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Methadone helps me to stay off heroin, i have to sneak and make a 2 hr drive 6 days a week to clinic for methadone. I use my moms car and nobody knows i am doing this, this is very difficult to do and very expensive, I dont know that my strait and religous family will understand.

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2006-11-30 16:53:43 by wild 1

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My parents have put up with so much crap from me & helped me with raising my oldest son. I just think that their going to be disapointed in me again. I am 30 years old now but they've been dealing with this addiction problem of mine since I was 13 & the heroin problem specifically for over 8 years now. All though I finally feel as though I'm getting my life in order I'm afraid that they just won't understand & they'll look @ it as if I'm still using. What do you think is the best way to tell them any ideas? My husband & I are moving in with my Grandmother to help her & she lives very close to my parents so I'm afraid that their going to find out, cause I go to the clinic every morning so I thought that it would be better that they hear it from me then someone else.

I would talk this out with someone at the clinic. - noone can tell you what to do but it can be easier to make a decision when talking it out with others. I would think you are on a step program and if that is the case perhaps you should consider :

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

I cant answer for your parents but I can say if you were my daughter I would be proud of you for your efforts. What you are dealing with is a very difficult situation to be in. Being a parent I would acknowlege this and suport you in any and every way I could..... But Im not your Mom
Good luck

2006-10-04 09:11:54 by Liza M

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Is it real hard to get off; about how long after stopping will you start feeling ok again??

I was on methadone maintenance as recently as a month ago.
If you do a slow drop in your milligram intake it is not very painful to get off. I was ok in about 2 days and never really felt that bad anyway.

The key to the whole thing is slowly getting off, DO NOT try to rapidly drop the dosage and then all of a sudden stop taking it completely. You will experience bad withdrawl symptoms.

Methadone maintenance saved me in a way. I did it for alomost a full year. But don't get too comfortable on methadone, it can be very addicting. Use methadone as a drug to get off drugs.

I suggest after you get to the peak of your dosage, that you drop the methadone dose at a rate of 1-2 milligrams per week.

2006-04-24 07:01:20 by cat hens

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Our friend has chronic pain associated with an assault to the head with a tire tool, that resulted in a fractured skull, crushed sinus and a broken jaw. He has had one surgery but will require more. Because he is at the mercy of his home state's budget, he may not get the surgery. Now the high-powered pain-killers he's on are the only thing that get him through. He's taken so many that there's no way he could stop now, and the pain which is very real is still an issue. So...how do we get him the pain management he needs and get him off the Oxycodone? Is methadone maintenance a solution? Would he qualify for a state program? What kinds of non-narcotic pain management programs are out there that could he try? This is not a joke. We love this person and want what's best for him. No insurance, no trust fund. Any ideas?
Yusuf... it's oxycontin.
Juvinjbj...a little touchy, aren't you? I am looking for alternative pain management..I said that. I want to treat the pain. What I don't want is a $300.00 a week, run to Mexico habit to ruin his life. Back off.
Mandy VZ: You need help, girl.

Methadone WILL work for his oxycodone addiction as well as help him with his pain. Like the others have said it is an addictive med in itself, BUT.....when you enter into a Methadone Maintence program they take away your control over giving yourself meds. YES, he will have to go dose every morning, YES it will also become addictive to him but I think for people who become addicted to opiates.....be it heroin or pills it is a GOOD program. I dont think as some people have said that it is trading one thing for another because along with getting meds he will also be required to go to group, see a counselor, see a nurse and everything is very controlled. I am on Methadone for some pretty bad back pain, recently started it, and it has been great. I have been onther opiates for quite some time and have a physical dependancy and tolerance. If I had days I ran out of meds it was hell....I would go through some nasty withdrawl along with nasty back pain. The Methadone has helped my pain LOTS, but does not make me feel out of it.....I feel normal and free of pain for the most part. I do have to take other meds at times for breakthrough pain, but for the most part the Methadone is working great.

All that being said, since it is SO addictive....if he decides, or is able, at some point to come off it he will have major withdrawls. At that point going on Suboxone would be the route I would reccomend. It does not treat pain as well, but will get him off the Methadone if he so chooses. There are people who take Methadone for the rest of their lives. Most people look down on them, only see that they are trading one addiction for another....but being in that kind of treatment gets them off the streets, they are able to lead produtive lives for the most part. But its an enviornment that is controlled and is a very good program for a lot of people.

You would have to look into what your state offers. Most Methadone treatment centers are not all that expensive if you have to pay for it yourself, but a lot of states have programs or medical coverage that would take care of the bill depending on his income.

2007-09-18 19:23:49 by farm-gal

My bf was addicted to oxys.He has been on MM or 18 months. He is doing excellent. He has not used since being confronted and beginning treatment. He complies with all aspects of his recovery program.I understand, the whole, when he is ready line. I just want some opinions of when you think enough is enough, and he should let go of this security blanket?

12 months is really the absolute minimum, and I've heard of people going up to 20 years. This is his decision, and his responsibility, and having a security blanket for what may be longer than what seems necessary to you is better than letting it go too soon. Talk to him about it if you start to feel he's ready to stop, but don't pressure him to.

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