Methadone Maintenance programs have saved my life twice at two different times in my life. I am very thankful for these programs and would recommend them to anyone who needs help.
@@ronaldhall2489 Yeah I agree and I personally have heard so many people who stereotype Methadone and people who are in Methadone clinics by people of all walks of life… ya know “ they are all just Hereon Addicts who are just trading one addiction for another or replacing one addiction with another addiction “ all kinds of different stereotypes that we are all are just Herron junkies, Etc… I have even first hand felt discrimination by people who are Doctors and Nurses at E.R.’s when they find out that you are on Methadone daily therefore the only possible reason why you can be at the E.R. Is because you are “drug seeking “ which in my case was not the reason why I was there. I hate going to the E.R. It pisses me off at the ignorance and stereotyping that we have to put up with to get the medication that we need. Drug testing for employment for example… nevertheless what most of these people don’t know is that the majority of us who are on methadone are not all just “heron junkies “ yeah I guess that there is some people who that is the case but regardless those people don’t deserve the discrimination and stereotyping neither we are all human beings and we all make mistakes. I personally got myself into the situation where I needed to get on methadone because I had an injury and needed pain management and I got physically dependent on them . I wasn’t taking them to “ get high” or even abusing them. I was taking them as prescribed but I still got physical dependent on them and when I tried to get off of them I went through the same hell as someone who was a heron addict and ran out …. It was no different. When you go 3-4 weeks without being able to eat and puking bile up all day and night and can’t even keep liquids down, what you don’t puke up is coming out the other end as constant diarrhea, I cannot stand it when I hear people and even Doctors say you can’t die from cold turkey…. Bull shit … yeah technically when you die it will be dehydration and malnutrition or seizures or all of the above that is listed as the “ cause of death “ but when cold turkey caused this to happen in my opinion it’s semantics to say that… but my point was that it doesn’t matter if it’s heron or hydrocodone prescribed from a doctor the end results are pretty much identical and methadone can get you out of that kind of situation and keep you from getting back into that situation so I think the regulations should be more slack and educate people that we are not getting high on methadone so people stop discriminating against it.
Im in Australia had a 20 year herion addiction tried many times to get clean n failed then one day doctor introduced me to methadone my life changed that day ive now been on for 12 years at $7 per month ive now got a house car children back in my life money good friends this works 100 per cent im now not a cost on society ie no jail no crime n all in between thank you Methadone you saved my life.
Bupe first, then Suboxone.....too easy to get a script for either imo....Took me much longer to taper off Suboxone .Sticks to receptors like Gorrila glue.Spent 2yrs tapering down to .25mg, and then l went through grief for months. Coming off gear is much easier,admittedly after you are in the right mental state to do so.Long term use, long term clean,reconnected with children,grands and successful in my enterprises.
Clinics are nothing but a burden every rule and reg they have translates into a percentage of addicts who need treatment but cant get it because of regs. Doctors should be able to prescribe this monthly .
Here in the UK clinics are the only place that can help you. They do give Methadone on weekly prescriptions, turning to monthly once they can see/trust that you're clean and making progress.
I've also seen methadone pills where people can take home a months worth. But it's much harder to get than suboxone. It's almost too easy to get suboxone. You could easily get it without an opiate problem. You gotta make it easy to save more lives. But you gotta be sure they need it.
That’s the point. For some people, Methadone works better than Suboxone. But, requiring someone to go to a clinic almost every day (the law does permit take home Methadone after you’ve been on it awhile, but not as freely as Suboxone) inhibits users to go on Methadone. Methadone should be available with a prescription from a doctor, just as Suboxone is. For some people Methadone works better than Suboxone. And, it’s not fair to require people to go in so often to get their Methadone. It interferes with their ability to get a job or raise children.
@@barbarafeinman-yu3nr This is incredibly true. I am one of the people who took Methadone as it worked far better for me as Subutex gave me an odd, high feeling. They do give take home doses after a while when some trust has been built. Hit the nail on the head, perfectly.
I’m documenting my methadone detox of 20 years. I was on 160mgs a day for SLE. I’m now over 2 years methadone free. I was prescribed this for pain management. I misused my medication and am extremely grateful that I made it out. I’m sending healing vibes to you all!!! Lmk how y’all are feeling. If you need to talk…I’m here! 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪✌️✌️💪💪✌️❤️
@@sobiakhan9923it depends on so many things. Is it a good clinic? How long was he addicted? So curious…please lmk and if we can help. Sending healing vibes, love and prayers!!!! 💪💪💪💪💪✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️
@@sobiakhan9923 as long as you dont mind him staying on it for life cause its harder to get off of than H. Plus....yiu never know if he is always gonna be able to get it.
@@sobiakhan9923 NOOO ! please take your son out of this drug ,its the worst drug to detox People say it save my life ,yes but it will hurt your life too cuz you will be on this drugs tor years and its not too easy to detox. I was in methadone for 19 years and i try for years to get out and 13 months ago finally i get out but is was hell in hearth and still bad there its no end of this whitdraws its worst how your brain feel so get your son to detox and get vivitrol, don't get subuxone or subuclode cuz they are bad as well..good luck.
We need more methadone maintenance clinics not everyone can get to the clinic i done it for about 10yrs i drove around Trip of 63 miles I only had to return twice a month i took a morphine pill and dropped dirty so I had to return to the clinic every day until I earned some days off but I didn't have the Ride to return everyday so since November 27 I haven't been able to get back to the Methadone maintenance clinic so I have been taking pills and selling everything i have just to be and feel normal. I don't have a driver license and I drove myself back and forth for about 5+ years and my vehicle died so I'm going to have to take a chance and get a car and drive back and forth again just to try and beat this sickness please open more clinics they're needed I've seen people coming to the clinic and then can't get to the clinic anymore and they have died because of not being able to get to the clinic 😢 you must open more clinics things are a lot different than the 1960's and 1970's a lot worse today than when it was the past Please open more Methadone maintenance treatment programs Update I'm Back to the Methadone maintenance treatment program it's changed it's rules a little bit but more clinics are Still Needed. I wish everyone with this Sickness the Very Best in life. God Bless Everyone
Maybe but there are plenty of alternatives really for pain. Also methadon is incredibly hard to get off from, very long & slow tapering. So I don't see why you would wanna put someone on a medication like that, unless they're like dying already. If it works to get ppl off heroin it's good, however some even still combine it with heroin.. That's why buprenorfin is ideal, and safer. Let me know if you have any other questions, my expert advice is free of charge..
