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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METHADONE HYDRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Severe leg pain following surgery. | Lack of motivation, sweating, constipation, fatigue | F | 57 | 3 years 30mg/day | 6/30/2013 | 4 | recovering HERION addict | Constipation nodding off during the day drink a lot of tea sweet tooth love to smoke i have to take 2 zimos every morning for me nerves or elce i wouldnt be able to talk to any1 witout been very dysfunctional im happy to be on metadone( aka phy aka molly) i live in ireland and in the 80s herion came into dublin and begin the 90s it was floodin into different town al true ireland nw 2013 the hole of ireland is flooded with herion theres kids as young as 11 on it if i was not on the medatone id say id be still robben or elce lockd up so tank go the metadone works grate and im planing on cuming of it sum day but not for now and i get the 80mill green liquid martindale its called. If any1 would like to talk to me my email is [email protected] my name is padraig kelly (aka)=podjo. Best regards from ireland. God bless you all. | M | 27 | 7 years 80mg | 4/10/2013 | 4 | opiate addiction | M | 37 | 1 days 47 mg | 11/30/2012 | 4 | dilaudid addiction | Sweating bad!, weight gain maybe 5-10 pounds, Munchies alot, sugar cravings, nodding several times a day (kind of like a roller coster i go up then down then up then down ect.), Penis won't get hard (and if it does it's a mission to get it to stay up. and if it does stay up i won't ejaculate even after hours of intercourse), sever acne, horrible constipation!! (i can bearly ever piss or shit)(and when i do i have to push sooo hard) | I started taking methadon because that was the only option left for me. I went to rehabs, programs, NA, AA, i tried everything and i came to the conclusion if i was going to get off the pills i would have to go on methadone. I've been on it for 3-4 weeks now and honestly even after all the side effects i am very glad i discovered it. It saved my life as far as im concerened. it totally stoppped my cravings (wich i am really surprised cause that's all i would think about before i started the methadone. I am just scared i will never get off it. It's like im scared to be off it. i know it too soon to think about getting off but it's like i dont want to. i like it alot. but i dont really understand it cause i nod off and on all day. it fucks me up olmost worse then the pills??? (wtf) but i find myself not stealing or robbing people to get money for pills. i am in a safe enviorment. Iam not shooting up anymore (IVing).(injecting) So overall if you cant get clean on your own and are thinking about methadone, if you are ready to take a chance on being a lifer, go for it! im glad i did!! | M | 19 | 25 days 100 1X day | 8/2/2012 | 4 | addiction | Lack of energy, weight gain, increase in appetite, sweating, body jerks while sleeping, loss of memory | F | 36 | 2 years 110mg | 2/27/2012 | 4 | heroin addiction | Sometimes constipation,depending what I eat, profuse sweating like clockwork, between 2-3pm. Finger numbness, just one finger, totally turns dead! Just the end of it. Couldn't sleep at first. Took about 3 weeks to get used to being really high from it 30-40mg. Should of stayed at 30mg. But the addict mentality wants more. Been basically clean, help my life out 100%. Was jobless,no car, and about to evicted! Got on the methadone program, within a week I got a job, car,money, and caught up with rent! I did a 180 degree turn around. That's me ,all or nothing..... | M | 44 | 8 years 100mg | 12/29/2011 | 4 | Opiate Addiction | CONSTIPATION. Nothing would work, not even the "wet and wild" I take 4 SENA every night and after I drink my Red Bull in the morning, it's crap city. Also, It has negetively affected my ability to argue or keep from being manuplited. | It's worked great, for it's intended purpose but I'll have to take it for the rest of my life. I am honest with myself and know that if I got of the m-done, I would be rite back into pills | M | 42 | 7 years 100 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 4 | Opiate addiction | Constipation, ZERO sex drive, bad cravings for sugar, sweating, EXCESSIVE weight gain (between methadone & anti-depressants I'm having weight loss surgery in approx 6 wks), tooth problems (need top dentures since going on Methadone) | Methadone does help with drug cravings a LOT!! I went to one of the best treatment programs (addiction to Oxycontin) in the country & still relapsed after 10 months. I've been clean for 3 years on Methadone. I wish the clinic had been more honest about side effects, withdrawal & how hard it is & how long it takes to wean off Methadone (2 years from my dose). | F | 44 | 3 years 120 mg 1X day | 3/17/2011 Patient History | 4 | Fibro, severe spinal pain, esp neck | Tired, fall asleep watching tv or reading. Weight gain, despite hardly eating. Used to have great memory. Now I can't recall the name of anything. | I took Oxycontin which worked great for two years, then it stopped working. Methadone works okay for pain, but I'd feel better if my doctor would increase the dosage. Not only will he not do that, but he wants to cut me down, for no reason at all. I've been compliant, take drug tests whenever he wants me to. I see him once a month, and I feel like I'm sitting in the Principal's office. I have to always defend my pain and beg him not