Methadone Question: I Puked 30-35min After Dosing & They Don’t Repeat Doses Regardless. Will I Be Okay? Help!?
Question by josh: methadone question: I puked 30-35min after dosing & they don’t repeat doses regardless. Will I be okay? help!?
I just got home from getting my daily liquid methadone dose (150mg) and puked (30-35 minutes later). I thought I could keep it down, but i was wrong and puked up about a mouthful (my mouth is big, i’m 6’5 260lbs). All I’ve had this morning was bottled water and my methadone. I managed to only spit out one mouthful of puke and I swallowed the subsequent 4 or 5 times that it came into my mouth and it really tasted like methadone.
Fortunately, I don’t think the mouthful I spat out tasted as much like methadone… but I’m worried because I don’t wanna go through withdrawals and the whole “half life” theory doesn’t seem to apply with me because I’m usually feeling sick and painful again about 20 hours after dosing (still working on finding the right dose for me, I’m a big guy and I had a HUGE tolerance, and even though some people can stay symptom free for 48 hours after theyve been on it for a while, i’m not so lucky. plus, i take it for pain for my crohn’s disease which is flaring up right now). They won’t repeat doses at my clinic under any circumstances, so I can’t call them for help because they’ll tell me i’ll be fine whether I will be or not. I’ve read online that usually as long as you don’t vomit X minutes (i saw one site say 20 minutes and two say 30 minutes) after dosing you’ll be okay but I’m like right at that cutoff.
I just was wondering if anybody has experience in this situation that can help me determine if I’m gonna be safe from withdrawals or not because (even though it’s completely against the rules and illegal) my girlfriend has her dose for the day because she got her take home a week before I did (i get mine this weekend) and she will give me some if I need it then. Will I need it?
I guess I’ll know myself in a few hours… but any input would be GREAT because she’ll be getting up soon and dosing herself and I don’t wanna make her save me any of it if I’m not going to need it, plus I’m not trying to get high or overdose on the methadone, I’m not going to take it just in case since even if i did retain all my dose it would just get me high or whatever. thanks yahooligans!
Best answer:
Answer by Willy Wonka70
I dont have personal experience with Methadone- but good luck Mate. To you and Your Girlfriend for making the big step to get help in the first place. I know a few people who have managed to get off heroin. They are ok. It took alot of shit. Alot of guts and determination and Im very proud of them. So Good on you!