Every time a doctor finds out I'm on methadone they tell me how I'm going to overdose and prescribe me narcane,in a needle, wtf? Oh , I'm overdosing, let me give myself a shot while I'm dying, lol. I've lived with testicular pain since puberty. Numerous specialists haven't figured it out. It took until I was 35 before I tried pain medication. I've been on methadone for 20 years, the same dose and it has kept me from killing myself due to the pain, constant pain!! Not to mention that it is 50 dollars a month compared to 750 dollars a month. I love my doctor and his courage to prescribe me the devil's dust. My wife and two children appreciate his courage the most. They have a husband and a father that's not an asshole every day because of pain. Uncle Sam, stay out of me and my doctor's business!!!!!
@@bekeneel sometimes the alternatives don’t work. I know from firsthand experience methadone can be extremely effective for pain is low cost and has a very long half life as long as you’re very steady with your dose then it’s a very effective low-cost medication. There’s nothing else that’s worked for me nothing and I’ve tried almost everything. I have a tumor that causes severe pain and they cannot remove it so after exhausting all other avenues, my pain, doctor suggested methadone and it took several days to get the dosing right but once the dosing was correct, it stopped the pain 100%, I’ve also come off of it before completely had zero problem coming off it I just went very slow 2 1/2 mg a month
Do you still like feel something from taking it then daily? Or was that only in the beginning maybe.. Like do you feel you're on opioids with it?@@clareburke7466
I have broken numerous bones from snowboarding and motocross. I got hit by a car back in June on my bike. I started using fentanyl because they wouldn’t give me anything at the hospital. I went to a methadone clinic to get my problem taken care of. I was doing well on the methadone and then I had to go to jail for driving without a license where they pulled me off methadone while I had Covid and it was the cruelest experience ever. I have wanted to go back to the methadone clinic but the fact that you have to go every day and they start you at 30 mg is ridiculous and it makes it so a lot of attics can’t get the treatment they need..
Hear in Michigan at the Saginaw county jail they are now giving Methadone maintenance to the inmates who were already taking it but other county's haven't adapted to doing it yet i think they should offer it to anyone in the jail that wants to get away from drugs. Good luck with you and your situation i hope everything works out for the best.
@@jamesfermanis4099 Yes. It was because there was a morphine addict high up in the Nazi hierarchy. There used to be a pill form of Methadone called "Delphine." Named after Adolph.
i use the levomethadone with Oxazepam and it also saved my life. I am really happy that i have really easy access to substitution here in Austria, we also have the normal methadone, buprenorphine and morphin-sulfat or morphin hydrochlorid both retard.
@@moritzpodroschko6749 I take also diazepam and morphin-sulfat retard with the methadone . I know levomethadone is much much stronger, but i don't know any one who get it here in the Netherlands. Wish you all the best !
Ive been on it over thirty years i was able to get two university degrees while on it, one was a first class honors in texiles. Yes it stabiled my life.
Great !!! Next moth i get 63 and i'm still using methadone(100mg ,5x20mg tablets a day) I also studied ;but for classical guitar for 5 years on the conservatory for classical guitar. You can see it as the University of Music, if your country does not have a conservatory. Or as the High School of Fine Arts. So,,, I just didn't finish it "due to circumstances". My father and my uncle were both studio and freelance guitarists. @@clareburke7466
It's shameless how they work in the U.S.A. dealing with methadone provision. It should be affordable for everyone. Or better yet, make Methadone provision free!
Methadone is very expensive unless you are on Medicaid. If a patient works, they usually make too much to qualify for Medicaid. If they don't have insurance, they pay out of pocket. It is a catch 22.
@@ZEROGRAVITY80 yeah it’s pretty much $13-$15 most everywhere in the USA , funny how if someone sells you pain pills for $15 a day and they get arrested if caught but these Sanctioned clinics are permitted to do the same thing as the “ drug dealer “ or “pill mill doctor “ gets arrested for…. Talk about hypocrisy…what can we do though ya know
In France it's easy to get.first in centre to start thé treatment and when you get stable it's your doctor who prescribes méthadone and it IS free. Méthadone helps really.
I get it in Vancouver Canada and it’s free! I’m on a high dose. The pharmacy is 100 feet away and open 24hrs but I do realize how uncommon that is. I used to pay for it and Suboxobe and used to drive 30 min to get it everyday.
Where you live state cuz here in philly its free and many state its free including Hawaii and Puerto Rico and here its a ton a clinics in every conner.
On methadone twice. 135mg highest dose and went down to 5mg once I got off. I don't recommend this to anyone, I was sick for 2 months after getting off the drug.
I have spent around 20+ yrs on the juice in the UK,it never stopped me using, I used to sell my Methadone mostly.In the end I did a taper over the space of 6 months, I had just got rid of Hep C & had just got off the street.I was 51,by this time & I'd had enough of living half a life.4 yrs opiate free,helping others,stable home,bills paid,family & friends,self-esteem, peace of mind, being a part, having feelings again, the love of life itself.
Unfortunately, methadone, like many other opiates, is not designed with an easy off ramp. It's very important to understand that methadone is a temporary fix that helps you to do the work necessary to reduce your pain. Ultimately you need to go into this with a preconceived idea of how long you plan to stay on it, and how you will get off of it as well.
As in Australia and injection rooms in major cities.Harm reduction has driven all policy here for yrs. Hep C treatment but one.PBS included medication 💊
Where I live it is very easy to get on MTD and they will up your dose whenever. I have a friend (who does weigh over 300 pounds) who was taking over 300 MGS.
