Methadone for Opiate Withdrawal User Reviews (Page 2)

• Chuck...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• April 1, 2019

"I was a heavy opiate and heroin user from my teenage years until my 30's. After trying many inpatient and outpatient programs I still couldn't stop using heroin. It got to the point my veins were useless and I was wasting dope trying to put it in myself so I tried the methadone program. At first I was still using heroin with the methadone but after awhile I was able to let the heroin go. I now have been on 125 mg of methadone for 30 years. It has turned my life around. I started my own business. I raised a son and I'm able to save money instead of being broke all the time. I doubt I'll ever get off the methadone but that's ok. It hasn't caused me any physical or mental problems at all."

• Machi...
• September 15, 2020

"I’m 50 years old now, I’m in MMT program now for close to 5 years now, the first two years I still used but not every day. I finally stopped using heroin now for a few years. I got my methadone dose right up to 110 mg, I’ve been doing a slow taper for the last 9 months down to 70 mgs now. I’m trying to stay positive and not worry how long it takes me to be 100% clean. If it took 2 or 3? more years, then so be it. Methadone saved my life no doubt. I would be lying if I said I didn’t love heroin, but no one can live successfully on dope, I tried it, it never works. Just being honest. God bless and stay positive! Stay busy! Idol hands are the devil’s playground. Music is my new addiction (playing killer guitar riffs)"

• jettt...
• February 26, 2014

Methadose (methadone) "I've been on methadone for over 27 years and all I can say is that Methadose saved my life, if not for the clinic I go to I probably wouldn't be writing this opinion right now. This medication has helped me to lead a normal life after 15 years of addiction."

• Metha...
• November 29, 2014

Methadone Diskets (methadone) "Starting methadone was definitely one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life. I look much healthier, and on top of all that I got an excellent job. Now I don't have to worry about being sick, methadone is amazing!"

• xxvv
• September 25, 2014

Methadose (methadone) "Methadone has once again helped me get clean for almost a year. I detoxed off of it 12 years ago & yes it was tough but possible. Take it nice and slow when detoxing and consider a blind detox so you cant convince yourself your feeling a drop in your dose. If you can afford Suboxone I would suggest that over Methadone for easier detox."

• justme
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 13, 2012

Methadose (methadone) "I was a heroin addict for 4 years and I lost everything including my family. Methadone helped me get my family back. If you are struggling with addiction, I highly recommend methadone... it saved my life."

• Green...
• August 5, 2018

"For anyone who is refusing to take methadone because of the daily visits and/or cost, just think - it takes a lot less time to visit the clinic every day, than the time spent on contacting your dealer and scheduling a meet up. Going to the clinic is also safer and legal and in addition to that, they provide you with counselling and they teach you how to cope and deal with negative emotions in ways that do not involve opiates . The counsellors teach you about healthy hobbies because boredom can kill sobriety. Don't be like the people that are trying to get high off of methadone and don't let the mix of unstable patients that you commonly see at clinics, scare you off from getting help. I know that it can make for an uncomfortable environment sometimes but If you are compliant with the program, you will get take homes and that's less time that you have you spend at the clinic"

• seirr...
• April 18, 2012

Methadose (methadone) "Methadone is wonderful for opiate withdrawal and pain management. My doctor had prescribed me Percocets and OxyContin for a year for pain. When she cut me off, the withdrawals were too much. She recommended methadone for the pain and withdrawals. I have been on methadone for 1 year 7 months and been clean for one year since May 2012. The benefits include withdrawal and pain management, but side effects may include weight gain, but it does subside once you are on a stable dose, eat properly, and exercise daily. Good luck to everyone who is on methadone; it works!"

• Qano
• April 4, 2021

"Do go onto methadone then taper off, it got me clean but if I had rehab or any kind of help I'd been clean 10 years ago. If you have to go onto it do then stop. You are not clean on methadone and the people who supply it to you , use it as a way of controlling you. Your brain chemicals may change after prolonged use but they change back. Get will power rewire your brain, I have used class A drugs every day of my life since I was a teen then methadone for nearly 20 years. I tapered myself off it is easy if you do it slowly and your way. You can do it. Exercise, change your whole life. If you want it you can. If not there is no shame in staying on methadone but you will never be free and it will always be used against you. I've never met a good cpn, Ive never met a nice nurse or doctors. I think they do not like you if you are on methadone, or I feel they think you are scum. Use this energy to get clean. I did and am now involved in the legalisation of all drugs and REAL help for people"

