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 | sports injury | this medicine is the DEVIL himself!!!!!!!!!!! sweating,tooth decay,weight gain,no energy makes you look like your nothing but lazy!don't want to be out in public, body ticks while trying to sleep etc.etc. | i was a very popular athlete,had everything going for me. blew my knee out twice and for both surgeries i was given this to deal with the pain to get back to the playing field.please believe me when i say don't do this i'm lucky to be alive and after going through detox i'm just now trying to get my life back. if you have a good life now don't go this way for pain!!!!!!! | M | 29 | 3 years 50 6X day | 2/2/2011 | 3 | pain management | constipation is my main problem. Best laxative for me is propylene glycol. it's sold over the counter by a brand name or you can get a script from a doctor for a larger and cheaper supply | don't use it! stay with other opiates if at all possible. | M | 62 | 40 years 45mg. 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 5 | opiate and xanax addiction | some constipation and some upper gastro intestinal issues from craving sweets and thats it. | I was up to 400 mg of oxycodone and 4 or 5 xanax bars per day. I was able to stop using the oxy's right away and the xanax the 3rd day. For me the key is the feeling of wellness and energy that i get from the methadone. I know that i can make it thru the day. I have been a drug abuser for over 30 yrs and have tried every treatment program there is. Methadone is by far the best one for me. I am so glad that i found the clinic that i go to. I need the professional and structured and caring assistance they give. | M | 59 | 90 days 45 MG 1X day | 10/8/2010 | 5 | opiate addiction | On it almost six years | F | 44 | 5.5 days 190 1X day | 9/12/2010 | 1 | Heroin addiction | Massive sweating, constipation, weight gain, extreme tiredness. | I'm in the middle of my detox and wouldn't wish it on anyone. @ 18mg I ended up in the E.R.,(1st time in YEARS)from w/drawals. I hate when people say, it's all in your head. Methadone is the most individual drug out there. Some people have no problem detoxing and others would rather blow their head off. Some can go down 5mg a week and some, 1mg a month. Again, all individual. With any opiate but Methadome/Suboxone, go cold turkey. Trust me, it's the easiest. I'm lucky to get 3hrs of sleep night. Plus, I still can't go to the bathroom, and I tried everything. It's the last 30mg that are a bitch. Anyone higher than that and you don't have any idea what people like me/us are talking about. | M | 34 | 4 years 3 gram/day 1X day | 7/15/2010 | 3 | MMT | Gained weight, sweat alot, no sex drive. | I used to get high on methadone occasionally and loved the nods it gave me. So when I got into a bad oxycontin addiciton I had been through oxy withdrawal before and thought no way not again. Well since I used to love methadone and could easily get into a clinic I chose this route. Was doing 560 mg of oxycontin a day at the time and the first day they gave me 30mg of that ass nasty red cherry liquid. I went up to 170mg in 6 months and stayed there for another 2.5 years. Well last October I started a slow 5mg per week taper. I got down to 5mg by the end of April and jumped off at 5mg. It's been really rough. Very tired, depressed, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, the poops, kicking and twisting in bed, cannot adjust my temperature. It's not as intense of a withdrawal as oxy but it's so much longer that I now dispise this and any opiate. For this is the end of the opiate trail for me. Oxy 4 day withdrawal of hell. Methadone 30+ days of slow agony, Suboxone 30+ days of slower agony. They all suck arse to come off of. Please don't start this drug unless your life depends on it and if you have no tolerance and take more than 5mg you'll be sick quick. 40mg or more and you will be dead possibly. Not for the weak willed. | M | 42 | 3.5 years 170mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 5 | six large blood clots to lungs | sweet tooth,six drive in the tank,can not be in the heat,sleeping not enought or too much and trouble with thoughts. | Great for the pain but not for the life. After starting this med I find myself in a daz and can not do all the things I like to do. The pain from 6 clots in the lungs is great because the scaring has damaged my lungs that can not be repaired. I tried other meds but with little help for the pain. | M | 48 | 6 months 20mg 3X day | 5/23/2010 | 5 | pain pill addiction and pain manage | sweating, sweet tooth, tiredness at first. My dose is high because of a high metabolism. | It saved my life. | F | 35 | 9 months 245 mg 1X day | 3/4/2010 | 4 | addiction | Moodyness,anxiety,muscle ache. | M | 29 | 4 months | 1/14/2010 | 2 | F | 61 | 8 years | 12/30/2009 | 5 | Diabetic Neurorapty | Not sure, very tired, no energy,constipated, the medicine took care of the pain in my legs which was aweful. Also take Bencar and Coreg for High blood pressure, Mobic for Arthritis | M | 70 | 2 days | 12/15/2009 | 1 | unknown | DEATH | My friend accidently overdosed on this drug because she drank alcohol. If you drink alcohol I don't advise you to take this medicine... this