The best thing I've seen for recovery, and pain is my name. Just the leaf and water, nothing fancy. Doesn't cause respiratory depression either. Advocates are on all social media. ❤🙏 It's in danger too, help us keep it legal.
I got on methadone for pain management.The doctors wouldn't give me a prescription for chronic pain so I went this way.Its been working awesome for me.
They definitely need to change the laws alot of lives can be saved methadone saved my life after years on pain medication due to surgery after surgery. I was addicted before I even knew what being addicted to opiates was. Not by my choice I have never touched any other drugs only pain pills. I was in so much pain the only way I could sleep and get around was with pills. And still today the pain is horrible thanks to mmt I dont have to go to a doctor take 100s of pills run out because they can only give so much be sick Doctor lets you go you gotta find a new doctor it sux. With the mmt program you can stay on a level does functions not get sick not have to worry about getting kicked out mmt works and I have so many friends that have died due to street drugs if they would have been on mmt program they would still be alive. Putting addicts in jail arresting them does not work its proven time after time dont work. They need mmt. I try to educate addicts and non addict family members mmt will keep your love ones alive. Please keep the mmt programs alive and lets save more lives!!!!!😊😊
Are you not worried about staying on it for life? Ive been on it for about 13 years. Im 55 and afraid of what would happen if im bed bound at home when im elderly. How will i get it. You MUST come to my clinic yourself to get meds. NO EXCEPTIONS!! Plus, i dont drive. My husband does. Hes older than me. If i lose him im doomed. Im so scared of withdrawal!!!!
@@user-Danswife im 58,been on it over 20 yrs.Tommorow will take care of itself.Im single,no family,few friends.Come hell or high water,I'll crawl if I have to get there.Dont worry be happy.
Methadone on a proper dose will also block other opioids from binding to your receptors because they are “full” and methadone has a higher affinity than short acting opioids. That’s why there’s the term a “blockade dose”
Blockaid only means you're less likely to use,agree, more or less pointless,but many still do .Suboxone has a much more likely effect to deter people from my observations ,from all angles,long term recovery,and councillor.
@@jamesfermanis4099everybody is different Suboxone made me so jumpy I needed a something to settle me down or I couldn't concentrate, it just caused more problems. The meth. Did exactly what they said in the first comment, it made it where the dope just didn't do anything for me unless I did more than I was comfortable with doing and I just stopped and now what's out there ain't the same so to me it's not a thought anymore I will also say that I have never felt a high from meth even talking double what I was supposed to, just more tired
@@valentinoscotti717completely correct.. been on methsdone a decade.. only opiate that works is fentanyl for me.. heroin did absolutely nothing no matter how much i used it didnt have any feeling whatsoever while on methadone, an its the same for literslly every person ive ever asked at my clinic
Dr. Brian Hurley (president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine) makes a very serious mistake by claiming that methadone was first developed in the 1960s.Methadone was developed in Germany in that late 1930s by Gustav Ehrhart and Max Bockmühl.It was approved for use as an analgesic in the United States in 1947, and has been used in the treatment of addiction since the 1960s
The clinic I had to go to was crap. From a fent addiction they would only put me on a 21 day detox at 40mg of methadone to zero. 40mg was way too little so withdrawal the whole time, 2 relapses of using . Went back and they put me on another 21 day, same dose. That time my tolerance had dropped to where 40 had me feeling fine, but the last 4 days I started withdrawal, and when the 21 days was over, sever withdrawal for the next 10 days, did not let up until after day 10. So day 11 still withdrawal but little Improvement. Now I took kratom to help those withdrawal, now I'm hooked on that, only used for a few weeks but I can feel it's teeth. Now I'm doing a taper off of that on my own. I needed a slower taper. The clinic just messed me up even more.
The clinic 😂 don't blame on nobody if you want to blame somebody you have to blame your self ,the clinic don't tell you to get high whit any drugs. Do they ? No ,right ! Look in the mirror and the person who you see ( your self ) its the person to blame,the person who let you down ... your self ...nothing to less.
We all have in the Netherlands compulsory health insurance here. This means that we have to pay approximately 100 euros for this every month and at the beginning of a new year (usually in February) we have to pay another 375 euros, even if you have no work but a social assistance benefit of +/-1000 euros. costs for rental properties can easily reach 600 euros. This health insurance is the reason that most medicines look free but we already paid for them.
I was on methadone for 20 years I saw good and bad I saw people with a small problem get on large doses of done the were 10 times more addicted than they were when they came to the clinic and they got you by the balls. If you try to walk off, you can almost go into shock they let people get on humongous doses. If they manage it right they could be good, but I’ve seen so much bad.
Anyone who has money can get it the only time its hard to get is when you cant afford it so its not how bad you're problem is its how much money you have that determines whether you get help or not.
I was on heroin for almost ten years . I was a skeletal mess . Knocking on deaths door. Tried everything , even going to another country . Suboxone didn’t do to. 6 years clean .. methadone maintenance .
Can get in a clinic fairly ez. Some Drs can start it but usually don't maintain a dosage. It has a long half life. I seen a Dr g episode where methadone was accidentally given instead of the intended methylphenidate and it killed a young guy.very sad. A dose of 20 mg can stop even the worst withdrawal but most people start at 40+45 mg. And most clinics keep going up on dose and hooked again
A large dose will Require you to use laxatives.Miralax works good.Dont stay backed up for too long and end up like Elvis who died on the toilet after his colon exploded.
Suboxone exists. Why are MTD clinics still a thing? I work at a treatment center and many of thr MTD patients continue to use fent/H and keep upping their dose to recreational levels. With thay being said I have also seen many people use it responsibly.
Cuz Subs won't work for everyone, I can imagine if you were taking like fentanyl which is superstrong, that a partial agonist won't do it as substitute. However, better to do an effort & stay with bupe indeed. I just find it weird that they put heroin users on it knowing that it's even harder to get off from than heroin itself lol.. Some countries also have substituin with medical heroin or hydromorphone..
