Methadone for Opiate Withdrawal User Reviews (Page 4)

• Anonymous
• September 6, 2018

"I have been on methedone now for 1 year, it was the best decision I ever made. I had a 10 1/2 hour neck surgery 4 level disc fusion and was on pain meds for 15 years and no they did not work. I was always looking every day to buy some off the street. The money I spent. It was terrible. I was sick everyday and the only thing I could think about was where I was going to get my next pain pill. So coming to the clinic is the best choice I ever made, so I have been clean for 1 year. I go shopping every day. Life is wonderful."

• mrsiv...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 23, 2013

"Wonderful medicine when used properly. Saved my life, helped my depression. Improved quality of life 100%. PS: To everyone still feeling badly after getting off of methadone, I think you are depressed and need treatment. Please see your doctor. There is no reason to go through life feeling sick all the time."

• sober...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 26, 2015

"I tried to ween myself off by myself and it did not happen I couldn't do it I was fooling myself so I new there were these clinics but I was scared to go I said there's no way I'm like these people I'm not homeless I'm a good looking guy I have style I have a good job there's no way that's me don't judge a book by its cover I've met at the methadone clinic lawyers doctors police officers that are on methadone it all starts from a simple pain prescription from a doctor and your life's over methadone has saved my life I have a beautiful family 2 dogs a nice home a car life is manageable today it's a miracle I'm alive my dad my uncle and my cousin all died from this deadly disease of drugs my family's names going to carry on because of me .."

• Detro...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 15, 2014

Methadone Diskets (methadone) "Starting the methadone treatment was the best thing for me it saved my life turned my life around for the better just when I thought I was at the end of the rope that I just wanted to die. Someone told me about the methadone I tried it and it worked. "

• Jock...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• January 7, 2014

"I was on heroin for 16 years and eventually got on the methadone program (after a 3 year wait). Best thing I've ever done, 4 years later I'm free from the gutter. Any opiate user will kick it no bother,if you keep to the rules, you will get on with the rest of your life, be human again. Be proud, be happy and be rich again. "

• Anonymous
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 7, 2019

"I have overdosed 3 times on opiates, the last time I almost died and since then methadone saved my life. But if you ever go without it, example you can't get to clinic, the withdrawal is 100 times worse than pill withdrawals. I've been on methadone for 20 years and will be on it til I die. For me I know even after 20 years I would be right back on pills if methadone wasn't there for me. No matter the dose high or low coming off it takes time. But for me it's worth it cause it saved me."

• Dillon
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 5, 2013

"This medication is a God send. It has truly saved my life and I can finally say I am happy. The clinic kept me in check by testing me and gave me awesome counseling and group therapy. I had heard all the horror stories about Methadone and how no one should ever go on it. MMT is the best thing that ever happened to me. Yes, the detox was bad but it changed my life forever and I am a new person."

• kolina
• March 23, 2008

"I have recently been medicated by methadone, for heavy use of opiates and I have never felt better, and not one craving. I have been an addict for close to 20 years, and happily been clean now for 38 days with the help of methadone."

• Eazie...
• March 1, 2020

"I tried Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone) for an addiction/dependency to opiates & fentanyl. It unfortunately only lasted a month because I reached the highest dose of 24mg and it didn’t get rid of my cravings. After telling my clinic doctor that I relapsed despite trying so hard not to while taking the suboxone. I was put on 30mg of methadone and have since increased 50mg = 80mg/day. It got rid of my cravings, anxiety, and helped my depression. This drug has helped me so much in my road to getting off illicit drugs including opiates, benzodiazepines, and prescription amphetamines. (Recovery) There are cons/negatives to this drug that I do have to deal with everyday. I have loads of sweat coming off me with only a 15 minute walk with my dogs, I feel sleepy after several hours after taking my dose (Also annoyed having to show up to the clinic everyday to take it), and my dose sometimes doesn’t last the entire 24hrs like the doctor said it would."

