METHADOSE Reviews (METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (55 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METHADOSE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METHADOSE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Chronic Pain management | Tired, numbness, dry mouth & addiction | I started taking this about 8 years ago and even had to continue with it after Back Surgery about 3 years ago. Probably the best Pain Management medication out there if you have to continue taking 1 thing. Warning, this is addictive & I am addicted. However, the benefits outweigh the bad side effects. I am very drug intolerant and have tried every other Pain pill out there, they either give me Nasuea, Constipation or Dizziness. Methedose or Methedone became the only viable alternative for me. Fortunately I have not had to increase my dose in 8 years. | M | 41 | 8 years | 7/8/2007 | 5 | RLS and insomnia | I do not experience any side effects except what one would on a drug in this catagory. dozey,calm, relaxed. | it cured my restless leg syndrome. use it in combo with klonopin. | F | 49 | 3 years | 6/6/2007 | 4 | fractured spinal cord in back/pain | tierdness/constipation/light headedness | it helps pain a great deal and last a long time for me | F | 22 | 1 months | 9/25/2006 | 5 | chronic pain from leg amputation | Mild buzz but not as disorienting as oxycodone or hydrocodone. It does make a person relaxed and should not be used when a person is driving or doing something potentially hazardous. | Definitely habituating when used long term. I have run out before my prescription was due for refill and I felt very "blah". I tried to quit a couple of times and the withdrawal, while mild, was truly annoying. No regular withdrawal symptoms (like with regular opiates) but I felt sluggish,"blah", tired and had listless. My pain is strong enough that it is worth staying on the medication. | M | 46 | 4 years | 9/11/2006 | 1 | chronic pain /fibromyalgia | Constipation, headache when it starts to come out of my system and I then HAVE to take another dose! | Was taking vicoden before this and doctor switched me..he said it was due to vicoden's potential for addiction. But since being on methadose I need more and more every week or so and it doesn't last long at all...maybe an hour. It is horrible!!! | F | 25 | 6 months | 6/2/2006 | 2 | Deg. Disc Disease & spinal stenosis | I felt like I had Narcolepsy! I was always (24/7) absolutely EXHAUSTED while taking Methadone. I would fall asleep while standing, in the shower, at the computer, and while driving (scary). I never had this kind of a reaction to any other narcotic analgesics before, and I've been on various opiates for a couple years (started with Percocet & Oxycontin before and right after surgery -- moved to Oxycodone HCL during physical therapy -- then to the Fentanyl patch when they decided my condition was long-term -- then finally to Methadone when I quickly developed a tolerance for the Fentanyl). Methadone is a great long-term treatment option for a lot of patients with chronic pain. All I want to say, though, is that if you start taking it and the drowsiness doesn't go away after a week or so, TALK TO YOUR DR.! Pain relief is pointless if it makes you fall asleep at the wheel and wrap yourself around a telephone pole (or worse, another car). | I was on it for 5 weeks before I gave up. My doctor said that the sleepiness people usually feel on Methadone isn't as bad as it was for me, and it goes away fairly quickly for most. Just be sure to be aware of the potential for serious exhaustion problems. | M | 31 | 5 weeks | 1/18/2006 | 4 | heroin addiction | Methadose: weight gain, sweating, heart problems Methadone: no adverse side effects | I never had heart problems until I started on the Methadose program. Since then, my heart has had problems with tachycardia, arrythmias. I switched to Methadone, and the problems completely disappeared. The clinic I was at for the Methadone sold two days ago, so I had to switch back to a methadose clinic. My heart is already doing its freaky thing again. I asked the doctor upon my admission if methadose has anything in it that might cause my heart problems. he said no. I'm telling you, something is not agreeing with me. | F | 36 | 15 years | 6/1/2005 | 2 | As a 2 week break from Oxycodone | 1. TREMENDOUS WEIGHT GAIN - My doctor changed my other meds to help me lose a few pounds! I requested a break from Oxycodone because after a year, I felt it was not effective as a pain med for me. I gained 9 lbs in 10 days! I gained about a POUND EACH DAY I took it! I stopped taking it and just took extra Kadian. 2. SWEATING - I would wake up and find the middle of my chest completely sweaty. I would run an errand and have a dizzy/ SWEATING EPISODE LIKE I WAS IN 100 degree weather. 3. CONSTIPATION - like I've never experienced before. Even after taking Colace & other softeners, it would take me hours, then I felt like I was delivering a baby rhino, horns and all, in the bathroom. 