I almost died taking methadone at 30 mg of prolong my QTC it was going up and down my blood pressure was low I was about to die and no one told me about this until it happened
I knew someone who would get methadone for back pain. He was kicked out of many pain management practices, yet he still found a way to get it. Certain doctors like prescibing it, and he'd find them. His son: died from methadone overdose. Daughter: died from methadone overdose. Wife: died from methadone overdose. Friend in apartment: died from methadone overdose. That's the reason it's so hard to obtain.
Yeah I am willing to bet that all of these who overdose on methadone were taking benzodiazepines such as Valium, Klonopin, or Xanax with the methadone, every single person I have ever heard of dying from methadone this was the case it was poly use and it was almost always benzodiazepines and methadone.
Methadone works if you are serious. A lot of ppl on methadone continue to use for years The biggest issue is there’s not many of them so you can be there for hours some days waiting in line and they make you do pointless group sessions at some places But I’d say the main reason they are strict with it is bc giving an addict a 30 day supply of methadone is not a good idea. However you are able to earn take homes if you’re testing clean
Tragic ! All OUD treatments are available for dispensing fees only in Australia,[$5,60)/month, Methadone (6 take away doses/week)or Suboxone x 28 strips. Harm reduction drives all treatments.Injection facilities in major cities,and testing of drugs purchased available.
It is the end of 2023. The future does not look good. What IF we go to war and the Methadone system is interrupted? WHAT are YOU going to do? A suggestion- save 20% of your daily dose and make an emergency supply. Do this for some time and you now have some days to breathe and find help or an alternative. This is something I was suggested. This is illegal and will get you kicked off the program if found out. So, take this as you would anything controversial.
Anybody who is on a powerful medication that your body needs as much as it needs food water and air, needs to have an emergency supply in case of sudden snow whiteout, covid lockdowns, sudden incapacity through illness. At least a couple of bottles. If you want to store more you can use it to come off by tapering down. Its what most addicts on it longterm will admit to having/doing.
I did fine on methadone but got lost in between two clinics when I tried to switch clinics and I was up on a high dose the withdrawals were unbearable I weaned myself down to 5 mg a day then I jumped off it's been over 2 years and I still don't feel up to par I found kratom and it has been helping I have a little motivation now plus I quit drinking no urge to drink alcohol
its the only way and its the hardest to do ...but one day out of nowhere its gone and that's when you drop to your knees and give thanks the good lord is with you
*Methadone is a gold star treatment for opioid use disorder but it’s heavily regulated at the federal level, making it hard for patients to get and even harder for doctors to prescribe*
Methadone is just the start of an addicts day basically ur first high in the morning is go to clinic but since it unlike Suboxone can block opiates all together unless 2mg. Or less u can feel opiates then as methadone however can't block opiates then in weakness/triggered will go use again and knowing it can't block it !
😊😊Thank yiu ill check the yellow obe its in ambeum abuse im not ok line sober totals sruff alot i like regukar gad pairs and stuff methadone stuff alot mire then using
Methadone Maintenance programs have saved my life twice at two different times in my life. I am very thankful for these programs and would recommend them to anyone who needs help.
Me too also. God bless us all each and every one
@@ronaldhall2489 Yeah I agree and I personally have heard so many people who stereotype Methadone and people who are in Methadone clinics by people of all walks of life… ya know “ they are all just Hereon Addicts who are just trading one addiction for another or replacing one addiction with another addiction “ all kinds of different stereotypes that we are all are just Herron junkies, Etc… I have even first hand felt discrimination by people who are Doctors and Nurses at E.R.’s when they find out that you are on Methadone daily therefore the only possible reason why you can be at the E.R. Is because you are “drug seeking “ which in my case was not the reason why I was there. I hate going to the E.R. It pisses me off at the ignorance and stereotyping that we have to put up with to get the medication that we need. Drug testing for employment for example… nevertheless what most of these people don’t know is that the majority of us who are on methadone are not all just “heron junkies “ yeah I guess that there is some people who that is the case but regardless those people don’t deserve the discrimination and stereotyping neither we are all human beings and we all make mistakes. I personally got myself into the situation where I needed to get on methadone because I had an injury and needed pain management and I got physically dependent on them . I wasn’t taking them to “ get high” or even abusing them. I was taking them as prescribed but I still got physical dependent on them and when I tried to get off of them I went through the same hell as someone who was a heron addict and ran out …. It was no different. When you go 3-4 weeks without being able to eat and puking bile up all day and night and can’t even keep liquids down, what you don’t puke up is coming out the other end as constant diarrhea, I cannot stand it when I hear people and even Doctors say you can’t die from cold turkey…. Bull shit … yeah technically when you die it will be dehydration and malnutrition or seizures or all of the above that is listed as the “ cause of death “ but when cold turkey caused this to happen in my opinion it’s semantics to say that… but my point was that it doesn’t matter if it’s heron or hydrocodone prescribed from a doctor the end results are pretty much identical and methadone can get you out of that kind of situation and keep you from getting back into that situation so I think the regulations should be more slack and educate people that we are not getting high on methadone so people stop discriminating against it.
Im in Australia had a 20 year herion addiction tried many times to get clean n failed then one day doctor introduced me to methadone my life changed that day ive now been on for 12 years at $7 per month ive now got a house car children back in my life money good friends this works 100 per cent im now not a cost on society ie no jail no crime n all in between thank you Methadone you saved my life.
Bupe first, then Suboxone.....too easy to get a script for either imo....Took me much longer
to taper off Suboxone .Sticks to receptors like Gorrila glue.Spent 2yrs tapering down to .25mg, and then l went through grief for months. Coming off gear is much easier,admittedly after you are in the right mental state to do so.Long term use, long term clean,reconnected with children,grands and successful in my enterprises.
what side effects has it had
@@NorthKoreanSimp weight gain.
Me too also very same
@@NorthKoreanSimp severe constipation,no sex drive-140 mgs 20+yrs on clinic.Otherwise death.
