METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.8 (261 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METHADONE HYDRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Ruptured L3 disc, failed fusion | My MD used the methadone as a substitute for increasing levels of Oxycontin, which did not alleviate the pain. Also on Fentanyl patch, Robaxin & Neurontin. The biggest issue I have is daytime sedation. Problems w/ sleep due to pain but helped some with Therapedic-like foam mattress, so often fall asleep when I finally sat down. Falling asleep driving also an issue when on 80mg/day. Next biggest issue is definitely word loss; always been a bright person (hi IQ, skipped 2 grades in school, Master's degree, scored in top 11% on LSAT), but now I feel like a blithering idiot....constant mental groping for words, I end up saying "you know, the THING that sweeps dirt off the floor". I always assumed it was due to the combination of narcotics on board and level of mental alertness, but now not sure... I'm better after a reduction to 60 mgs/day in terms of mental side effects, but have more breakthrough pain. | Be careful where you keep it. I stupidly left it on a bathroom counter with my other meds in Boston when I went to see my daughter at college. 26 0f 28 pills were missing when we came back to the room one day and the only other person shown to have used the keycard was the maid, who adamantly denied taking my drugs. Police report filed etc. My MD sent me to local ER, but that MD would not replace them because he said he had no authority to write for chronic use drugs when , as an ER doc, he was viewed as having to deal only with acute injuries/illnesses. So, the upshot is, even though they are routine to you, they can be tempting to others. | F | 49 | 2 years | 11/26/2008 | 3 | addiction | severe lower back pain mostly in my butt almost like my gutts were stoping up and swelling. the pain gets so bad sometimes i can't move i think i am going to die. I get severely constapated (Miralax helps a lot)but if i go to the bathroom #2 it almost takes all the pain away but if I don't take Miralax all the time the pain comes back. My penis is also desenseitized it is much harder to ejaculate sometimes not at all. | need help with ejaculation problems and with back pain. please i need help with these problems. I miss alot of work because of the pain. I am fixing to loose my house if i don't get help very soon. Thank you | M | 26 | 4 days | 4/20/2008 | 3 | Lyme Disease/Chronic Pain | 65 pound weight gain that is impossible to loose. Mild constipation. Tooth decay (not related to poor hygiene). | I unfortunately and probably am an exception that I do not experience 24 hour pain relief. Methadone's pain relief is most effective 1-1 1/2 hour after I take it and lasts for about 3 hours. I split the dose to help distribute pain relief. | F | 37 | 6 years | 4/14/2008 | 3 | Osteo Arthritis/Pre and Post OP | Get really itchy sometimes, speeding heartbeat, mild constipation. | I had a para acetabular osteotomy last year. I was on the Fentanyl patch for a couple of months but my surgeon said he wouldn't touch me if I was on that patch so my doc switched me to Methadone. I have to have ANOTHER surgery to fuse my bones together and they want me off my pain meds. I'm very scared for the side effect because even if I forget to take one methadone, I start feeling horrible withdrawls.. | F | 32 | 1.5 years | 12/27/2007 | 3 | For drug rehab | Sleeping to much, mood swings, sweaty nights | Methadone will help the person if they dont get carried away. Methadone clinics will let you go as high as you want. I was more addicted to the methadone than i was when i took pain meds off the streat. Detoxing off of it is HELL! I felt like i was on acid. I had the burning cold chills and goose bumps 24/7. I got myself down to 10 ml a day for about two weeks then went cold turkey from there. It has been a month and i am just getting back to normal. Taking methadone three times a day is wrong. Your suposed to take it once in the morning. Methadone is a 48 hour drug so it will carry you throughout the whole day. Takeing t\\it three times a day is a drug habbit. Taking it when you need it is a drug forming habit. If you are on opiates then dont go on methadone if your not ready to quit cause it is a lot stronger than any other pill and is hell to get off, you will feel like your on acid the first week and not sleep much. Dont take xzanex to help out with the anxity casue then you will | M | 27 | 2 days | 6/25/2007 | 3 | For chronic back pain | swelling to hands and feet. tingling and numbness in hands and arms and the bottom of my feet. overall joint pain, and weakness. | helped with my back pain...more so than other meds i have been on. however, my joints started to hurt badly, bending at the knees is a chore and that is how i am suppose to bend...especially after having back surgery over one year ago! | F | 24 | | 6/18/2007 | 3 | spondyL5-S1chronicAdditionaBackPain | vomitting with upped dose, withdrawl after four days off, no withdrawl if you miss one or two days at end of supply, constipation | i take 30 mg 4x/day every six hours. you have to take this medication on time or else you break the cycle of pain management relief and the threshold to reach the same relief rises and you must use more meds to reach the same level of relief initially. i use percocet five mg 3x/day for breakthru. constipation fixed with stool softener and laxitive. vomitting at increase but goes away after a bit. switching to fentanyl patch next month due to tolerance/ lack of pain relief. my pain is at 6-8, this medication brought it to 4-5 