METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.8 (261 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METHADONE HYDRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | pain management | constipation is my main problem. Best laxative for me is propylene glycol. it's sold over the counter by a brand name or you can get a script from a doctor for a larger and cheaper supply | don't use it! stay with other opiates if at all possible. | M | 62 | 40 years 45mg. 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 5 | herion addit | No side effects for me, it helped me be straight and hold down a very good job and marry a great man. | I have been on methdone for 34 years, and every time I try to get off the program I go into deep depression and panic attacks. Plus the cost of $350.00 a month. But it does work, but because of the years I have been on it, I have a chemical imbalance and my have to stay on for life. Anybody else have this problem? | F | 56 | 34 years | 4/11/2003 | 5 | Be very careful using this drug, the detox is months, not days and is horrendous. Morphine is a better pain reliever, however you must keep increasing the dosage to relieve the pain. Everyone I know who is on methadone eventually has a change in metabolism and gains weight. Long term use also leads to noding off in the daytime, and a lack of REM sleep at night. In some ways I wish I had never got on it, but in other ways its a life saver. As with every thing else in life it has 2sides | M | 30 years | 8/22/2002 | 5 | mostly to kill pain, w/d from opia | don't feel as if I have had on methadone excet when I had to withdraw from 70mg. a day becauase I was moving to tuscun Arizona the clinic i paid all tranferring fees in San Bernarino to tucson didn't have a slot open which I had paid in avance for. No I go to doctors for pain meds they are very cautious on writing scripts for large amounts of narcotics as they are afraid they may get in trouble--while I am practally bedridden from pain. no side-effects except constipation. There | F | 42 | 29 years | 7/3/2003 | 5 | heroin addict | none same feelings mixed with pot as heroin nod off all the time been on it 25 years now on 100ml day never used heroin or injectable drugs since methadone started | Only works if you let it work dont bash it up just take it as a medicine and its all fine you can live a normal life stay away from drug users and it will be fine | M | 50 | 25 years | 2/12/2006 | 4 | Opiate dependency | I started on 80 mg, which was way too high..stayed on 50 for 10 years and detoxed VERY VERY SLOWLY over a 5 year span. I went to 25, then down a milligram a week until I was off. I was off for 4 years. IF YOU DETOX OFF: get regular exercise to help your muscle aches, it really helped me. Unfortunately, all it took was a back sprain and 3 Oxycodones, and I was right back in it. You will always be addicted, don't fool yourself ! I've been back on for 2 years and I am at a very low does on 19mg. For me, that is just right - keeps me from wanting opiates, and I can work all day, full time, without falling asleep. | This medication builds up in your system, so what you feel on week 1, will not be what you feel after month 1. You need to be READY TO STOP TAKING OTHER MEDICATIONS !! you cannot and should not be taking this medication with other opiates, that is if you are taking it because of opiate dependency. If you are nodding out at the drop of a hat, you need to DECREASE your dose ! That is also NOT what it is for. This medication is to stop your cravings for more opiates. (unless you are taking it for pain of course) take it seriously, and whatever you do, don't give it to anyone. 30 mg. is enough to KILL someone who has not built up tolerance. If you want ANY ADVICE on this medication, I've been on it for 2 DECADES, and I know a lot about it. feel free to ask. If you are taking this for opiate/heroin dependency, take it seriously, and be on for THE RIGHT REASONS. this is powerful stuff and can be just as hard to kick than the other stuff. | F | 51 | 20 years 19 mg 1X day | 6/7/2017 | 1 | for drug abuse | i been on meathadone for 17 years now at oatc canada i went off for 3 months after coming down 5 mils a week it made my bones ach and everything smelt differnt head aches all day thats why i went back on it i hate this meds wayne newmarket canada | M | 50 | 17 years 130 1X day | 3/11/2012 | 5 | Back Surgery & Fibronyalgia pain | dry mouth | This is the miracle pain killer with least amount of side effects that has kept me as a productive working citizen. Hard to believe the doses given on here and the side effects are caused by those high doses. You should not take this medication to the point of total pain relief. I have been on my dose