Clinics are nothing but a burden every rule and reg they have translates into a percentage of addicts who need treatment but cant get it because of regs. Doctors should be able to prescribe this monthly .
Here in the UK clinics are the only place that can help you. They do give Methadone on weekly prescriptions, turning to monthly once they can see/trust that you're clean and making progress.
Suboxone is way more quicker. I started with a week of take home, then 2,.then a month. You can get 3 months take home after 3 months. So much easier.
I've also seen methadone pills where people can take home a months worth. But it's much harder to get than suboxone. It's almost too easy to get suboxone. You could easily get it without an opiate problem. You gotta make it easy to save more lives. But you gotta be sure they need it.
That’s the point. For some people, Methadone works better than Suboxone. But, requiring someone to go to a clinic almost every day (the law does permit take home Methadone after you’ve been on it awhile, but not as freely as Suboxone) inhibits users to go on Methadone. Methadone should be available with a prescription from a doctor, just as Suboxone is. For some people Methadone works better than Suboxone. And, it’s not fair to require people to go in so often to get their Methadone. It interferes with their ability to get a job or raise children.
@@barbarafeinman-yu3nr This is incredibly true. I am one of the people who took Methadone as it worked far better for me as Subutex gave me an odd, high feeling. They do give take home doses after a while when some trust has been built. Hit the nail on the head, perfectly.
I’m documenting my methadone detox of 20 years. I was on 160mgs a day for SLE. I’m now over 2 years methadone free. I was prescribed this for pain management. I misused my medication and am extremely grateful that I made it out. I’m sending healing vibes to you all!!! Lmk how y’all are feeling. If you need to talk…I’m here! 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪✌️✌️💪💪✌️❤️
Hello I just started methadone treatment for my son of opeid addiction is this treatment good?
@@sobiakhan9923it depends on so many things. Is it a good clinic? How long was he addicted? So curious…please lmk and if we can help. Sending healing vibes, love and prayers!!!! 💪💪💪💪💪✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️
@@sobiakhan9923 as long as you dont mind him staying on it for life cause its harder to get off of than H. Plus....yiu never know if he is always gonna be able to get it.
160mg for sle? Wow
@@sobiakhan9923 NOOO ! please take your son out of this drug ,its the worst drug to detox People say it save my life ,yes but it will hurt your life too cuz you will be on this drugs tor years and its not too easy to detox. I was in methadone for 19 years and i try for years to get out and 13 months ago finally i get out but is was hell in hearth and still bad there its no end of this whitdraws its worst how your brain feel so get your son to detox and get vivitrol, don't get subuxone or subuclode cuz they are bad as well..good luck.
We need more methadone maintenance clinics not everyone can get to the clinic i done it for about 10yrs i drove around Trip of 63 miles I only had to return twice a month i took a morphine pill and dropped dirty so I had to return to the clinic every day until I earned some days off but I didn't have the Ride to return everyday so since November 27 I haven't been able to get back to the Methadone maintenance clinic so I have been taking pills and selling everything i have just to be and feel normal. I don't have a driver license and I drove myself back and forth for about 5+ years and my vehicle died so I'm going to have to take a chance and get a car and drive back and forth again just to try and beat this sickness please open more clinics they're needed I've seen people coming to the clinic and then can't get to the clinic anymore and they have died because of not being able to get to the clinic 😢 you must open more clinics things are a lot different than the 1960's and 1970's a lot worse today than when it was the past Please open more Methadone maintenance treatment programs Update I'm Back to the Methadone maintenance treatment program it's changed it's rules a little bit but more clinics are Still Needed. I wish everyone with this Sickness the Very Best in life. God Bless Everyone
It’s so strange to me that so many just think it’s for addicts. It’s also for pain management.
Maybe but there are plenty of alternatives really for pain. Also methadon is incredibly hard to get off from, very long & slow tapering. So I don't see why you would wanna put someone on a medication like that, unless they're like dying already. If it works to get ppl off heroin it's good, however some even still combine it with heroin.. That's why buprenorfin is ideal, and safer. Let me know if you have any other questions, my expert advice is free of charge..
Every time a doctor finds out I'm on methadone they tell me how I'm going to overdose and prescribe me narcane,in a
needle, wtf? Oh , I'm overdosing, let me give myself a shot while I'm dying, lol.
I've lived with testicular pain since puberty. Numerous specialists haven't figured it out. It took until I was 35 before I tried pain medication. I've been on methadone for 20 years, the same dose and it has kept me from killing myself due to the pain, constant pain!! Not to mention that it is 50 dollars a month compared to 750 dollars a month. I love my doctor and his courage to prescribe me the devil's dust. My wife and two children appreciate his courage the most. They have a husband and a father that's not an asshole every day because of pain.
Uncle Sam, stay out of me and my doctor's business!!!!!
@@bekeneel sometimes the alternatives don’t work. I know from firsthand experience methadone can be extremely effective for pain is low cost and has a very long half life as long as you’re very steady with your dose then it’s a very effective low-cost medication. There’s nothing else that’s worked for me nothing and I’ve tried almost everything. I have a tumor that causes severe pain and they cannot remove it so after exhausting all other avenues, my pain, doctor suggested methadone and it took several days to get the dosing right but once the dosing was correct, it stopped the pain 100%, I’ve also come off of it before completely had zero problem coming off it I just went very slow 2 1/2 mg a month
@@benjamintickle1476 I went the same way.Used it for pain crushed vertebra from dirt biking in the 90s
Methadone saved my life and keeps my life stable for 30 plus years
I agree with you because it has done the same thing for me but a different number of years.
Same here 30 plus years. Its very hard to come off. Its a very cheap drug they give it everyone in the uk.
Are you taking it for 30 years ?
