METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.8 (261 Ratings)

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 5  chronic, widespread pain nightmares, disturbed sleep, headaches, vertigo, constipation This drug has given me back my life and hope for the future. I've tried most all other opioids, and had varying degrees of pain relief. I had a head injury several years ago which impaired my memory--on methadone, I can think clearly and better remember things. The first month was tough. 5mg, 3x a day wasn't enough, but now, 10mg, 3x a day, really takes care of the pain. F 39 6 weeks
10/6/2002
 5  Heroin Addiction Weight Gain, Constipation Great drug for severe drug addicts. Dont recommend for light opiod addiction. This drug is extremely hard to detox from. But while saying this, it saved my life and I do believe that if you have a BAD habit, its great. Also heard that it does wonders for cronic pain. F 28 8 years
8/31/2002
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 5  Heroin Addiction Weight Gain, Constipation Great drug for severe drug addicts. Dont recommend for light opiod addiction. This drug is extremely hard to detox from. But while saying this, it saved my life and I do believe that if you have a BAD habit, its great. Also heard that it does wonders for chronic pain. F 28 8 years
8/31/2002
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 5  chronic pain - parasthesia nodding off is the only side effect that I am aware of. As a 15 year paraplegic and trying many prescribed pain killers this is the only one I can find that is effective and still allows me to conduct a life. Really an effective pain blocker, I take it per Doctors orders and that is 4 times daily at 5 mg. M 1 years
8/29/2002
 5   Be very careful using this drug, the detox is months, not days and is horrendous. Morphine is a better pain reliever, however you must keep increasing the dosage to relieve the pain. Everyone I know who is on methadone eventually has a change in metabolism and gains weight. Long term use also leads to noding off in the daytime, and a lack of REM sleep at night. In some ways I wish I had never got on it, but in other ways its a life saver. As with every thing else in life it has 2sides M 30 years
8/22/2002
 5  arthritis Dry mouth, slight drowsiness Excellent relief, no addiction problems, 20 to 30 mg per day takes care of the pain M 47 2 years
8/11/2002
 5  Pain relief, sciatic condition I highly recommend this drug to all chronic pain sufferers. Drowsiness [dose reduction may alleviate this], dry mouth, early on euphoria, and dysphoria which lessened with time. Most effective pain reliever I have ever encountered. I suffer from arthritis in mid and lower back and during therapy I was for once able to function normally. These medications give pain sufferers their lives back again, or at least make it tolerable. The main drawback is respiratory depression, as well as addiction, and seldom addiction, though the latter is uncommon if taken for pain relief. For continual pain relief my opinion is that is is much more effective than the opiate [morphine based] analgesics, at small er and less frequent dosing schedules. Perhaps Duragesic patches, or Levo-Dromoran would be as effective, though I have never been prescribed these meds. Kadian [morphine encapsulated in a plastic matrix may offer an alternative, because of it's 12, or 24 hr. dosing regimen, yet it is still an opiate, whereas dolophine[Methdone] is synthetic. LAMM, Levo Alpha Acet Methadol is similar to Methadone, yet it is currently only approved for narcotic detoxification,and or maintainance as far as I know. M 47 5 years
8/10/2002
 5  FBS severe chronic pain When taken at the dose the doctor advised, I nodded off all the time, but pain management was the best of anything I have used. (MsContin, Oxy, etc.)Reducing dosage and spacing it out, I have no drowiness and pain management is still good. It is a balancing act between pain and drowsiness. There is NO buzz with this stuff. It is not to be taken lightly - getting off is a very difficult and protracted. In my case there is no choice - it provides the best (only) pain relief and it is very inexpensive. DON'T drink alcohol. M 120 days
7/23/2002
 5  Chronic and post tramatic pain none no side effect yet. only been on a week but will stay on for quite some time. I have not taken this drug very long yet but I may be on iy for a long time. I really like it,,it takes the pain away longer and better than pecocet,vicoden,darvocet , It works great. The only thing I dont like is I had trouble getting this drug I have found out that under the pretense of being an addict a person can get it easier than a pain patient, which is messed up I fiannaly got it as a pain patient becouse i wasnt goin to lie and say im something im not. Any way so far this drug is great. M 24 1 weeks
7/2/2002
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6/20/2002