• anona...
• July 9, 2008

"Methadone has been a real life change for my husband and I. Without it we would both be craving opiates all day. It has changed us to feel free from the old way of everyday living, to healthy people, free from pain and lust over a drug that would eat your life away. I'm glad methadone is out there for people who need it for whatever problems they may have. Drink water and take lots of fiber so you can be regular."

• terry
• October 13, 2008

"I have been on methodone for 5 years now. Without it I would be a junky, drug addict. I never thought I would ever be off the drugs but since I went on methodone, wow, It has totally changed my life. No more waking up everyday , looking for my next fix. Thank God for this miracle drug. People who need it, should at least give it a chance. You will be surprised how it works."

• tovock
• March 15, 2014

"I've had problems with painkillers mixed with real chronic pain problems for 20 years. Methadone has been part of the problem and help over the years. It works extremely well with pain. Better than most other medicines out there (and I've taken them all for pain at one time or another). It's pretty easy to come down to a very small amount daily like 5mg a day but to break that last 5mg Pill is torture. And then you have weeks of feeling off and not yourself."

• Hoss-...
• June 26, 2017

"I have been addicted to opiates since August 2013. I began taking oxy 30's a few times a week because I felt it helped me with depression. I recently had split up with my wife at the time. I was 33 years old and never had taken illegal drugs except for marijuana a few times. Within a year I was injecting heroin up to six times a day. Drugs had completely destroyed my life. A friend that I work with attended a methadone clinic daily and suggested for me to try it. I started going to the methadone clinic the last week of January. I have not used since I began treatment. My quality of life has drastically improved. Methadone treatment works Pay no attention to the haters."

• ashlae
• February 17, 2010

Methadone Diskets (methadone) "choosing methadone for me was an awful idea. If you are just orally taking opiates then you can detox ur self. Turning to methadone for opiate addiction is a mistake! Its detox is way worse! then prescribed or unprescribed pain medication! I was taking up to 10 Hydrocodone 1000 mg pills a day. then switched to 25 mg of methadone,i thought it was great until i decided i did not want to be on either!"

• sunsh...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 28, 2016

"Withdrawal from methadone will take AT LEAST a month. It is absolutely the WORST withdrawal EVER!!! It served a purpose be enabling me to get away from the daily search for pills and not getting sick/ I got my life back together. However, be advised the coming off the methadone is going to make you so very sick! Taper SLOWLY!! It's like being punished for a solid month. There are other options available and if I were you I would explore them. Do your research!"

• saved...
• January 17, 2016

"I have been on a methadone for 3 years now and I can honestly say it has saved my life. If there is side effects to it, I haven't seen them or they do not matter because I'm alive rather than dead and I'm fortunate for that, rest is minor in comparison. Everyone is different but the main thing is being alive and free of drugs so that I 'can' have a choice. Thank you methadone for giving me a 2nd chance!!"

• LongT...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 25, 2016

"I can't give methadone a horrible review as it does have its place. When your bad off it can get your life back in order. I've been on and off twice. Each time over 2 years on @ around 130mg usually. While on it you can beat drug adiction, so it does save lives, BUT it comes at a cost. Its much more addictive than herion and I did a bundle per shot just not to feel sick (didn't get high) while off methadone in my past. Hard to believe but it's true. Getting off of it is much harder. Regular opiate withdraw lasts maybe 4 to 5 days. Methadone withdrawal can take weeks to feel normal again making most return to the clinic or start to use again to kill the sickness. Even getting off slowly doesn't make it easy."

• wasaa...
• October 25, 2010

Methadose (methadone) "I was taking 12 to 20 ROXY 30mg a DAY for 5 or 6 year's. It all started when I was in a car crash and then a motorcycle wreck. I was taking it for my pain to help me and then when I tried to get of the medicines I didn't know that it was going to be this HARD. I thought just ''STOP'' and that's IT but no I was so sick and so on. My friend told me about METHADONE CLINIC and I started to go there and since then I have changed big time and I know what I'm doing and so on Thank's GOD for methadone."