Do you still like feel something from taking it then daily? Or was that only in the beginning maybe.. Like do you feel you're on opioids with it?@@clareburke7466
I have broken numerous bones from snowboarding and motocross. I got hit by a car back in June on my bike. I started using fentanyl because they wouldn’t give me anything at the hospital. I went to a methadone clinic to get my problem taken care of. I was doing well on the methadone and then I had to go to jail for driving without a license where they pulled me off methadone while I had Covid and it was the cruelest experience ever. I have wanted to go back to the methadone clinic but the fact that you have to go every day and they start you at 30 mg is ridiculous and it makes it so a lot of attics can’t get the treatment they need..
Hear in Michigan at the Saginaw county jail they are now giving Methadone maintenance to the inmates who were already taking it but other county's haven't adapted to doing it yet i think they should offer it to anyone in the jail that wants to get away from drugs. Good luck with you and your situation i hope everything works out for the best.
That jail stay must have been like living in Hell dude.
Methadone was actually first synthesise by the germans during WW2..Due to The lack of ingredients for morphine.
Actually in 1937 by 2 Jewish chemists who were victims of the Holocaust.What a twisted era 😥
Wasn't the same formula used today. Took a lot of refinement I heard .?
@@jamesfermanis4099 Yes. It was because there was a morphine addict high up in the Nazi hierarchy. There used to be a pill form of Methadone called "Delphine." Named after Adolph.
@@jamesfermanis4099 how could they be holocaust victims in 1937?
@@jamesfermanis4099 originally named dolphine-named after Adolf hisself...Precious
I.m from the Netherlands and use it now 45 years !!! It saved my life !!!!!!
Mine too.
i use the levomethadone with Oxazepam and it also saved my life. I am really happy that i have really easy access to substitution here in Austria, we also have the normal methadone, buprenorphine and morphin-sulfat or morphin hydrochlorid both retard.
@@moritzpodroschko6749 I take also diazepam and morphin-sulfat retard with the methadone . I know levomethadone is much much stronger, but i don't know any one who get it here in the Netherlands. Wish you all the best !
Ive been on it over thirty years i was able to get two university degrees while on it, one was a first class honors in texiles. Yes it stabiled my life.
Great !!! Next moth i get 63 and i'm still using methadone(100mg ,5x20mg tablets a day) I also studied ;but for classical guitar for 5 years on the conservatory for classical guitar. You can see it as the University of Music, if your country does not have a conservatory. Or as
the High School of Fine Arts. So,,, I just didn't finish it "due to circumstances". My father and my uncle were both studio and freelance guitarists. @@clareburke7466
It's shameless how they work in the U.S.A. dealing with methadone provision. It should be affordable for everyone. Or better yet, make Methadone provision free!
Methadone is very expensive unless you are on Medicaid. If a patient works, they usually make too much to qualify for Medicaid. If they don't have insurance, they pay out of pocket. It is a catch 22.
$15 a day at the clinic I go to.
@@ZEROGRAVITY80 yeah it’s pretty much $13-$15 most everywhere in the USA , funny how if someone sells you pain pills for $15 a day and they get arrested if caught but these Sanctioned clinics are permitted to do the same thing as the “ drug dealer “ or “pill mill doctor “ gets arrested for…. Talk about hypocrisy…what can we do though ya know
Thank you Brian Hurley. Please continue trying to get this bill passed to help keep our kids alive.
In France it's easy to get.first in centre to start thé treatment and when you get stable it's your doctor who prescribes méthadone and it IS free.
Méthadone helps really.
MMT has literally saved me. I completely missed the Fentanyl wave because of it.
Good for you! Fenty sucks, be glad you missed it.
All of the top physicians in the US have stated, “Methadone is so bad for the body, I wouldn’t give it to a dog!” Just terrible 😢
Feels so good tho
Your dog ain't got no dope habit i hope and most people bulk up and get in much better health after getting on and staying on a methadone program
Really all the top docs said that sure they did dummy
It is. If Suboxone is, say an antibiotic, Methadone is chemotherapy. It's hard on your body.
@@mkp3824 not so may your lifestyle is whats hard on your body
I get it in Vancouver Canada and it’s free! I’m on a high dose. The pharmacy is 100 feet away and open 24hrs but I do realize how uncommon that is. I used to pay for it and Suboxobe and used to drive 30 min to get it everyday.
Do you feel the need for a high dose then so stop all cravings or how do you come to the right dose? And what difference to you feel with suboxone?
I think in the U.S.A. it is about the money ! Methadone is $35 per month , per month, while Oxycodone costs about $500 monthly.
What? Where do you go? If you arent on medicaide, methadone costs $15 a DAY at my clinic.
I am in the Netherlands .Methadone cost me nothing.@@user-Danswife
Where you live state cuz here in philly its free and many state its free including Hawaii and Puerto Rico and here its a ton a clinics in every conner.
In S. FL it's 20$ a day. That's a habit for some people.
In NY it's like 25 for the week.
On methadone twice. 135mg highest dose and went down to 5mg once I got off. I don't recommend this to anyone, I was sick for 2 months after getting off the drug.
i jumped off at 5mg after on it 14 years and a peak of 188mg, its been 7 months since last dose and i STILL have symptoms
I have spent around 20+ yrs on the juice in the UK,it never stopped me using, I used to sell my Methadone mostly.In the end I did a taper over the space of 6 months, I had just got rid of Hep C & had just got off the street.I was 51,by this time & I'd had enough of living half a life.4 yrs opiate free,helping others,stable home,bills paid,family & friends,self-esteem, peace of mind, being a part, having feelings again, the love of life itself.
Unfortunately, methadone, like many other opiates, is not designed with an easy off ramp. It's very important to understand that methadone is a temporary fix that helps you to do the work necessary to reduce your pain. Ultimately you need to go into this with a preconceived idea of how long you plan to stay on it, and how you will get off of it as well.
It`s free here in UK
As in Australia,a compassionate country.
Do u get the methadone pills or the juice like we get in Norway?
@@aleksandergjengst782Green syrup(juice) yea
As in Australia and injection rooms in major cities.Harm reduction has driven all policy here for yrs.
Hep C treatment but one.PBS included medication 💊
In the USA too
Im on am from u.k get it free on the national health.its saved my life.