of 5mg 2 x day for 15 years with occasional raise to 10 mg to see if helps more, but side effects outway the gain. This drug is tarnished by drug addiction stereotyping, when it could be used o improve so many more lives. At this time my pain doctor tries to get me off this medication on a yearly basis & I do try. This past Fall, she told me that if I continued with methadaone, that I would eventually not be able to have sexual relations with my wife. I agreed to try to get off methadone and went onto Suboxen (used to help get off methadone & as pain killer). The only problem was that when I would take only half of dissolving pill under my tongue, I would lose pain, but I would also lose consciousness. *The worst side effect to Suboxen is that I could no longer feel my Genitals to be able to start urinating & could not ejaculate. Ah, exactly what she said Methadone would cause. So, after staying on for 2 months to see if side effects would go away, I asked to get off Suboxen and my Doctor argued with me that my symptoms were impossible. I would not back down & told her that since my body should no longer be dependent on Methadone, that I would try one of the we | M | 49 | 15 years 5 2X day | 1/15/2016 | 1 | drug addiction | fifteen years of fog up at 3 30am waiting to pick up dose family looks down on me despite 20 year marriage | came off after 10 week reduction 135 to 30 then cold turkey been clean 9 weeks developed chronic joimt and muscle pain and joy of joy psorasis feel a 100 years old believe or not its no easier now than 1st week just different symptoms reiki and yogic breathing helps more than i would have believed | F | 46 | 15 years | 6/12/2005 | 1 | drug addiction | fifteen years of fog up at 3 30am waiting to pick up dose family looks down on me despite 20 year marriage | came off after 10 week reduction 135 to 30 then cold turkey been clean 9 weeks developed chronic joimt and muscle pain and joy of joy psorasis feel a 100 years old believe or not its no easier now than 1st week just different symptoms reiki and yogic breathing helps more than i would have believed thought iwas together on it children husband ect after 14 days i was so straight it hurt iwas so unsedated i still urge all users to consider reductions or detox &learnto breath you dont cure addictions you replace them with other coping skills eg meditation learn pain control tecniques im learning them right now after detox sometimes your immune system goes in overdrive which causes psoriasis chronic fatigue rumatiod artheritis so come off slowly not like me i feel half dead right now but wouldnt put that shit in me ever again feel free to contact me especially gold coast australia | F | 46 | 15 years | 6/12/2005 | 1 | drug addiction | fifteen years of fog up at 3 30am waiting to pick up dose family looks down on me despite 20 year marriage | came off after 10 week reduction 135 to 30 then cold turkey been clean 9 weeks developed chronic joimt and muscle pain and joy of joy psorasis feel a 100 years old believe or not its no easier now than 1st week just different symptoms reiki and yogic breathing helps more than i would have believed thought iwas together on it children husband ect after 14 days i was so straight it hurt iwas so unsedated i still urge all users to consider reductions or detox &learnto breath you dont cure addictions you replace them with other coping skills eg meditation learn pain control tecniques im learning them right now after detox sometimes your immune system goes in overdrive which causes psoriasis chronic fatigue rumatiod artheritis so come off slowly not like me i feel half dead right now but wouldnt put that shit in me ever again feel free to contact me especially gold coast australia | F | 46 | 15 years | 6/12/2005 | 5 | Lumbosacrael Plexopathy,Polynueral, | M | 45 | 12 years 130 Mg. 2X day | 8/15/2011 | 5 | bone disease (avascular narcrocis) | constipation is a problem but with some extra fiber,water and prune juice or over the counter laxitives things work pretty good. | I use 30mg every 6 hrs. (120mg) daily. I've had 3 hip replacements and I'm in need of of 4th. Both shoulders also have been replaced. Both knees have (narcrocis) in them and will have to be replaced. So as you can see I'm a bit of a mess, but methodone has allowed me to live a life that is somewhat normal. I am thankfull to my doctor and this medication for this. I also use cataflam (anti-inflammatory) for pain control(very immportant) | M | 12 years | 8/17/2005 | 4 | opiate addiction | Gained a lot of weight mainly because of bad eating habits and laziness. Most disturbing is severe decrease in sex drive. | It has helped me TREMENDOUSLY in regards to opiate abuse. But it ruined my sex drive and my teeth - after 