for approx six months. follow directions for use closely. DO NOT RUN OUT. this medicine does not make me high. it can be easy to think it is not working after months of use. but it is. dont underestimate the foundation of pain relief methadone can give most individuals. try switching or using breakthru only for three to four days to see how well it works... you willl be sorry, but you will know how well it actually works and never question it again. i am only switc | F | 26 | 1 years | 6/11/2007 | 3 | spondyL5-S1chronicAdditionaBackPain | continued | i am only switching because my pain is so bad. also not a good drug for people with abuse issues. if you take too many and run out at the end of the month, withdrawl is terrible. try the patch instead. ive had chronic back pain for over ten years, have been on almost everything. feel free to email. [email protected] | F | 26 | 1 years | 6/11/2007 | 3 | Fibro - Post Chemo Chronic Pain | I just started today with Topamax & Provigil. About 3 hours after my first dose of the Methadone, I started vomiting quite a bit. I decided to wait to add the other meds until I get used to this. On a positive note, I feel pretty good, pain is milder. | Has anybody experienced vomiting from this med & how long did it last? | F | 34 | 1 days | 5/26/2007 | 3 | 90 mg daily | I started being a drug addict at 16 but had to wait until I was 18 to get on the methadone clinicNeither parents would sign. The drug it self will keep you from doing illigal things if you are not a born theif which I was notI started detoxing off methadone and it took about 14 months but it was still very hard even on 5 mg. It helps to have a good counselar and I was young enough and strong enough to get over it ,but i have seen several men in thei nearly -middle50;s trying to get off They looked at me as a son basically and were very kind to me. As a young boy they would let everyone in the neighbord hood know I was not to be fucked with or harrased and never thinking it would hold it did. Unfortuantly one died and me and the other hung out for another 3-4 yrs I finaly did take his advise and got off the methadone but it was tough but he told me that as of right at that minute he said I probably felt like using again (heroin) but promised him I would not Of course how man junkies d | I know many it helped when they had good paying jobs but overall it is like a prison, it you want to go away with your lady and or kids you have to get a positive run out and then you can take your take homes. If you can deal with a bunch of crap year after year and do not want to take the terrible withdrawls it's all on you bud | M | 54 | 18 months | 1/12/2007 | 3 | M | 3 years | 11/8/2006 | 3 | disc pain & stomach pain | aA month after taking it, I could no longer go in the sun, I break out in horrible hives when I shower. That only 6-8 benadryl will help. Any thing that opens my pores causes this and about a third of the time swells my throat shut. | In some way I'm fortunate because I never go through withdrawl without meds, just a lot of pain. But I don't know if it's my size,6 ft. but pain meds don't work as well on me as they do on others. I took 8 80mgs of oxycontin before this med. I also never experienced any kind of euphoria. And with everything I've been through it might have been nice just once, just kidding, I like being in control of my senses. If there is any one else who has my problem with meds, please contact me. now I take up to 16 10mg tabs a day. I still have pain and I miss the beach so much, as does my daughter and husband. | F | 41 | 3 years | 10/18/2006 | 3 | Pain medication addiction | Extreme weight gain, sweating, craving sweets, thirst. Extreme ignorance. | I've become a worthless slug since being on this drug. I don't take care of my kids (mother has to do it) won't get a job, lay around in bed 23 hours a day. Now I'm pregnant again. I already look like I'm 10 months gone and can't imagine what 9 mos. of pregnancy will look like on me. But, I ain't getting off of it. | F | 31 | 3 years | 6/9/2006 | 3 | joint laxity;OA severe | no side effects | Had to keep increase dose to cover pain. Started Kadian--It's covering far more pain per equigesic dose. | F | 56 | 6 years | 4/25/2006 | 3 | laminectomy l4 l5 sciatica&DDD | itchy dizzy | I AM NOT ALONE this is not so much for rating the meds only 1 day on it (meth hcl) and I pray it works I have eaten every other up to the infamous OXY !!! "I AM IN LIFE TAKING PAIN" is the sign we should be wearing. DRs are scared to prescribe anything that will work Rx’s are playing guardian of the crypt and to you who strives to get high I feel for you but you are making it so f'n hard for us who are really in need of these wonder drugs do us a favor and keep it to the streets. I have felt like i was being punished for having an injury this is not how the medical field should be operated and last but not least the insurance company’s (the one that starts with a) how dare you tell me no because the cost is to high we may only make 10 billion this year. My heart goes out to each and every one of you who suffer from chronic pain. I am currently on methadone hcl 10mg hydrocodone 7.5/500mg for breakthrough lyrica for sciatica nerve block Finally a Dr. that is wil | M | 36 | 1 days | 3/17/2006 | 3 | chronic chest pain due to surgury | Though effective for my pain, it has cause a pandora's box of problems. I've been thin most of my life but am gaining weight even though I'm eating less. Though meticulous about my dental hygiene, I suddenly have a mouthfull of cavities! My libido is depressed. I sweat profusely. I have also begun to experience a weird swelling