Where I live it is very easy to get on MTD and they will up your dose whenever. I have a friend (who does weigh over 300 pounds) who was taking over 300 MGS.
The best thing I've seen for recovery, and pain is my name. Just the leaf and water, nothing fancy. Doesn't cause respiratory depression either. Advocates are on all social media. ❤🙏 It's in danger too, help us keep it legal.
I got on methadone for pain management.The doctors wouldn't give me a prescription for chronic pain so I went this way.Its been working awesome for me.
They definitely need to change the laws alot of lives can be saved methadone saved my life after years on pain medication due to surgery after surgery. I was addicted before I even knew what being addicted to opiates was. Not by my choice I have never touched any other drugs only pain pills. I was in so much pain the only way I could sleep and get around was with pills. And still today the pain is horrible thanks to mmt I dont have to go to a doctor take 100s of pills run out because they can only give so much be sick Doctor lets you go you gotta find a new doctor it sux. With the mmt program you can stay on a level does functions not get sick not have to worry about getting kicked out mmt works and I have so many friends that have died due to street drugs if they would have been on mmt program they would still be alive. Putting addicts in jail arresting them does not work its proven time after time dont work. They need mmt. I try to educate addicts and non addict family members mmt will keep your love ones alive. Please keep the mmt programs alive and lets save more lives!!!!!😊😊
Are you not worried about staying on it for life? Ive been on it for about 13 years. Im 55 and afraid of what would happen if im bed bound at home when im elderly. How will i get it. You MUST come to my clinic yourself to get meds. NO EXCEPTIONS!! Plus, i dont drive. My husband does. Hes older than me. If i lose him im doomed. Im so scared of withdrawal!!!!
@@user-Danswife you need to share your concern with a Doctor. People in hospice get it.
@@user-Danswife im 58,been on it over 20 yrs.Tommorow will take care of itself.Im single,no family,few friends.Come hell or high water,I'll crawl if I have to get there.Dont worry be happy.
Methadone on a proper dose will also block other opioids from binding to your receptors because they are “full” and methadone has a higher affinity than short acting opioids. That’s why there’s the term a “blockade dose”
Blockaid only means you're less likely to use,agree, more or less pointless,but many still do .Suboxone has a much more likely effect to deter people from my observations ,from all angles,long term recovery,and councillor.
@@jamesfermanis4099everybody is different Suboxone made me so jumpy I needed a something to settle me down or I couldn't concentrate, it just caused more problems. The meth. Did exactly what they said in the first comment, it made it where the dope just didn't do anything for me unless I did more than I was comfortable with doing and I just stopped and now what's out there ain't the same so to me it's not a thought anymore I will also say that I have never felt a high from meth even talking double what I was supposed to, just more tired
Wrong
@@valentinoscotti717completely correct.. been on methsdone a decade.. only opiate that works is fentanyl for me.. heroin did absolutely nothing no matter how much i used it didnt have any feeling whatsoever while on methadone, an its the same for literslly every person ive ever asked at my clinic
Yes but no differently than a heroin blockade effect same thing
Dr. Brian Hurley (president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine) makes a very serious mistake by claiming that methadone was first developed in the 1960s.Methadone was developed in Germany in that late 1930s by Gustav Ehrhart and Max Bockmühl.It was approved for use as an analgesic in the United States in 1947, and has been used in the treatment of addiction since the 1960s
I think he stated it's been in use for addiction treatment since the 60s. No one would be so unintelligent that they wouldn't know the origins.
@@mkp3824 you'd be surprised
The clinic I had to go to was crap. From a fent addiction they would only put me on a 21 day detox at 40mg of methadone to zero. 40mg was way too little so withdrawal the whole time, 2 relapses of using . Went back and they put me on another 21 day, same dose. That time my tolerance had dropped to where 40 had me feeling fine, but the last 4 days I started withdrawal, and when the 21 days was over, sever withdrawal for the next 10 days, did not let up until after day 10. So day 11 still withdrawal but little Improvement. Now I took kratom to help those withdrawal, now I'm hooked on that, only used for a few weeks but I can feel it's teeth. Now I'm doing a taper off of that on my own. I needed a slower taper. The clinic just messed me up even more.
The clinic 😂 don't blame on nobody if you want to blame somebody you have to blame your self ,the clinic don't tell you to get high whit any drugs. Do they ? No ,right ! Look in the mirror and the person who you see ( your self ) its the person to blame,the person who let you down ... your self ...nothing to less.
get off your high horse grandpa. I'm 100 percent justified in being dissatisfied with incompetent care. So take your dumb opinions somewhere else.
@@jmr6117dude...STOP!
Luckily you have kratom to do thar though. Are you using the plain leaf (tested) and water? Stay away from extracts. ❤️🙏
yes if you can stop the kratom sooner then later the better ,kratom really does help with opiate withdrawal
We all have in the Netherlands compulsory health insurance here. This means that we have to pay approximately 100 euros for this every month and at the beginning of a new year (usually in February) we have to pay another 375 euros, even if you have no work but a social assistance benefit of +/-1000 euros. costs for rental properties can easily reach 600 euros. This health insurance is the reason that most medicines look free but we already paid for them.
It’s not hard to get on methadone in the U.S.A. If you have the $13-$15 per day for your dose and the money for the initial intake fee…
I was on methadone for 20 years I saw good and bad I saw people with a small problem get on large doses of done the were 10 times more addicted than they were when they came to the clinic and they got you by the balls. If you try to walk off, you can almost go into shock they let people get on humongous doses. If they manage it right they could be good, but I’ve seen so much bad.
Money money money it’s all about money in the states they rather people die than get help
But methadone is a very cheap drug to make
Anyone who has money can get it the only time its hard to get is when you cant afford it so its not how bad you're problem is its how much money you have that determines whether you get help or not.
I was on heroin for almost ten years . I was a skeletal mess . Knocking on deaths door. Tried everything , even going to another country . Suboxone didn’t do to.
