Methadone Rehabilitation

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Question by Adam M: Does Kratom (mitrogyna speciosa) work well for Oxycontin withdrawals?
Hey guys I am about to enter horrible Oxycontin withdrawals, as I am finally ready to quit. Basically, due to a horrible back injury, I have been using around 480 mgs a day for around 2 years and I am looking for a natural remedy to help ease the pain of withdrawals. I have heard OK things about Kratom for withdrawals, but nothing else really. If you guys know of any other natural remedies that might help, I would appreciate your suggestions, as well as your knowledge or experiences with Kratom. Please no advising the use of “Methadone” or “Suboxone” or any drugs as maintenance therapy. I am not looking to replace one addiction with another, especially not another pharmaceutical dependency. Thanks in advance everyone!

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Answer by James
yes it does    Read more...

Question by codslick: need to replace 300mg’s methadone w/???mg’s oxycodone, morphine sulphate ir, etc…?
a pms told me if I couldn’t go down from 28 dalaudid pills to 8 per day in the next week he would send me to a methadone clinic. With that he laughed and threw me my script for the week and said I may go while he waltzed off singing some showtune in his extremely irritating, very nasal, and high pitched New York accent! I thought he must be joking! He was laughing after he said it, but no, the script was really for only 8 pill per day!! I don’t recall at all how many m’s those pills were , but other’s had told me I was very lucky to get them. But I was fast learning the very hard way who to believe and who to trust. The next day, a few hours after I took my first 2 of the day, I knew I was gonna be in big trouble. After 3 days I was back in the pms’s office begging for mercy!!!! He gave me a script for one more day of 8 pills and a referral form to any ” methadone clinic” I chose!!??I was scared to death!! I wasn’t a heroin addict!!! I didn’t belong in a place like that!!!!But I went.    Read more...

Question by Mike: When Can I feel the euphoric effects of ANY opiates while im prescribed to Methadone?
I have been on 100mg’s a day of methadone, and now I have been on 56 mg’s for the past 3 weeks. I want to know WHEN or How low does my methadone does have to be, before I can feel the euphoric high of any opiates???

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Answer by Kat
I wonder who has you on Methadone…

Anyway, probably never. You’d have to wait until you’re sick, and that just seems silly to me.

Answer by Barb
You should be able to feel the effects now if all you are taking is methadone. Unlike Suboxone, methadone doesn’t block the high from opiates. Maybe the amount of methadone you were on just increased your tolerance. Be careful though. People sometimes overdose by using other opiates on top of methadone.

1st and 2nd Day of methadone detox – This will be somewhat of a “series” of what exactly it is like to come off methadone. THINK about what your doing before putting this CRAP in your body.

Question by Dee: whats the name of that new pill , it’s supose to help people beat there addiction to precription drugs ??
my mom is hooked on pain killers ,,,very badly ,,,,talkin major pill head here …
she was telling me she seen on cbs a orange pill that you stick under your tongue , and it is supose to help people kick there addction to pain killers …can anyone tell me the name of this pill ??? dose it really exist ??

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Answer by Jack H
An opiate antagonist, Naltrexone (Revia/Depade, or for extended-release, Vivitrol) is a substance that helps block the effects of the chemicals commonly found in pain-killing medication.
This medication is recommended for detoxifications, and it prevents both effects of the drug, and lingering bodily cravings.
Ibogaine (derived from an African plant) is another opiate receptor blocker, and actually breaks down the withdrawal process from most depressants (like painkillers) to mere hours. A drug derived it- 18-methyoxycoronaridine, is still in the works, but has high promise for taking care of addictions and withdrawal process.    Read more...

Question by alex: Heroin was thought to be a “cure” for morphine addition.?
Heroin was thought to be a “cure” for morphine addition. Methadone is given to heroin addicts to help them control their drug use. Using the readings and your knowledge, what is your opinion about the use of drugs to get people off of drugs. How is it that our “solutions” cause new problems? Discuss the “new” epidemic of opiod pain killer addiction.

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Answer by thenoseknows
Follow the links through the Vitamin C Foundation website for how to cure drug addictions with high dose vitamin C.
Really, stop trying to get other people to do your homework for you.

Answer by Gruffice
And it only happened to get people “even more addicted” to opiates.    Read more...