4. It helped with the pain, but the other factors so outweighed the benefits that I did not want to take it after a week. 5. I did not sleep normally. I would wake up several times in the middle of the night. 6. I would FALL asleep DURING THE DAY while working at my computer. Luckily, I work from home. I would become extremely tired after taking my dose. 7. Since I started Methadone, I seem to be craving sweet Fruits (bananas, Pineapple, Papaya ) which is unusual for me. I may eat the occasional piece of fruit but usually save it as a treat becase I know fruit is fattening due to the high sugar content. I don't think it would cause the 9lb weight gain because as I told my husband, he's seen me wolf down two chocolate bars and not gain weight. | F | 44 | 10 days | 4/13/2005 | 4 | chronic pain, arthritis,deg. disc | At first VERY tired all the time. WOuld sometimes fall asleep while eating, standing...even during sex!! Eventually got used to it. | I take 8x 10 mg. a day for break through pain. Worked super for the first 6 months or so. | M | 35 | 6 months | 3/26/2005 | 1 | My pharmacy ran out of the Roxanne | F | 42 | 1 months | 1/19/2005 | 1 | chronic pain/fibromyalgia | sleepiness, constipation, sweating, nausea | you get what you pay for with this med | F | 35 | 6 months | 1/18/2005 | 5 | for severe back pain | just a little drowsiness but it subsided after a week | very cheap but very effective about 16 cents a pill for 10mg | M | 23 | 3 months | 11/15/2004 | 1 | Chronic Back Pain | Dizziness, nausea, continuous | I tried to give this drug a chance - tried to at least last a week on it to see if I adjusted. Finally gave up after 6 days because I couldn't function. Total lightweight - 2.5 mgs every 12 hours and I was totally miserable. Had to stop. Will be trying Duragesic next. One good thing, unfortunately, was that it did help with the pain quite a bit. Just couldn't tolerate the side effects! Yuck! | F | 39 | 6 days | 10/28/2004 | 5 | Chronic Back Pain, Opiate Addiction | Nausea, Lowered Sex Drive. | I was put on Methadose as a means of getting me off of Loritabs and as a long lasting pain relief of my back. I love this medication as I am now free of the Hydrocodone for 5 weeks now with absolutely no withdrawl pains. While on the Hydro's, I was always in fear of running out too early due to my taking too many and having to wait until the 30 days were up and I could get another re-fill. This would happen alot and I would go through the withdrawl pains every time, but when I had my pills, I would take too many as I was caught up in the | M | 43 | 8 months | 8/26/2004 | 4 | addiction to pain meds | constipation, considerable muscle jerking even at 155mg. | M | 46 | 2 years | 4/16/2004 | 5 | addiction to loratab | sideaffects were not that bad constipation, but I take milk of magnesia everynight and I am not constipated. Sex drive a little off but my DR.gives me a shot of tostestorone and now that is fixed.Nodding a little but if I get a good nights sleep and go to bed at resonable time I don't really have a problem with that. | Saved my life and my family. That addiction will kill you also send you to jail break up your family lots of bad things but this medication helped me get control of my life again, no cravings,feel good, no worry or sick thinking of waking up and never being able to quit thinking about my next loratab,not any more. I am 100% better however,I can't hardly afford it I don't have insurance and the clinic I go to is a round trip drive 100 miles,(gas)the fee is $11 daily $70 weekly $150 biweekly $300 monthly.I have kids,my mom has lung cancer so I don't have extra money however,I have gone to this clinic almost 3 years, so maybe GOD will help me keep going.If anyone out there has any suggestions on help with pay clinics,discounts or how to recieve them I am not eligable for medicade and I don't think these clinics would take that anyway.there has to be some sollution for me.If you have any suggestions please let me know, I live in Georgia, about 50 miles from Atlanta. | F | 40 | 3 years | 3/4/2004 | 4 | opiate addiction | weight gain, reduced sex drive | mm has helped me bigtime, currently stable on 80mg and otherwize drug free for 7 yrs. Split doses hold me much better | M | 44 | 15 years | 11/25/2003 | 1 | Back Pain | Sub-potency | I switched to this from the roxane brand. This drug is about 80% as potent as the name brand or roxane. This is true because with generic drugs, the potency can vary from .8 to 1.2 of the name brand potency. For some reason the folks that make methadose choose to put the least possible amount of active ingredent in their product (probably to save money.) Go with the Roxane or name brand if you can (request if from your pharmacy.) | M | 29 | 4 months | 11/24/2003 | 5 | severe pain | constipation | the most effective painkiller available | F | 34 | | 11/10/2003 | 1 | CHRONIC PAIN | THIS MEDCINE WAS VERY SHORT ACTING | THEY SHOULD TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET | M | 39 | 1 months | 7/6/2003 |