• avera...
• August 31, 2008

"My husband and I had a severe OC habit. He has chronic pain, and the doctor would literally throw painkillers at him - 150 OC's a month. I took them, as sad as it sounds, to get high. I thought, 'Wow, something that takes away my depression and keeps me going at work. I could work a twelve-hour day at the office, go to the gym, and have dinner on the table.' Then everything spiraled out of control. We almost lost our home to foreclosure as we were spending $500 a day on our habit. We even had to sell one of our cars to keep our home. We have been on Methadone for 5 months, and it has given us our lives back. I would recommend it to anyone with chronic pain, as my husband's is now managed successfully for the first time in 10 years."

• 3rd...
• February 12, 2016

"My experience with Methadone is both good and bad. The doctor started me on a low dose at first and gradually increased me 8mg every week until I met my dosing level at 150mg. It did wonders for my life while I was on Methadone. The reason that I rated it at 5 was because when I was ready to start weaning off I didn't know how fast they were going to do it and when I had my last dose I had withdraw symptoms worse then the heroin withdrawal symptoms. My recommendation to anyone who wants to get off any kind of opiates just check your self into an intense rehabilitation that will cater to your needs because withdraw is real and it caused me to have a mild stroke at the age of 31. Really the best advice is to never use/abuse opiates."

• Suzique
• August 7, 2018

"This drug saved my life. I was an addict, but loved the narcotics especially. In early 1980s I got on methadone. They were concerned because I was a poly drug abuser, So they kept my dose low. I jumped off once at 50mg after being on for over six months and didn’t have any withdrawal symptoms! Then I got on a maintenance amount and I didn’t have a desire to use. I was on about 3 years. When it was time to come off, I went down 1 mg a week from 50 mg. I made it through. I stayed clean. I was the only success at that time in a major city in the NW. Now 30+ years later I am in chronic pain and would like the same medication - a good med for addiction and chronic pain. Yes, withdrawal does last a long time, I’d give it 6 weeks, but for last few weeks it’s mostly fatigue. Chins up peeps, One day you’ll wake up and it will be over!"

• BlueR...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• September 3, 2016

"I made the mistake of taking methadone for 6+ years. It first was given to me for substance abuse, which kept me clean. 2yrs later I learned I was diagnosed with Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Neuropathy, and my teeth are breaking from lack of bone nutrition. So now I take it for pain. Methadone has caused my teeth to fall out. And doctors say methadone assisted in these diagnosis. I'm stuck on it now per doctors orders, if not the withdrawals could kill me since I also have high blood pressure. I recommend if anyone does get methadone to just use it for 3-6 months at no higher that 65-75mg. The higher you go the more tolerance your body makes. Please research the drug to see if your a good candidate for short/long term use."

• Chris...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 5, 2016

Methadone Diskets (methadone) "It's helped me from my dependence and it really works well to stave off withdrawal. The negatives outweigh the positives for me. This drug has caused me to gain a lot of weight mostly from fluid retention. It's very hard to come off you have to taper very slowly like a mg a week or you'll feel like crap. If you don't have insurance you have to pay $400 a month where I live this is going to a methadone clinic. This drug also cuts off your sex drive I used to be a very sexual person now I have little to no desire for sex anymore. If you're on a high dose on most days you'll feel out of it and very sleepy so it's important that you tell your doctor/nurse the truth about your dose you don't want to be on too high nor too low of a dose."

• Young...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 26, 2019

"The 1st time I got on methadone was because I failed at getting sober in withdraw clinics more than 5 to 6 times so someone told me about methadone I tried it and was successfully sober for a year and then tried to withdraw and was not successful wind down too fast so went back. Now I have been on methadone now for 7 years I have noticed my testosterone level has gone down tremendously but I have to say I have been sober saved lots of money and my life has been better .My counter says The Secret is learn to live sober then learn to withdraw slowly as possible you did not become an addict overnight."

• USA
• April 26, 2008

Methadose (methadone) "After years of opioid pain medication for severe back trauma, I had to stop taking the meds as I felt myself not in total control. Methadone has helped me stop taking the opioid pain meds, thank God! It isn't a 'wonder' drug, but it DOES control cravings and sickness."