6yrs needed full dentures.Been on it for 12 yrs and still going... | M | 39 | 12 years | 8/15/2006 | 5 | pain management | Drowsiness, sweat easily | When I first started taking this stuff it really was uncomfortable. There were no nasty side effects other than feeling like I was in the fog. The best part however is that I have not had to increase my dosage and in fact am way down, only 10mg twice daily. In addition to that my pain is controlled quite nicely. It no longer makes me tired it has never made me loopy like most narcotics. All in all this stuff is much cheaper and way more reliable than the usual narcotic analgesics. I have tried, vicodin all stregths, oxycodone, morphine, dilauded and on and on. All of which worked OK but made me loopy and needed more rather quicly, like weeks. Anyone with chronic pain should at least consider this if you are to be on anything long term. The only real big pitfall is it is very addictive physically and getting off it is much more difficult than other opiate based narcotics. For me it has been a real blessing. | M | 50 | 11 years 40 2X day | 5/30/2011 | 4 | Chronic Pancreatitis | Facial flushing, dry mouth, slowed bowel motility, weight gain | For the last 10 years, Methadone has worked really well for my pain, despite a few unpleasant side effects, which have largely diminished or become manageable over time. Initially, sweating was a big problem, but now it's more flushing. Reglan, Zelnorm and mineral oil have helped the motility problem (but not eliminated it since I have gastroparesis). In my experience, the bigger problem comes when it's necessary (due to tolerance) to switch to other narcotic pain meds--then the withdrawal can be quite difficult, although Catapres or Neurontin can help reduce the discomfort. That's where I am now--after 10 years, I've maxed out on Methadone (taking 50mg 3xday +60mg at bedtime), so my doctor has me on Fentanyl 100mg. which isn't cutting it at all. Unfortunately, my Rx plan has dispensing limits on Fentanyl, so we had to try a lower than desirable dose, now he'd like to had MS Contin, so I'll have to see if the combination works. Several years ago, I went off Methadone again in ord | F | 43 | 10.5 years | 7/5/2006 | 5 | iv user of opiates | severe constipation, sweats, craving sweets | I will say methadone has played a big part in me changing my life but i have to go to a clinic everyday b/c of the call-backs procedure. I have a fantastic job that requires me to travel some and attend very important meetings and the clinic i attend will not excuse me but 1-2 times and it's just a mess then. I am ready to detox due to this clinics rules, which i understand they do have, but when a person does right they should have a little repect and consideration for them and this clinic doesn't. If i file a greivance on them it just goes to the medical director of the clinic and nothing gets done! Very tired of the ball-n-chain with them and my take-homes!! | F | 36 | 10 years 108mgs 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 5 | Narcotic/Opiod Maintenance | Severe constipation and severe sweating! | F | 39 | 10 years 60 | 12/24/2011 | 5 | Opiate Abstinence Syndrome | Constipation,Sleepiness,Sugar craving,Weight gain | Like many have aleady posted, methadone has saved my life, and made it possible for me to cope in ways I was never before able to. It's a mixed bag to be sure, and though I understand the noble intention to wean oneself off of it as soon as possible, my experience proved that it might be better to stay on long enough to better ensure you odds against relapse. I know I couldn't wait to get off of it the first few times on it, and each time I found myself back on the first opiate that came along, whether it be prescription or illicit. So if I had any advice to share, I guess I'd say though I agree somewhat with a previous poster who advocates detoxing as soon as you 'get your life together', I'd like to add a warning of, do not detox too soon, and if you find it necessary to stay on for a lifetime, it is always far better than the alternative. Methadone does save lives, I am also living proof. | M | 48 | 10 years | 2/11/2004 | 5 | Methadone | Being off has been a nightmare. Don't think people understand the out come off this drug.they left me on this drug for 16 years with out other ways. Find out about N/A from N/a went detox been off this fucking devil drug for 7 months now and finding out about my body drs don't even no what's wrong they just think I'm trying to get pain killers. Once they methadone. In so much pain still I wish I never got on it. They r so quick to hand those drugs out. Pls get strong and find other ways I wished I did!!!!!!!!!! | F | 37 | 10 years 30 mg 60 m | 2/18/2017 |