pill can be very dangerous. I know dumb people that take it for "fun" well... you will die from it. Like all medication if you are not prescribed to it you should not take it! common sense is not so common. | F | 22 | 1 days | 6/19/2009 | 5 | Chronic Pain and Heroin Addiction | Extreme sweating is the worst, and most annoying side effect. Constipation, and in the beginning of treatment extreme drowsiness. | While I began using opiates as a needed prescription for chronic pain due to a back injury and from effects of having Lupus, I quickly began abusing the drugs for the euphoric effects and for rectreational use. What started as a 10-15mg of Hydro a day habit quickly escalated to approximatly 400mg of Oxycodone, 150mg of Morphine, and as much heroin as I could get my hands on in any given day. At the end I couldn't even feel the euphoric effects anymore, I had to take the drugs just to keep myself out of withdrawl and so I could function and get out of bed. Methadone has SAVED my life. I could care less if some people think it's trading one addiction for another. Since I no longer have to spend my entire day focused on how and when I'm going to get my drugs, I don't have to do anything illegal, I don't have to lie, I'd say I'm a success, and I am so greatful to have my life back. | F | 34 | 2 years | 4/22/2009 | 5 | CHRON'S/CHRONIC PANCREATITIS | A LITTLE SLEEPY IN THE BEGINNING. | A WONDER DRUG.I TRIED EVERYTHING THERE WAS FOR YEARS AND I WAS ALWAYS IN PAIN.THE NARCOTICS MADE EVERYTHING WORSE AND MY LIFE WAS A LIVING HELL!AFTER 2 BACK SURGERIES,2 BOWEL RE-SECTIONS(FOR CHRON'S) AND A WHIPPLE PROCEDURE FOR CHRONIC PANCREAITIS I WAS PUT ON METHADONE FOR THE CHRONIC PAIN.I STARTED OFF AT A LOW DOSE 10mg TWICE A DAY AND I WAS TIRATED UP TO WHERE I AM NOW 50mg 3 X DAY.I STILL HAVE SOME BAD DAYS AND ON OCCASSION I AM ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL BUT OVERALL METHADONE KEEPS MY PAIN MANAGEABLE.I WISH THE DR'S WOULD HAVE GIVEN THIS TO ME YEARS AGO.IT WORKS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PAIN MED(IE.PERCOCET.DILAUDID,MORPHINE,FENTANYL.....)ALL THOSE OTHER NARCOTICS ARE TERRIBLE!ALL THEY DO IS SCREW UP YOUR LIFE AND YOUR BODY FROM THE INSIDE OUT!METHADONE HAS NO SIDE EFFECT FOR ME.IT JUST MANAGES MY PAIN. I RECCOMEND IT AND IF USED PROPERLY AND NOT ABUSED YOU CAN GET YOUR LIFE BACK WITH A LOT LESS PAIN!GOOD LUCK! | M | 39 | 3 years | 3/28/2009 | 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 | 5 | failed lower back surgery. | Long story short,Lifting injury. Paramedic 25 yrs. five back surgeries, L5-S1. After surgery developed a CHF leak which required 4 more operations to stop. Also left me with an arachnoid membrane problem. This left me with Severe pain in the lumbar back and the right leg, from the hip to the knee. | After trying all the other meds, I was put on Methadone 10.mg twice a day. This med works well but after 4 yrs I have the severe pain in my right leg again, I wake up unable to get out of bed without the help of my wife. | M | 63 | 4 days | 2/3/2009 | 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 | 3 | i took methadone for heroin add. | sweats, extreme sleepiness at 3 hours, nausea, | its all in your mind. i went down 70 mg in 35 days and had almost no side effects. | M | 24 | 1 days | 12/5/2008 | 3 | Ruptured L3 disc, failed fusion | My MD used the methadone as a substitute for increasing levels of Oxycontin, which did not alleviate the pain. Also on Fentanyl patch, Robaxin & Neurontin. The biggest issue I have is daytime sedation. Problems w/ sleep due to pain but helped some with Therapedic-like foam mattress, so often fall asleep when I finally sat down. Falling asleep driving also an issue when on 80mg/day. Next biggest issue is definitely word loss; always been a bright person (hi IQ, skipped 2 grades in school, Master's degree, scored in top 11% on LSAT), but now I feel like a blithering idiot....constant mental groping for words, I end up saying "you know, the THING that sweeps dirt off the floor". I always assumed it was due to the combination of narcotics on board and level of mental alertness, but now not sure... I'm better after a reduction to 60 mgs/day in terms of mental side effects, but have more breakthrough pain. | Be careful where you keep it. I stupidly left it on a bathroom counter with my other meds in Boston when I went to see my daughter at college. 26 0f 28 pills were missing when we came back to the room one day and the only other person shown to have used the keycard was the maid, who adamantly denied taking my drugs. Police report filed etc. My MD sent me to local ER, but that MD would not replace them because he said he had no authority to write for chronic use drugs when , as an ER doc, he was viewed as having to deal only with acute injuries/illnesses. So, the upshot is, even though they are routine to you, they can be tempting to others. | F | 49 | 2 years | 11/26/2008 | 1 | dizzy itchy felt high energy felt sick | i don't know how u can give this to a herione addicted when u still can feel high off this methadone unreal doctor's need to get with it there are non narcotics that work just as good for pain ask ur doctor's about them | M | 3 days | 9/16/2008 |