to cut me off. I took my first narcotic four years ago. Never smoked or did drugs, and just had the occasional glass of wine. Still, he's scared of the DEA. He doesn't even deny it. I've gone to two pain clinics, and they wanted me to stop taking pain medication. I'm living a nightmare. My pain is off the charts. I collect disability for my pain. Believe me, getting SSDI is not easy. The drug addicts are making it so hard for people who have REAL chronic pain. Without my pain meds, I'd probably jump off a roof. The doctors believe that I have pain, but say that people shouldn't be on narcotics long term. I'm like, "What happens to the pain if I stop the meds?" | F | 53 | 1 years 30 mg 3X day | 3/10/2011 | 4 | addiction | Moodyness,anxiety,muscle ache. | M | 29 | 4 months | 1/14/2010 | 4 | Failed back surgery L2+3..2003 | as far as side effects I can Honestly say I must be one of them rare people . I dont get tired (never did even from beginning with narcs) and I never had constipation til about 2-3months ago. I feel that happened due to my diet. Methadone does make you crave extreme high doses of sugar. I take this drug after i tried kadian, morphine, Oxycontin and percocet. It was honestly the best move i ever made and wish I had done it sooner . It does effect your teeth over long term use as it has started to effect mine . And although it hasnt happened to me it can effct bone marrow also over long term use. | I have been on Narcotics for almost 6 years now and find methadone has worked the ebst for me pain wise . My Husbands friend who was a pharmacist told him to tell me to ask my Dr about it . I refused to for a year. I wish I had back then. I been taking it now since 2006. I use 60mg of methadone per day with 90mg of Roxicone per day for breah through pain.ALL Narcotics are going to have some side effects so there isnt any perfect drug out there and everyone reacts different. If I could and at times I do, I recommend asking for this drug for pain. If you have been in pain for a long time and hve a real understanding Pain physician you shouldnt have any problems getting it . I know thats also easier said than done . DO NOT SUFFER!! if your dr isnt helping you .. MOVE ON!! | F | 39 | 3 years | 2/9/2009 | 4 | failed lower back surgery | I have to be extremely vigilant when it comes to taking a daily stool softener and drinking enough water to be sure that it works. I have had an impacted bowel in the past due directly to my daily use of opiates and getting that problem resolved was one of the most painful, humiliating experiences of my life, so BE CAREFUL. Also, I have gained about 35 POUNDS!!! I notice a lot of people are having this problem-- | I had the surgery that ruined my back in 1999 and, as I'm sure many others on this board have experienced, I hit a brick wall with regard to doctors who seemed to have ANY interest in helping me in any appreciable way with my pain. The surgeon who botched the job referred me to a pain specialist who, after seven years, had advanced in his trust and care enough to give me one percocet every 8 hours. He had me sold on medtronic and a spinal cord stimulator, until I found out from the surgeon (my pain specialist said nothing) that the procedure would require a laminotomy, similar in action but not as radical as the laminectomy that ruined me. Needless to say, I walked out of the office and never looked back. Finally, I met a pain specialist who prescribed me 20mg of methadone, 3x/day, w/2mg of dilaudid every 6-8hrs as needed for breakthrough pain. My life is my own again when I truly thought that at the age of 42 my life as an active adult was, for all intents and purposes, over. I write | M | 42 | 7 months | 12/22/2008 | 4 | Opiate addiction/pain | Constipation, sweating, weight gain other minor problems. | I had severe knee injury when I was 14 tore everything, broke my growth plate and lower leg in 2 places. Anyway I started out on regular old vic's, then norco for the about 2 yrs after. Then I was ok for awhile with all the extensive physical therapy I did 4 times a week 4 hrs day. Then when I hit about 20 I started having pain again, Im an avid golfer and good also but I was pretty sure the golf had caused some sort of injury, so I went in got some norco took it and it worked for about month. At that point I didnt have insurance, started with the oxycontin big mistake. It took away my pain, and my life, pretty much made into a zombie. I got up to 3 80's a day along with other drugs.I wanted off so I did my research found methadone was used treat opiate addicts. I started40mg 2yrs later was at 140mg sometimes more to get that little high. Then i started to wean myself down to 80mg, finally got insurance found a doctor to help me, im now down to 30mg, and I take a benzo, and clonid | M | 26 | 3 years | 6/12/2008 | 4 | Ruptured c3+c5, migraine, arthritis | Constipation (completely cured with Miralax), dental problems, reduced sex drive and fatigue. | Compared to other chronic pain meds like Duragesic patches and extended release morphine, Methadone is the best way to go. I am taking 120mg/day due to a high tolerance to most pain meds and I don't get any euphoria from this medication. It just takes the edge off of the pain in a big way. Duragesic patches work about the same, but I get extremely sleepy with them. The patches cost about $50.00 a piece also. I also don't experience withdrawl symptoms if I stop taking methadone like most other opioids (contrary to most other people who've posted here). I have noticed that any other meds used for breakthrough pain don't work as well when I take Methadone. I will be getting 5 cervical discs fused with titanium plates soon and I will probably use Methadone for recovery. | M | 41 | 5 years | 3/14/2008 | 4 | Treatment for opiate addiction | Tooth decay (had to get bridges for 2 lost teeth), weight gain, very severe constipation to a point where no laxatives work at all and has turned into a big issue, chronically fatigued, the addiction to methadone is a problem as well. If I try to skip a day I go into immediate withdrawls. Numbness from feelings at times. | Other than the side effects, the benefits outway the bad. I have been suffering from severe depression (Bipolar), addiction and suicidal thoughts since my early teens. Surprisingly, since starting the methadone the depression has been lifted. I feel like I was "blinded and now I can see." No cravings AT ALL. My demons are on vacation. If you do still have cravings you might need to go on a higher dosage. I don't consider this a miracle drug. To be honest with you, I would much rather be clear from methadone and be on nothing. Though, for someone like me who has been taking anti-pills my whole life and nothing has worked, you have to do what you can to survive. It's better then overdosing on drugs or committing suicide because you can't deal with the pain of your depression. Now, I am also a better, happier mother to my 3 year old son. I have the energy and peace within. I only recommend methadone for people with chronic relapse and no response to rehab or NA. Basically, a las | F | 25 | 2 years | 10/13/2007 | 4 | hurniated disk L5-S1 | insomnia | WORKS GREAT ON PAIN, CHEAP, EFFICIENT, WIDE RANGE OF USES... very good rx IF YOU DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG FOR A "BUZZ", THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. if you take this drug and you are not abusing it but you are getting a "buzzed" feeling, lower the dose. | M | 29 | 8 months | 9/26/2007 | 4 | Multiple Chronic Pain | Sleepiness when drug was wearing off. Usually I can work through it, as long as I have things to do. Addiction can be a problem and withdrawal symptoms are like having a severe flu, but for my pain, it was worth it. I've had severe pain since I was 12 years old and it makes it hard to have a life. This stuff makes it so I can have a relatively normal, pain free life and I don't have to worry about what kind of activities I'll do that might set something off. It does have a side effect that I don't mind... I seem to have an abundant amount of energy and the need to do something. | I have severe pain. This includes migraines, cluster headaches, stress headaches as well as cramps from hell. I have a knee that doesn't work right, and from all the wear and tear, my hips and other knee is going. I have arthritis symptoms in my hands, wrists, and elbows. Basically, I got the crappy DNA, though no one will fess up where it comes from. Auto immune diseases run rampant through my family, so it seems like it's only a matter of time. Every day is a struggle to get through when my pain starts acting up. I've tried many different medications for each problem, but my tolerance level is so high anymore and it seems like the doctors have given up. Unfortunately, being my age I get to struggle to rise above the assumption that I'm drug seeking. While I go from low dose to multiple high doses per day within a month or two with other medications, it's been half a year and I'm only needing 10mg every few days. | F | 20 | 6 months | 8/4/2007 | 4 | treatment for heroin addiction | profuse sweating, noticeable weight gain, extreme and intense constipation, tooth decay, disrupted sleep | i've been on methadone for a year now, and while it has worked well for me, it's time to get off it. as you can see, i've experienced a lot of side effects. the sweating and constipation are the wost. if i walk for even 5 minutes, i literally have sweat rolling down my face, and the hair on the back of my neck gets drenched. i only have bowel movements once or twice a week, and i often have rectal bleeding as a result of the hard stools. i feel that i'm done with drugs, and that i've distanced myself from dope and rebuilt my lifestyle to include things that i enjoy and are good for me. methadone helped keep me afloat, if you will, while i changed my life for the better. i appreciate that it helped me while i needed it most, but i cannot for the life of me imagine staying on it for years and years. the side effects are too much for me, and quite frankly, i would rather be free of everything- including methadone- so that i can move on and leave that part of my life behind. | F | 25 | 1 years | 8/1/2007 | 4 | back pain | sex drive-sweating | tryed all other meds this is by far the best if wasnt for loss of sex drive would rate at 5. | M | 44 | 11 months | 7/18/2007 | 4 | pain and getting off of oxycodone | low sex drive. Drowsiness. sweating. | It works great for withdrawal. I was getting really dependent on oxycodone after taking it for almost 8 months after 4 surgeries I endured. I was started to increase my use of oxycodone and when I would run out the withdrawals were awful. Methadone took the withdrawal away and still helps manage some of the pain I still have, and I can take it as prescribed without having to take more, its amazing! | M | 32 | 1 months | 2/16/2007 |