 5  Opiate Maintenance Weight gain, constipation, and drowsiness I take the 40MG wafers from Roxane and they are a wonderful medication. It has truly helped me live a life worth living.I have no drug cravings and I live a very normal life due to this medication. M 31 1 years
6/19/2002
 4  Opiate addiction/sciatic pain Constipation, severe weight LOSS, extreme drowsiness This medication saved my life by putting my cravings for opiates into remission. It also eases my sciatic pain and lumbar pain (2 surgeries, etc.) to the point that I am not disabled by it. I do NOT like the sever drowsiness, but that can be controlled with dosing 2 - 3 times a day instead of one. F 41 10 months
6/19/2002
 3  cancer dry mouth, constipation,feeling of helplessness F 44 2 times
6/15/2002
 4  BACK PAIN/NECK PAIN WAS ON MORPHINE FOR 3 YEARS AND WAS NOT GETTING THE FULL RELIEF AFTER 2 YEARS KEPT INCREASING THE DOSAGE BUT STILL NO RELIEF NOW ON METHADONE AND BECUASE IT TENDS TO STAY IN YOUR SYSTEM LONGER AND YOU ARE NOT OUT OF RELIEF BY THE TIME YOUR NEXT DOSE IS DUE IT SEEMS TO WORK BETTER... BE SURE TO EAT WITH IT ORT DRINK MILK AND PLEASE KNOW YOU DO NOT GET HIGH FROM THESE DRUGS WHEN YOU ARE SEEKING PAIN RELIEF... M 57 6 days
5/21/2002
 5  Cancer Same basics as with most narcotics. Dry mouth, "burning" of eyes BUT not as much as the Morphine nor the Oxycotin I have used. The downside effect was having to be forced to go to a drug abuse clinic and claim I was a junkie to get this and the better med I list below since my Md's did not approve of my use of these meds. They prefered the Morphine and the Oxycotin use. This was a help however, after you go thru the dulldrum of the drug clinics and, as long as you are more then 100% commited, ask about LAMM or Orlamm. This drug is wonderful. While yes, I have been addicted to the morphine, is was not anabuse situation as many are. I did however find that Orlamm or Lamm worked best for me but, it comes with some risk. If you are looking for a high, pass on Lamm. If you like to drink beer or the likes, pass on Lamm. If you consider taking ANY type of narcotic, pass on Lamm for it can kill you with the effect being a massive overdose. This however posed no risk to me for #1 I don't drink. #2 I was not looking to get high-just out of pain. #3 my center know the two sides of me. the first being the "junkie" the second, being the cancer patient. BTW addiction centers are not to treat you for true PAIN, just as MD's are not to treat you for addictions. Sort of sad really when the system FORCES one to lie huh? Anyway. With Lamm, I was amazed. I took my dosage, three times per week is all that is needed (you can go longer, one time I was not able to get to a center for a week and had NO Pain nor withdraw!, 9 days into this I started to feel pain) Anyway, Lamm gave e my life back. NO high effects AT ALL.NO burning eyes, no dry mouth, no non stop talking. It was a prayer. I first used the methadone but, that did give me a high effect it worked great but, the daily dosages and such were problematic for me. Lamm was by far the choice for me. At present I am a dead man whom happens to be living four years after over 8 MD's told meI would be dead. I no longer feel any pain which I cannot deal with. At times I do get some sharp pain but, only for a moment or two and, NO drug can stop that. I am pleased to report I have my medicine cab. filled with ten bottles of my Morphine 15 MG and tons of bottles of Oxycotin which I have no use for. Sure, it was a waste of money but, Lamm and, Methadone gave me my life back. If any wants more info, write me [email protected] M 38 2 years
4/5/2002
 5  Chronic Pain Constipation, nightmares I personally think that it is a great drug because it saved me from the deadly grip that the Oxycontin addiction had on me. It works well for the pain but it is sometimes hard to catch a buzz M 20 1 days
2/8/2002
 5  Back Pain The Constipation is severe. I take 80mg twice a day. I must take stool softeners every day. This helps a little. As a whole Methadone is great. I was taking 80mg of Oxycotin three times a day. After hearing all the problems that people were having with Oxycotin I put my self in Detox for three day just to make sure that I was able to get of Oxycotin without any problems and thank God I did not. My Doctor and I decided to change my medication to Methadone. I recommend this medication to any one who is on Oxycotin. It is a wonderful replacement. M 33 7 months
1/8/2002
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 4  for back pai Increased tension M 38 6 months
1/7/2002
 5  pain constipation M 60 12 months
11/4/2001
 5  opiate addiction weight loss; dry mouth; loss of sex drive Methadone is a life saver. Went from suicidal depression to being happy 100% of the time. Absolutely no craving for narcotics. Only problem is the libido thing, but it's no worse than it was during my narcotics use. M 55 4 months
10/21/2001

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