of my feet and ankles. It does appear that I have water weight gain around my waist too. Though I only took morphine and Oxycontin for a few weeks, they worked as well for pain and didn't give me as many side effects. If anyone has any tips please contact me at [email protected]. | M | 52 | 12 months | 6/3/2005 | 3 | chronic pain, painkiller addiction | weight gain (about 20 lbs), headaches, dizziness, constipation, nightmares, insomnia | This medication was prescribed to me because I have had chronic pain in my knees and back for about three years. I have been to about 15 specialists and physicians, I have had every test done that is currently avaialable, and I have tried every method under the sun to eleviate my pain without the use of narcotics, to no avail. I have tried physical therepy, accupuncture, and just about every homeopathic remedy I could find on the internet, as well as everything every doctor has ever asked of me. They can find no substantail physical causes of my pain, yet everyday my pain level is about a 7, with flare-ups three to four times a week (that last all day) of a level 9-10. I have lost my job, apartment, had my car repossessed, my friends stopped talking to me because they all thought I was just looking to get high. No one in my family believes me, which is the absolute worst. Everywhere I go, people think I am a drug addict, which I am now due to the length of time I have been on narcotics. I started on hydrocodone, then oxycodone, then Duragesic (all the way up to 150 micro per hour). I went of that cold turkey because I was tired of living in a drug-induced haze. I then started the cycle all over again, and now I take 10 mg 3 x day. I want to get off it now, I am starting to believe that the narcs are what is causing my pain to be so substantial. Long-time effects of narc use cause hyper-sensitivity to pain. Maybe whatever problem I had in the beggining is gone, and the reason I am still in so much pain is just because of the addiction to painkillers. Does anyone have any suggestion for getting completely off these meds? Please email me if you have any ideas | F | 27 | 6 months | 2/22/2005 | 3 | Back Pain/Withdrawal from Pain Meds | Weight gain of 25 lbs in 6 mos. EXTREMELY TIRED almost all the time. NO MOTIVATION. Lack of sex drive. It worked great the first 3-4 weeks, but after I got a job and had to dose at 6 AM it all went downhill. It doesn't last all day. | I entered a clinic because I could not find a doctor to help me with excruciating back pain. BIGGEST problem is I need to split dose (for pain and to avoid withdrawal in the PM) and the clinic won't let me. I am miserable. I could sleep 24 hours a day, but if I decrease my dose I have withdrawal and pain. I know if I could take 3X day it would work well for me, EXCEPT for weight gain! YMMV. | F | 31 | 18 months | 2/11/2005 | 3 | chronic pain & vicoden addiction | Constipation, weight gain, always tired,trouble sleeping, depression due to the weight gain, swelling in the hands & feet, & water weight gain as well. | I was taking vicoden for about 2 years for the pain. It got out of control sometime Im not sure when. But needless to say I needed help to get off of the vicoden so I seeked help from a Methadone clinic, it was the worst thing I could have done. At first it helped my pain, & the cravings for the vicoden were all gone. But I started swelling & I no longer wanted to take the Methadone due to the weight gain & water weight. I quickly found out that it wasnt any easier to get off of than the vicoden. I regret even starting the Methadone!! Im currently trying to get off of Methadone & its nothing easy. Ive tryed not going to get my medicine but boy did I pay for it. Its worse than having the flu. I m happy it has helped people, even saved lives, but do your research before you start it. I believe everyone is different it can help or it can make things worse. In my case Im not sure yet, but all I know is its very very hard to get off of . If anyone has any ideas how to help me with this process.Please please feel free to let me know what I can do to take away all these bad feelings or at least to alleviate some of the bad withdrawls. I want nothing more than to be free!! | F | 33 | 4 days | 9/13/2004 | 3 | chronic pain & vicoden addiction | Constipation, weight gain, always tired,trouble sleeping, depression due to the weight gain, swelling in the hands & feet, & water weight gain as well. | I was taking vicoden for about 2 years for the pain. It got out of control sometime Im not sure when. But needless to say I needed help to get off of the vicoden so I seeked help from a Methadone clinic, it was the worst thing I could have done. At first it helped my pain, & the cravings for the vicoden were all gone. But I started swelling & I no longer wanted to take the Methadone due to the weight gain & water weight. I quickly found out that it wasnt any easier to get off of than the vicoden. I regret even starting the Methadone!! Im currently trying to get off of Methadone & its nothing easy. Ive tryed not going to get my medicine but boy did I pay for it. Its worse than having the flu. I m happy it has helped people, even saved lives, but do your research before you start it. I believe everyone is different it can help or it can make things worse. In my case Im not sure yet, but all I know is its very very hard to get off of . If anyone has any ideas how to help me with this process.Please please feel free to let me know what I can do to take away all these bad feelings or at least to alleviate some of the bad withdrawls. I want nothing more than to be free!! | F | 33 | 4 months | 9/13/2004 |