was tired of being a junkie and i decided to begin taking suboxone in an effort to kick everything once and for all. i read excellent reviews about how this drug has saved people’s lives who abused opiates, and i am confident it will be right for me. however, i did not ask my doctor about the interaction with my other medication and he is obviously not in his office anymore today and i am starting to have a slight withdrawal type ache. i took only two milligrams earlier today which is probably not enough, i just was not sure how it would interact with me. i take klonipin (.5 mgs t.i.d.) and primidone (mysoline, 50 mgs b.i.d.) for anxiety and panic disorder. does anyone have any experience with this medication? if so, i would appreciate your input very much

also, should i feel like i am loaded while on this? i was expecting it to be different from methadone… but i still feel that loaded kind of feeling if that makes any sense…?

thanks all!
thanks very much for your answer, and i appreciate you being judgmental toward people because some folks need a good brow-beating. however, i started on opiates because of pain. i have five tears in my left rotator cuff and continuously dislocate and tear up my right shoulder (i used to bodybuild fairly heavily and i did three years in the service). problem was docs didnt want me to get addicted (whoops too late) and heroin was a good escape since it is so much cheaper than oxycontin. i have gone through plenty things in my life… i appreciate any answer but i was really asking about the possible poor interaction of suboxone and klonipin or primidone. thank you again!

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taradise101 asked:

know it sound easy right? Just stop taking them. Its not that easy. Heres my story…. My friends and I started taking hydrocodone 10/500
Like everyone else it was 1 or 2 a day. we didn’t see this to be a problem. It made us happy,energetic, and it was down right fun. We had a “great Doctor” that would prescripe us 220 monthly. we would all take turns and go and share the pills this was no one was with out. We would sell enough to pay for the next visit. we thought life was great! This went on for about 5 years.At the top of my hydro party I was taking about 10 to 12 a day. Until my husband moved on to oxys roxys and then delata. I never did any of that. I just took my hyro.at that point we realized we had a problem. My husband is now on 90 lis of methadone a day which works for him. 1 of are friends is in prison and the other I am not sure. Some are clean and some are not. I went to the Methadone clinic for 2 years and took 20 mils for the 1st yr and then weened myself down to 5. I couldn’t stop the 5 as silly as that may sound. around that time I hurt my knee and had unsecessful surgery.My knee doc gave me hydrocodone again and I thought this time I will only take what he perscribes. Little did I know he would put me on 8 a day. Sounds crazy I know. I don’t take 8 I take 4 a day. I do not want to quit cold turkey because I am afraid to not take anything.I really don’t know what to do. I am very scared. I was ok when I stopped the methadone I never had any withdraws. But thats because I went back to using my drug of choice.The thought of being sick scares me and I can’t take time off of work. Help me please!!!!!

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DANNY DEVAIATO asked:

I’m urrently in a methadone treatmeent program, but can’t afford it. Monday I’m going to a suboxone doctor. My methadone clinic knows I’m on xanax, and I don’t abuse it, and seems fine. I’m worried the suboxone doctor won’t take me in because of the xanax I’m prescribed. I’m on 30mg of methadone, down from 60, and not feeling well. 50-60 was a perfect dose for me. 1.) Will the doctor even see me since i’m on xanax, 2.) what do you think he will start me out on. I just started a good new job, and can’t lose it, and don’t wanna be sick. 10 POINTS TO ANYONE THAT CAN HELP ME, PLS. Thank You

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Gracie Maelou asked:

I have fibromyalgia, DDD, spinal stenosis and osteoarthritis. I am 43 years old. I started having terrible pain about 15 yrs ago after a bad fall and have had 3 more bad falls since. My pain became chronic about 5 yrs ago. I am on ambiem, cymbalta, tramadol (8/50 mg tabs per day) and Soma. I have never been involved in any internet blog/forum. The pain clinic prescribed me w/methadone about 2 yrs ago with vicodin for breakthrough. About a yr ago I was up to 80 mg/day. The last 6 months I have had NO ambition or energy. 2 weeks ago, I stopped taking the methadone on my own. I know that is risky but I could not stand life as a zombie. I tappered down to 20 mg/day and the last week to 10 mg/day. Then I stopped totally 2 weeks ago. The 1st week was not too bad but I was weak & achey. This past week has been awful. Terrible stomach problems (I started on milk thistle to clean my colin), and pain behind belief Just about 4 hours ago, I gave in and took 10 mg. I feel normal with no pain.

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mark asked:

My question is can I just go to any of the doctors that gave me pain meds and ask for methadone so I can get off the opiates and not have to deal with the withdrawl. How should I go about dealing wtih my addiction. I dont have the money for detox or a treatment place plus it isnt that bad of an addiction but I do know if i quit taking the pain meds I will go through withdrawls for a couple weeks. So how do I get methadone to get over this addiction. Do I need to go to a methadone clinic or can I just go to any random doctor and explain and are the odds good that I will get the methadone so I slowly get off the opiate addiction.

I am not a junkie so dont even insult me with responses relating or even implying this. I had a back disease for the past 6 years but is slowly getting better through treatment. My doctor that diagnosed me suffered a major heart attack and is unable to work anymore so I was forced to see random doctors to get my pain meds. Not a junkie,just was in pain

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queenofheartstea asked:

I’m doing research because I’m responding to an editorial about local methadone clinics. I’m pretty sure it’s not as easy as “just walking in to your doctors office and getting a script for suboxone and moving on with your day”. I think you have to be below 100mg of methadone to get on Suboxone. Anyone have experience that would be willing to share with me? Also, what are for-profit methadone clinics?

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