6 years clean .. methadone maintenance .
Can get in a clinic fairly ez. Some Drs can start it but usually don't maintain a dosage. It has a long half life. I seen a Dr g episode where methadone was accidentally given instead of the intended methylphenidate and it killed a young guy.very sad. A dose of 20 mg can stop even the worst withdrawal but most people start at 40+45 mg. And most clinics keep going up on dose and hooked again
I saw that episode it was a young boy how sad 😢
Why aren’t you Dr’s and law makers doing something for people in need? Now is time to act !
Methadone once made me constipated for a month
You're full of 💩. Lol!
Is that why you are full of shit?? Sorry I had to say it
A large dose will Require you to use laxatives.Miralax works good.Dont stay backed up for too long and end up like Elvis who died on the toilet after his colon exploded.
Suboxone exists. Why are MTD clinics still a thing? I work at a treatment center and many of thr MTD patients continue to use fent/H and keep upping their dose to recreational levels.
With thay being said I have also seen many people use it responsibly.
Cuz Subs won't work for everyone, I can imagine if you were taking like fentanyl which is superstrong, that a partial agonist won't do it as substitute. However, better to do an effort & stay with bupe indeed. I just find it weird that they put heroin users on it knowing that it's even harder to get off from than heroin itself lol.. Some countries also have substituin with medical heroin or hydromorphone..
Because suboxone has paid our government to help them take over😢
I almost died taking methadone at 30 mg of prolong my QTC it was going up and down my blood pressure was low I was about to die and no one told me about this until it happened
I knew someone who would get methadone for back pain. He was kicked out of many pain management practices, yet he still found a way to get it. Certain doctors like prescibing it, and he'd find them. His son: died from methadone overdose. Daughter: died from methadone overdose. Wife: died from methadone overdose. Friend in apartment: died from methadone overdose. That's the reason it's so hard to obtain.
If he allowed those people to access his drugs, he would have been responsible. Where did this happen?
@tomdecuca3627 it's been years, and he was never found to be responsible.
Yeah I am willing to bet that all of these who overdose on methadone were taking benzodiazepines such as Valium, Klonopin, or Xanax with the methadone, every single person I have ever heard of dying from methadone this was the case it was poly use and it was almost always benzodiazepines and methadone.
Sure they did is this a bot with all these simple lies
@@aaronmiles2030 you must have a low IQ.
I was on methadone for 5 years. It wasnt hard to get.
Methadone works if you are serious. A lot of ppl on methadone continue to use for years
The biggest issue is there’s not many of them so you can be there for hours some days waiting in line and they make you do pointless group sessions at some places
But I’d say the main reason they are strict with it is bc giving an addict a 30 day supply of methadone is not a good idea.
However you are able to earn take homes if you’re testing clean
Tragic ! All OUD treatments are available for dispensing fees only in Australia,[$5,60)/month, Methadone (6 take away doses/week)or Suboxone x 28 strips.
Harm reduction drives all treatments.Injection facilities in major cities,and testing of drugs purchased available.
I don't agree with safe injection sites. Help and programs need to be better funded and readily available. I'm an addict myself. I hate it.
@@billlumbergh9251 Give me one good reason why you wouldn't!
It is the end of 2023. The future does not look good. What IF we go to war and the Methadone system is interrupted? WHAT are YOU going to do? A suggestion- save 20% of your daily dose and make an emergency supply. Do this for some time and you now have some days to breathe and find help or an alternative. This is something I was suggested. This is illegal and will get you kicked off the program if found out. So, take this as you would anything controversial.
You be screwed
Anybody who is on a powerful medication that your body needs as much as it needs food water and air, needs to have an emergency supply in case of sudden snow whiteout, covid lockdowns, sudden incapacity through illness. At least a couple of bottles. If you want to store more you can use it to come off by tapering down. Its what most addicts on it longterm will admit to having/doing.
Yup. Absolutely.@@clareburke7466
Especially in California
Used to get it now I can and got cut from all my pain meds I screwed
I did fine on methadone but got lost in between two clinics when I tried to switch clinics and I was up on a high dose the withdrawals were unbearable I weaned myself down to 5 mg a day then I jumped off it's been over 2 years and I still don't feel up to par I found kratom and it has been helping I have a little motivation now plus I quit drinking no urge to drink alcohol
Hard to get on ,Hard to get off .
People that is allergic to methadone and buprenorphine what is their solution to to their problem just quit cold turkey
its the only way and its the hardest to do ...but one day out of nowhere its gone and that's when you drop to your knees and give thanks the good lord is with you
@@latterette the truth
It's easy anybody can go get it at a clinic
*Methadone is a gold star treatment for opioid use disorder but it’s heavily regulated at the federal level, making it hard for patients to get and even harder for doctors to prescribe*
Methadone is just the start of an addicts day basically ur first high in the morning is go to clinic but since it unlike Suboxone can block opiates all together unless 2mg. Or less u can feel opiates then as methadone however can't block opiates then in weakness/triggered will go use again and knowing it can't block it !
Believe me , you don't want it.
😊😊Thank yiu ill check the yellow obe its in ambeum abuse im not ok line sober totals sruff alot i like regukar gad pairs and stuff methadone stuff alot mire then using
It was available to the market 1943
They need to let your private doctor be able to prescribe it without going to a b s clinic that makes money off addicts
Hard to get!?!?!?!!
It was synthesized in 1940 by the Germans as a pain relief for soldiers u know shit.
Were better off just quitting cold turkey. Rip the band aid off
This guy is in so many pockets.
Methadone and Suboxone or just as bad as heroin and any other street drug y'all should be in prison for distributing it to
You might be right there detox is bad, Sublocade brixati the way forward
No, they're not.
@@mkp3824 2: months of brixati/buvidal no withdrawel )3 months sorry
@@mkp3824 yes they are . Al those are is just excuses to still get high.
I promise I've been there and done it
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KRATOM
or you burn the fields down and get the addicts who seem to suffer pain a privat pool on the fields
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