• Bebe
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 16, 2014

"I was addicted to drugs for about 10 years. I finally hit rock bottom and really needed help and fast. So the local Methadone clinic had me come in. I have now been on Methadone for about 3 years now. Methadone has helped me get my life back and get my confidence back as well. If I hadn't found methadone then I probably would have been dead or just miserable and wishing I were dead. But you also have to take into account that you are trading one drug for another. Methadone does help, but it is very addictive too. Most (not all) of the people that go to the clinic I go to abuse methadone and benzo's. Methadone is hard to get off of harder then heroin. Take this in account."

• Omaof
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 30, 2013

Methadone Diskets (methadone) "If I hadn't made the decision to begin methadone, I don't know where I would be. It wasn't an easy choice at all, but now I am so glad I did it. Its literally saved my life, my relationships and my future!"

• dweez...
• November 5, 2009

Methadose (methadone) "Methadone/Methadose saved my life. I was taking 3-6 OxyContin a day intravenously. Ever since I went to the clinic and started taking Methadone/Dose, I no longer have cravings or symptoms of withdrawal. I can finally live again and not hurt the ones I love."

• Anon
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 13, 2017

"It's a terrible drug. It has done so much damage to my body, physically, mentally, emotionally, it's disturbing. If anyone reads this, and is deciding whether or not to go onto Methadone, don't do it. You're better off doing heroin, Oxycontin, morphine, seriously! I am at 60mg now but was at 30mg 2 months ago and felt worse than I did going through heroin withdrawal. I'm well addicted to the methadone, but I'm trying so hard to get off it, but having mental health problems makes 1000000x worse. Do not get on methadone, suboxone or any opioid replacement drug they destroy you more than anything else does."

• Warys...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 3, 2015

"I've been on Methadone for 3.5 years. Currently at 90mg. I only have to go to the clinic every 2 weeks. When I started on it at the clinic I was in severe withdrawal. I never did heroine. I got methadone from a friend who went to the clinic weekly. After I was hooked it was all over for me. I had NO IDEA that it was that addictive until he was cut off and I could no longer get it. I only took about 20-30 mg a day then. But when he was cut off, I didn't know what to do. The withdrawal was just so awful and I still had to go to work full time.If I could do it over again, I would just suck it up. Now I have this ball n chain and no end in sight. I had 2 kids on it too so I get to live with that guilt too. Don't do it as a 1st resort.Just DONT"

• Tajani
• August 3, 2019

"Methadone has helped me by helping me focus on getting and staying clean. For long periods of time. I have been clean for almost 1 year. And I never thought I would be writing this right now. I hope this message gives someone reading this HOPE... Because Believe Me... It Is an epidemic, But with the help of this medication, "Methadone' You can make it. Thank you and God Bless."

• sober...
• February 24, 2015

"I have been on methadone for 5 years now. This saved my life! I'm a 27 year old male, that's happy to be alive and healthy. Without this, I would be dead. I was prescribed 90 oxycodone 80mg monthly & 120 IR 30s monthly. I would easily take all of these within 2 weeks, and that's not counting the scripts I would buy! I eventually turned to H. Worse thing I ever did. Listen if you take methadone the way your suppose too, it will work! I'm truly thankful to be alive today. I haven't releapsed since I started treatment 5 years ago! Good luck & god bless you."

• worke...
• June 22, 2015

"In the summer of 2009 I found out I was pregnant, yay.....No I was addicted to heroin and a large amount of it daily, I could not continue this as long as another life was growing inside of me. Methadone maintenance was my only option. I had my child on methadone and began detoxing right away small amounts at a time like 2 mg per week. It's been 5 years and I went from 95 mgs to 15 mgs there were months at a time I just chose to linger on a dose just out of fear of being completely off. I am doing fine I'm a happy mom who lives a normal life and looking at me would never see any hints of my past. I'm a completely different person and ready to be done. There is only 15 mg between my life now and the life I used to lead. It works"

• Starg...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• October 7, 2019

"I've been on methadone for 29 years. This is very important all narcotics especially methadone will lower a male's testosterone!! It took me about six years to figure this out, since then I've been on testosterone treatment. After being on it for only six years I had a bone density of someone 30 years older than me. God bless! And good luck!"