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 |
| 1 | Chronic lower back and leg pain | You name it... I had it. The list goes on and on. Stinging sensation all over, pain in left eye, swelling of face, hands and feet, severe loss of memory, severe confusion, vomiting, severe sweating, nodding off all of a sudden like, double vision, blurred vision. My memory is sooo bad still yet, I'm not sure if I mentioned it all. | I read alot of the comments listed on your site. I can not believe the people who | M | 38 | 10 days | 5/23/2003 | 5 | arthritis/degenerative disc disease | mostly constipation relieved when I started using fiber tablets and stool softners | works better for me than any other pain med I have taken, I take 10 mg twice daily and use percocet 10 mg prn up to twice daily for breakthrough pain, am pretty close to pain free most of the time. you must work with a pain specialist to get correct dose as it is highly individualized. | M | 47 | 1 years | 4/20/2003 | 3 | FMS, Chronic Migraine | Nausea, constipation, weight gain, insomnia, vivid dreams | Seems to control pain somewhat - but I'm still working up to an effective dose. Nausea is bad if I don't eat before taking the meds in the morning. I'm currently taking two 10mg tablets twice a day (40mg). Helps with my joint and muscle pain but not with severe migraines. In fact, I can't take the methadone when I have a migraine as it makes me vomit. This is a problem as I can go periods of up to three days when I can't keep the pills down. This probably causes withdrawal symptoms but who can tell with a bad migraine? | M | 47 | 45 days | 4/16/2003 | 5 | herion addit | No side effects for me, it helped me be straight and hold down a very good job and marry a great man. | I have been on methdone for 34 years, and every time I try to get off the program I go into deep depression and panic attacks. Plus the cost of $350.00 a month. But it does work, but because of the years I have been on it, I have a chemical imbalance and my have to stay on for life. Anybody else have this problem? | F | 56 | 34 years | 4/11/2003 | 5 | spinal cord injury related pain | Extremely vivid nightmares, constipation, weight loss (although that could be from my increased activity) | No drug haze. No 'high'. Just pain relief, which is something no other narcotic had done in 11 years. Methadone is the most amazing medicine in the world. It helped me go from being bedridden 4 days a week to being capable of keeping up with my three year old son. I had almost given up hope of ever leading a normal life. I honestly can't understand now why anyone would opt for other narcotics for chronic pain. Methadone not only relieves pain more effectively, but also lets you enjoy your pain-free life because your head is clear and not clouded or altered. I wish I could tell everyone who hurts about this wonderful drug. | F | 34 | 8 months | 3/19/2003 | 4 | Chronic Pain from FMS and Lupus SLE | I have gained over 60 lbs. over a period of 15 months. I have never had a | I believe this is the most difficult medication to come off of. I was on Duragesic several years ago and I took myself off cold-turkey. The withdrawls were not pleasant. Methadone is even more unpleasant although I am coming off with my doctor's help. Otherwise, as far as a pain med goes, methadone has helped me to function every day, by getting the things done that I couldn't do once I had entered this latest | F | 43 | 16 months | 3/11/2003 | 4 | Chronic pain from fms and lupus sle | This is an addendum after reading from William's experience. I too have had less interest in sex (libido). Also, for the first 5 mos. I dealt with continual constipation. I did not menstruate for a year. I was up to 120 mg. before I made the decision to stop taking this medication. Methadone is a commitment-if you have any trouble with titration (doasage) you MUST keep your doctor informed as methadone tolerance occurs over a period of time and dosage must be readjusted accordingly. | F | 43 | 16 months | 3/11/2003 | 1 | detox from vicodin . | I have gained almost 40 pounds,I am 35 yrs. old I have never been bigger than a size 5.Now I can not even get in a size 9/10. It is very depressing to me, I crave nothing but sweets. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? | F | 35 | 3 years | 3/11/2003 | 2 | Lower Back Pain | I have had weight gain, which I certaintly didn't need. | I have been on Vicodin, Percocet,Morphine Patch (which put me in the hospital with blood clots),oxycotin, ms-cotin, now my pain management doctor wants me to try methadone hcl 10 mg 1 tablet 4 times a day, I have found no help in the drug at all except weight gain. | F | 35 | 48 days | 2/18/2003 | 5 | Chronic Severe Pain | I am nauseous, slight itching, no appetite (yet i have gained 5 lbs in one week!!!!), a little jittery....but nothing I can't live with. | After trying percocet, dilaudid, and several other medicines, this is like a MIRACLE drug for me. Within 2 days of beginning to take this, I was able to function for the first time in over a year without severe pain. I am able to live, instead of exist. I am sure I will be addicted, but the doctors can't fix what is wrong with me...so I accept that i need medication in order to have a life. I am worried about the weight gain, though. | F | 45 | 10 days | 1/26/2003 | 3 | Heroin Addiction | | 1/26/2003 | 3 | Heroin Addiction | What I would say is, don't take it unless it's really necessary. It has brought me alot of problems, physically but it did help me out of a horrible time, brought me back into reality quite a bit and I was able to get my life back in order, for the most part. The constipation is the absolute worst for me, there is a post on here stating that "get ready to give birth, so to speak" that is the complete truth!! I also lost alot of weight when I joined my clinic almost 35lbs and was only 110 when I went in, it was pretty scary. I have been there for a little over a year now and I just started gaining my weight back a month or two ago. Some people I talk to there have the opposite problem as I do, but either way you are pretty much going to severely gain or lose. I think if I had a choice I probably wouldn't do it again. | F | 28 | 9 years | 1/26/2003 | 4 | Chronic Pain | Minimal amounts of skin itching, moderate constipation and mild anxiety (sleep difficulties) | I am taking this drug for chronic pain resulting from an accident I sustained two+ years ago involving spinal compression fractures and a host of other seriously painfull conditions. I had taken Oxycontin (as prescribed) in the beginning for eight months which was grossly over-prescribed by my Orthopedic Surgeon and finally put me in the hospital with severe withdrawl symptoms and sincere hopes for a quick demise. (Withdrawl from Oxycontin is like being drug naked by a mule team through death valley! Great pain releiver - dangerous medication) Tried every pain reliever imagineable for just enough pain relief to be borderline functional with little success. I have read all that I can find on the negative side-effects of Methadone. I am now up to 10mg X 4 daily and think that I am finally on the right path. Pain levels are down to a +/- 5 on the richtor scale and I am finally breathing sighs of relief. This drug MUST BE taken strictly on time and over the "24 hour clock" (as close as possible) for me: 7:00am, 12noon, 5:00pm and at bedtime-+/- 11:00pm. Start off super slow with dosages: 5mg X 3 daily for 1 week, 5mg X 4 daily for 1 week, 5mg X 5 daily for 1 week, progress to 10mg X 3 daily for 1 week, etc., etc. until you get to where you need to be. Methadone apparently has a somewhat unpredictable (everybodys biochemically a little different) RESIDUAL EFFECT and to get to where you need to be (not want to be!) takes time but will pay off in the long run. BE SMART! Pain management for most of us is "forever". Dreams of "no pain" or levels of "1" or "2" are unrealistic. We must learn to be tough, realistic, think in moderate terms and bite the bullet and hold in there for the long run so this crap we take for pain will keep effectively working and hopefully not kill us! | M | 49 | 4 days | 1/21/2003 | 4 | optate/methadone addiction | tolerance increases over 6mnth period. suffer from extreme anxiety. | I believe staff/counsolors should be working more intensely with with clients,both the clients respnding well to maint treatment@the clients that still seem to relapse, whether it be herion,or other illict drugs. | M | 35 | 5 years | 1/4/2003 | 5 | Pain mgmt [ Addiction] | Somnolescense, pinpoint pupils [miosis] itching, constipation, and excessive sweating, reduced libidinal urge. | After taking narcotics for over twenty years and no longer achiveing adequate relief from arthritic back pain, I decided to enroll in the local Methadone Clinic. It afforded me pain relief for up to twenty four hours. I am currently taking Roxicodone [oxycodone hcl ]5mg four times daily, and it is nowhere near as effective in relieving pain on a continous basis as the Methadone was. Even after five years of daily dosing, I never found it necessary to exceed 100mg. Unlike morphine, I have never heard of anyone taking more than 200mg. total daily intake of Methadone. It accumulates in the body and causes dose related respiratory depression for up to 48 hours in a non tolerant individual. It is an excellant narcotic for use in those suffering chronic intractible pain. Twice daily dosing is another feature that I found more convient than the usual PRN of every four to six hours. Thanks for the time. Respectfully: William | M | 48 | 5 years | 1/2/2003 | 4 | Addiction | | 12/3/2002 | 4 | Opiate Addiction, | Weight gain that began after I was on methadone 6 mos. I am on a very high does, 130 mgs a day.I have gained 40 lbs. The constipation is the worst part for me. It is terrible. I have to eat excessive amounts of high fiber foods. | I got on methadone after a 8 year addiction to opiates, and 3 trips to prison. I commited prescription fraud over and over to get the stuff. After losing my children, my home, my everything, I ran to the methadone clinic. Now I have a life, I have things, and I keep my things. It saved my life. But like one person said, it has its bad points. I am fat now, never have been over weight in my life, even before i got on drugs, I was not fat. It slows down your metabolism I guess. The constipation is bad too. For you women out there who have just got on methadone. If you don't eat high fiber foods, get ready to give birth so to speak. For the males, get ready to find out what giving birth is all about. Also, at first you feel like a new person, but after you have been on it for a while, you will find yourself slacking, or neglecting important things in your life. I like to isolate myself, stay at home. Methadone is not meant to take like a daily vitamin, everyday for the rest of your life, after you get your life together, and fixed all the things you broke while on drugs, after you get stable, normal, start thinking about slowly detoxing. If your a fugitive from the law, I recommend getting off the methadone before your caught and go to jail, because jails and correction facilities hate methadone, and they will only give it to you for about a week.Like somebody else said, it takes months to kick methadone. I went to prison after being on it for a year, and I thought I would lose my mind. I could not sleep, i was so perinoid, I was a complete wreck, mess. | M | 40 | 18 months | 11/21/2002 | 5 | innerstitial cystitis pain | i had a small amount of itching at first. i have been soooo happy with this drug. i had to jump through my doctors hoops for 2 long painful years before my physician prescribed methadone. its like i am a new person. i can work and play again. i can have sex with the love of my life again. i am available to my children. my life has changed so much and i will forever be thankful to the german people for inventing the stuff!!!!! | it works. i take 60mg daily divided into 3 doses. after taking vicodin for years and NOT getting relief was terrible.all the tylenol in each dose was killing my liver. i was feeling sick all the time becuase i had to double the amount of hydrocodone (25-30 mgevery 2-4 hours)that was prescribed. i dont feel that i have to take more than prescribed of the methadone. it feel so good to only take 6 pills a day and i dont get nausaus as much as i used to. why doctors mainly use this drug for heroin withdrawel is beyond me!!!!!! it is by far the best pain killer i have ever taken. (better than heroin, yes, i have done heroin too) | F | 43 | 5 months | 11/3/2002 | 2 | severe back pain | nausea, constipation, drowsiness | I was able to get very little pain relief from methadone. Although it forces me to sleep, I never feel truely rested. The dreams are horrible and I wake up on the verge of vomiting every morning. I was suprised to see some people gained weight. I've been on methadone for 2 months and have lost about 10 lbs from loss of appitite. | M | 33 | 2 months | 10/17/2002 | 5 | CHRONIC PAIN | WEIGHT GAIN, DROWSINESS, CONSTIPATION | I HAD TRIED ALL OF THE MEDICATIONS FOR PAIN INCLUDING DILAUDID, MORPHINE. I HAVE SUFFERED DIBILITATING PAIN FOR OVER FOUR YEARS, AND JUST BEGAN TAKING THIS DRUG 4 WEEKS AGO, AND I AM THRILLED TO SAY THAT I AM ALMOST PAINLESS. | F | 52 | 4 weeks | 10/15/2002 |