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| 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 | 4 | Heroin addiction | sweating, constipation, chronic fatigue, sugar cravings, tinnitus, weight loss. | I was getting 50mg daily and the worst thing I had was the sweating. Waking up 2-3 times most nights soaking wet and being at work sometimes just out of noware I would be drenched. This lasted for aroung 18 months. I was 87Kg even on heroin then on methadone after 2 months I was 75Kg and I was eating plenty, people were shocked to see me. Constipation was bad with 2-3 very painful bowel movements per week. It made me very stable in the way that I could study all week, workout at the gym and work all weekend but would need 12-13 hours sleep per night and if I didnt have it felt physically quite sick and headaches. I reduced my dose 2-3mg per week and felt fine and was very commited to quitting the then got down to about 5mg and it just hit me like a sledgehammer. I went from being very happy and positive to being diagnosed with major depression and panic attacks within two weeks :( I sad round almost catatonic for five months (totally clean)felling like I still had most of the withdrawl symptoms, tried about 5 antidepressants which did NOTHING and then the doctor reluctantly put me back on 10mg methadone and within 2 days I was 100 percent better :) After a few more years on it I did a rapid detox off 50mg and was 100% after a few weeks, just suffered fatigue and some muscle cramps but was very tollerable. So looking back on it all methadone supported very me well(despite these complaints) through 10 years, BUT I don't uderestimate it's power. ps still clean!!! 8) | M | 32 | 10 years | 5/7/2005 | 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 | 5 | Severe Chronic Neuropathy | Excessive sweating, a little sleepy at times | I take 10mg 4x/day along with Duragesic and am completely pain free. No breakthrough pain for months at a time. Mind is clear and functional most of the time. Great medication! | F | 45 | 2 years | 2/14/2005 | 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 | 4 | Herion addiction | Just as addictive as Herion but not half as destructive. Can become drowsy and if not taken for a day or two the withdrawals are agony. | A much better alternative to Herion. Stoped me doing things i would never dream of doing to feed a Herion habit. | M | 26 | 6 months | 1/18/2005 | 4 | horrible headaches from inoperable | constipation | F | 42 | 2 years | 1/17/2005 | 5 | BACK PAIN | NONE | VERY AFFECTIVE AND CHEAP | M | 45 | 6 months | 1/5/2005 | 1 | heroin addiction | a spiritual soul sickness that left me feeling hopeless and afraid, I found a new way of life in narcotics anonymous. life today is beautiful, there's a freedom and happiness that i never knew was possible when i was on the chockchain of addiction to methadone and other opiates. | if you feel hopeless and afraid like i did, try something new. go to an n.a. meeting and let hope enter your spirit. you deserve a break from the crushing weight of addiction, you deserve something better. good luck, friend | F | 49 | 28 days | 11/18/2004 | 5 | back pain - chronic | worked great. However, the doc decided he does not like using it and wants to pass me to another md. If anyone can recommend a doc in Birmingham,Al taht will help please email ASAP. | Need Help | 54 | 5 years | 10/8/2004 | 5 | chronic pain control for I.C. Fibro | i was amazed and delighted as i had NO reacctions to this medication. but, i have had, unfortunantly, way too much of a natural tolorance for opiates. synthetics or semi-synthetic compounds seem to work the best. i allso ave on hand 7.5/200(ibuprophen & hydrocodone) for bolus dosing if needed. and it is daily. infact, it is time to ask for san up on both of my pain meds. | i am so lucky because my personal physician really does care for the patient. he accepts medi-cal , with out question and he and his staff will go out of there way to give you enough samples if they know your | F | 45 | 2 years | 10/2/2004 | 5 | Severe abdominal pain (neuropathic) | During the first 3 weeks I was extremely tired, very nauseous, confused and frustrated. Now in my 4th week, still experiencing being tired at times. | I went from Oxycontin 20MG to 30MG to 40MG to 60MG daily, then to Duragesic 50MCG/72 hours, then to Duragesic 50MCG/48hrs and then back to Oxycontin 40MG daily, plus using Tylox 5/500MG for breakthrough pain PRN since I started on these narcotics in August, 2002. My pain wasn't contained and daily living was very hard, no actually it was pure hell. My pain was mostly at 8 to 10 often with flair-ups that were impossible to live with. I was blowing through higher and higher amounts of narcotics all without pain relief. My doctor then prescribed Methadone 10MG every 8 hours. The first 3 weeks were tough with side effects but now (4th week) I am experiencing some pain relief and enjoying a better quality of life. The big difference I notice using Methadone is pain is contained at a more even level. While on Oxycontin and Duragesic my pain would fluctuate from high-medium to high. Methadone keeps it at a steady medium with fewer flair-ups although I am still dealing with being tired at times. Methadone has certainly been a life saver for me as my doctors tell me I must learn to live with this pain as surgery isn't an option for me nor are there any other forms of medical relief for my situation. I would strongly urge anyone living with chronic pain to consider using Methadone. For me, it is superior to Oxycontin and Duragesic. | M | 55 | 25 days | 9/18/2004 | 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 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 | 5 | heroin addiction | my worse side effect i would have to say was/is