• Conce...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 1, 2016

"I have been using opiates since I was 22 I will be 27 this year and I need to QUIT its affecting my daily life,my relationship,and my pockets!! I started on hydrocodone about 30 mg a day now I'm at percocet/roxy at least 50-60 mg a day. A friend of mine gave me methadones to see how it works for me I'm not sure if methadone is whats BEST but I woke up sick this morning(stomach cramps,anxiety,sweats) took a methadone and 30 mins later i felt better. I'm not sure if it will help me not crave the high but I sure hope so. Goodluck to everyone we can do this!!"

• drumm...
• February 8, 2012

Methadone Diskets (methadone) "Methadone Maintenance Therapy, or MMT quite literally saved my life. Yes, there are side effects such as weight gain, low testosterone levels and excess sweating or flushing. But now I am back in college majoring in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience. I had been treated inpatient at one of the best hospitals in the country. They used Methadone initially to get me over withdrawal symptoms along with other medicines such as clonazepam and clonidine. Sadly I eventually relapsed and it eventually took MMT to help me get back on track. I hope to use what I know about addiction to help others. It's not perfect but MMT saved me and my relationships with my family. MMT should only be used as a last resort, it is not an "easy way out"."

• finally...
• September 21, 2012

"I have had spine problems and surgery for 15 years. I could not sleep on my sides or back because the pain would generate through my hip and leg to where I wanted to scream. I had become immune to everything from hydrocodone to hydromorphone. I could take 30 mg of Percocet and feel nothing because my bodiess dependence had gotten so high, nothing would work. I also had gotten to have to take medicine to keep the withdrawals down which felt like the bones in my legs and back were being pulled out of my body with a pair of plyers. The aches would only be resolved by laying in hot water and that was from withdrawals and not even including the actual pain I was having with my spine. It was hell and methadone took all of it away. Now I live again!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 22, 2012

"After becoming addicted to opiates, I tried numerous ways to quit: clonidine, detox, Suboxone, and methadone. Methadone is the only thing that truly helped me abstain from opiates, with very minimal side effects."

• Lori...
• January 16, 2009

"As so many people do, I started taking lortabs because I hurt my back at work. My job was passing medicines at a nursing home. When I started taking pills off the medicine cart, I knew I had problem. I got fired because of it and even that didn't make me quit. I struggled with my addiction for 7 years before I payed a visit to the methadone clinic. I was just about to loose my girls and my husband. I have been on methadone for 3 years. If I hadn't gone, I would be single and childless. I honestly think I would be dead if not for methadone. Thank you to the person who found it."

• changed...
• March 19, 2008

"Since Oct.12,2005 my boyfriend and I started taking methadone to treat our opiate addiction. It has completely changed our lives. We have been totally drug free since we started. I have not had any huge side effects, but my boyfriend had slight hot flashes. We both also gained some weight, but I'm not sure if that is from the methadone or not. I would suggest methadone treatment to anyone that has an opiate addiction and wants help."

• Meiah
• February 7, 2018

"Methadone saved my life. It completely boggles my mind how people who have never had a problem with addiction can have such strong negative opinions about things they can't possibly have a thorough understanding of. I have been on methadone treatment along with counselling for a year now. I have made great strides at rebuilding my life. Read the statistics on relapse rates. Its terrifying. I know from my own personal experience I didn't get as low as I got or as sick as I got overnight. It took a long time to get that far down. I feel its completely reasonable that it will take some time to heal and get back up. I feel some people need to stay on methadone for a couple years and some may need methadone for life just like a diabetic needs insulin. I feel it is different for each person. However, I now am living a clean healthy stable productive life while taking my dose of methadone each morning. I am so thankful for the life I am making for myself. Methadone saved my life."