Re: methadone

[Guest guest]

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> I too am on Methadone. Have been since 2002 and it works well for me.

I can take 30-60mgs per day.

I'am on methadone too and it works great for me to. They had me up to

3 a day but it was making me to sleepy, so cut back to 2 a day 10mg.

and this works good for me. OHSU sent me through a skin test and I

have not recieved any results yet

love becky

[Guest guest]

What is a skin test ???

>Becky wrote:

> I'am on methadone too and it works great for me to. They had me up to

> 3 a day but it was making me to sleepy, so cut back to 2 a day 10mg.

> and this works good for me. OHSU sent me through a skin test and I

> have not recieved any results yet

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ann,

I don't have much time to post, but yes, Methadone is excellent for pain. I use

it, and have been on the same dose for over 3 years now. I had tried

everything, OxyContin, Fentanyl Patch, Morphine, you name it. Trying methadone

was my only hope, and it wasn't a financial matter (although that does help!).

Apparently this drug hits a different receptor, and seems to help nerve pain

better. As for side effects, yes, there are some, but for me they are the same

as any opiod. After a few weeks they went away, and my life has been great ever

since. Don't let the negative connotation of Methadone scare you away...it is a

fantastic medication. It works immediately, and lasts a long time. In fact,

the doctor will teach you about the long half-life, because it can be easy to

overdose on this med.

I must run, but let me know if you have any questions!

p.s. I don't even need break-through meds anymore!

From: unicornmom1062

I called and told them, the dr office, and so they are gonna

give me methadone instead.

My question is is that any good for pain and what might the side effects be

and when can I expect it to start working. Thanks for the help.

[Guest guest]

Methadone IS great for pain control. Just be very for-warned that

Methadone is the hardest opiate to withdraw from. It takes months,

sometimes many months to completely get free of it. It is very cheap

though compared to Suboxone and most other opiates.

Suboxone on the other hand works just as well for pain, but is very

easy to withdraw from in comparison. I know the use of Suboxone for

pain is off label right now, but many drugs are used off label these

days. It is up to the discretion of the treating Dr. to decide and

is not illegal to do so.

There are many pain specialists that use Suboxone not only for

withdrawing from opiates, but they also use it for long term pain

management. People have been on Suboxone for many years and have had

little to no adverse side effects.

Something to discuss with your pain Dr. next time you see him and

your present pain medication isn't working well for you anymore.

>> I called and told them, the dr office, and so they are gonna

> give me methadone instead.

>

> My question is is that any good for pain and what might the side

effects be and when can I expect it to start working.

[Guest guest]

I am probably going to be the only one here but I just last week requested to be

taken off methadone. I was on 30 mg per day more if I needed it. It did me no

good at all. I saw no let up of pain. I tried it for six months. They

increased the dosage. nothing.

So I am going off of it. Of course I am going slowly off of it. It will take a

while, but it did me no good at all. At first I think it did help.

After about three weeks it did not seem to do much and after a couple of months

I actually felt it was doing nothing at all. So I just asked to be taken off of

it. I never had any side effects from it at all.

[Guest guest]

Its really weird about how meds work different with

people. The neuropathy that has made me stop every

thing in the world that I like for 6 years, Does best

with just plain old tramodol. I’ve had and still got

just about every pain medince ever made, but I really

start to sweat when the tramadol gets low. Weird isn’t

it? By the way I finally get started on my Nerve

stimulation device testing May the 6th.

ron patterson

--- Gwen wrote:

> I am probably going to be the only one here but I

> just last week requested to be taken off methadone.

>

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[Guest guest]

Gwen wrote:

I am probably going to be the only one here but I just last week

requested to be taken off methadone. I was on 30 mg per day more if I

needed it.

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You are not the only one whom methadone didn't work for. I was tried on

it, but sadly, it didn't work forme either. I am currently on Fentanyl

and Darvocet.

[Guest guest]

Add me to the list - I was on it for two weeks and was nothing but a walking

zombie. Not for me.

Teri (central Wisconsin)

Re: methadone

Gwen wrote:

I am probably going to be the only one here but I just last week

requested to be taken off methadone. I was on 30 mg per day more if I

needed it.

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You are not the only one whom methadone didn't work for. I was tried on

it, but sadly, it didn't work forme either. I am currently on Fentanyl

and Darvocet.

[Guest guest]

Was put on it nearly 2 weeks ago, titrated up to 15 mg 3 times a day. After

reading a message here that someone had problems with anxiety, I was curious

and looked up the side effects and found insomnia there much to my surprise.

I've had problems with insomnia for years, and I was re started on Lunesta

when I first saw my pain specialist and it worked decently well...however after

starting the Methadone I've had many more problems sleeping. I could take my

Lunesta at 7 pm and I still wouldn't fall asleep until 5 am. I asked my home

care nurse about it and she told me she's had patients with insomnia due to

Methadone.

On top of that, I'm having medication and water coming up from my J tube

into my stomach, theory is my small bowel is FULL and taking medication 3 times

a day is really not working anymore. So it looks like Methadone is a no go.

Good thing I see my pain specialist on Monday, and I'm going to pick up some

more morphine today and I'll mention it to his assistant. My nurse also told me

that she has several patients on IV PCAs at home, and NONE of them are

terminal or have cancer, it was just a last option for pain relief.

That makes me feel better and she told me I should keep pushing the IV PCA

for myself because since she's been seeing me (and I've heard this from many

people for a while now) that I have VERY little bowel sounds in fact she only

heard a bit in one quadrant (left upper) add that to my distention...at this

point I'm trying to minimize any medications I'm taking through my tube and

trying to move what I can to IV. It's clear my small intestine is being lazy to

put it mildly LOL

in DC

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