the weight gain i hardly eat at all and still gain weight,can someone explain that?also extreme sweating all day and night and intense itchyness (on legs mostly) scratching till they almost bleed | asides from the 3side effects i have to say that being on Methadone has completely saved my life.I was an exterme heroin addict for 7yrs. at a habbit of about 300$'s a day!after being on methadone for about 7months,once my dose was at a compatible level for my system it worked like magic.i no longer crave to get high.even the thought of doing heroin just leaves me mith a feeling of what a waste that would be.since ive been taking methadone i have moved from a very bad home enviroment to my first appartment that i am proud to call home.i used to be a sex trade worker and now have a new full time and socially exceptable job,which i am also very proud of.i used to never like thinking about the future and now thanks to methadone and my extreme life style change i cant stop thinking about my future!!!I know i still have a long way too go but i feel very confident about my direction.i highly advise this treatment plan for anyone with an EXCESSIVE opiate addicion.i only say that because it is true that this is a slow program and if you have a mild addiction there may be an easier faster way for you to get through the recovery process. re:detox/councelling/milder medications such as gravol,tylenol,midol etc. | F | 24 | 14 months | 9/3/2004 | 5 | Chronic pain | Itchiness is the only side effect I experience. | Extremely effective with physical pain. I also suffer from chronic depression and anxiety and after over 20 years of taking all sorts of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds this works much better than any of them. I'm much more optomistic about life now. I feel more energetic and focused with the depressive fog gone--a very nice side effect. | M | 48 | 17 days | 7/31/2004 | 5 | Opiate Addiction | Extreme Weight GAIN (35+lbs.),Loss of Appetite(yet still the weight gain???, Profusely Sweating any & all times of the day & night, Memory Loss, Increased thirst from all the sweating, Craving cold foods especially cereals, Swelling hands & feet. | Methadone has been great for keeping me free & clean of any other opiates/narcotics. I can finally live my life again! No more chasing the dragon & now I actually have money in my purse. The side effects are pretty bad, but the benefits outweigh them. | F | 38 | 3 years | 7/10/2004 | 3 | iatrogenic oxycodone addiction | Initially I had tremendous and immediate weight gain, sweat profusely, and lost of touch with reality due to false sense of well being. I became very addicted to methadone. As I tried to withdraw I found my perfect, never had a cavity, teeth have gone relatively bad. I have a mouth full of cavities now. Lots of bone related problems too. Methadone did something insidious to me! | I wish that I had just been titrated of of the drug that I was hooked on, oxycodone. I was desperately addicted to that drug when I found myself at a methadone clinic after some hospitilizations that were too brief to address my 5 year oxycodone addiction. At first I was so relieved not to have to worry about getting oxycodone from various doctors anymore. But, there were strong side effects from methadone right away: sweating profusely, huge weight gain (this has been hard as I have been considered pretty all of my life, it has been extremely humiliating), feeling doped up, constipation...all that. But, I had been so addicted to oxycodone and it was such a relief to be off of the doctor hustling and fear treadmill. So, I found myself allowing for all of the side effects for the, | F | 42 | 8 years | 6/30/2004 | 4 | spinal cord injury/removal of L-5 | Sleepiness, sweating are the two biggest side effects. Being extremely honest, sweating after the back surgery from pain was there already. Loss of appetite made me eat better when I did eat. Sleepiness can be solved with dosage times | I have been on everything. I have read all of the reponses of this page and see that addiction problems seem to be the ones that don't like this drug. But for severe pain and what the options are: Hard to get opiates, expense,etc. this drug has solved most of my problems. Is it perfect? NO, nothing is. I do agree that the most bothersome thing is that a high functioning person is slowed down on methadone. It seems to take longer to get tasks done. OH WELL!!!What all you people seem to say is that you too have been on everything and for the most part, for pain, this seems to work. If you look for one drug to relieve all your symptoms, there are none. I take Paxil with methadone and I am going to look into the intereactions with antidepressants. If you are looking for that oxycontin high, you won't get it from methadone. I don't know whether I would say it gave me my life back but, I do know that in the USA, DR's have lost alot of freedom in prescribing. PERIOD. It is hard, with severe cronic pain to make any plans of any kind. What I have found with methadone is THAT I CAN MAKE PLANS AND KEEP THEM. I AM OUT MORE. YES, I SWEAT BUT SO WHAT. If you were overweight before you got into your condition now, then I would say there are other problems that enter into your life and how you look at relief of pain. | F | 50 | 2 years | 6/12/2004 | 5 | chronic abd.pain/chron.pancreatitis | I've experienced just about each & every more common | I have gotten blessed relief from the unrelenting pain of chronic pancreatitis with a minimum of complications by taking methadone, where with other opiates I was having problems with addicition/overmedicating, EXTREME sensitivity to withdrawal symptoms (perhaps partially psycho-somatic since I have past history of opiate abuse, I know what symptoms to | M | 40 | 44 months | 6/2/2004 |