METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE)

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 5  Diabetic neuropathy, other pain constipation, lowered sex drive This medication has changed my life. I have been in severe, debilitating pain for 3 years, and methadone gave me my life back. I go to a pain clinic, take it as prescribed and no more, and am so happy I was prescribed this drug. I still have some breakthrough pain, which I take Lortab for. I take far less Lortab than I was before being prescribed methadone. As for it being addicting, I can't imagine why I'd ever need to stop taking it, but if I did, I would do it with my doctor's approval and help, so I don't worry about it. I have other medications that I will be dependent on for life, and I don't see this as any different. I agree with another person who said that addicts make life very hard for those of us who have legitimate reasons for needing pain medications. Before finding my wonderful pain doctor, I was often treated as though I was a criminal looking for a high, instead of a patient looking for relief from chronic pain. It makes me angry! As for getting high on this F 52 3 months
7/30/2007
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 4  back pain sex drive-sweating tryed all other meds this is by far the best if wasnt for loss of sex drive would rate at 5. M 44 11 months
7/18/2007
 3  For drug rehab Sleeping to much, mood swings, sweaty nights Methadone will help the person if they dont get carried away. Methadone clinics will let you go as high as you want. I was more addicted to the methadone than i was when i took pain meds off the streat. Detoxing off of it is HELL! I felt like i was on acid. I had the burning cold chills and goose bumps 24/7. I got myself down to 10 ml a day for about two weeks then went cold turkey from there. It has been a month and i am just getting back to normal. Taking methadone three times a day is wrong. Your suposed to take it once in the morning. Methadone is a 48 hour drug so it will carry you throughout the whole day. Takeing t\\it three times a day is a drug habbit. Taking it when you need it is a drug forming habit. If you are on opiates then dont go on methadone if your not ready to quit cause it is a lot stronger than any other pill and is hell to get off, you will feel like your on acid the first week and not sleep much. Dont take xzanex to help out with the anxity casue then you will M 27 2 days
6/25/2007
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 3  For chronic back pain swelling to hands and feet. tingling and numbness in hands and arms and the bottom of my feet. overall joint pain, and weakness. helped with my back pain...more so than other meds i have been on. however, my joints started to hurt badly, bending at the knees is a chore and that is how i am suppose to bend...especially after having back surgery over one year ago! F 24
6/18/2007
 5  Chronic Pain The only side effect I experience from time to time is constipation. But with a gentle laxative and stool softener, that problem disappeared. I have been suffering with chronic pain due to osteonecrosis for many years. I doubt if there is an analgesic, narcotic or otherwise, that my doctors did not try on me. Some of them helped a bit, others did nothing, and yet others made me sick to my stomach. Finally, about 4 years ago I joined the pain clinic at one of the major hospitals in my city at the suggestion of my family doctor. They enrolled me in their methadone pain management program, and it has opened a whole new world for me. Yes, there is still pain, but it is not of the nature where it interferes in my life anywhere near as much as it had in the past. I am no longer chasing the pain needing to take medication every 3-4 hours. The methadone keeps me at a constant level of pain relief 24 hours a day. I take 110 mg 3 times a day. I am never high or sleepy unlike some of the other medicines I have taken in the past. M 59 4 years
6/14/2007
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 3  spondyL5-S1chronicAdditionaBackPain vomitting with upped dose, withdrawl after four days off, no withdrawl if you miss one or two days at end of supply, constipation i take 30 mg 4x/day every six hours. you have to take this medication on time or else you break the cycle of pain management relief and the threshold to reach the same relief rises and you must use more meds to reach the same level of relief initially. i use percocet five mg 3x/day for breakthru. constipation fixed with stool softener and laxitive. vomitting at increase but goes away after a bit. switching to fentanyl patch next month due to tolerance/ lack of pain relief. my pain is at 6-8, this medication brought it to 4-5 for approx six months. follow directions for use closely. DO NOT RUN OUT. this medicine does not make me high. it can be easy to think it is not working after months of use. but it is. dont underestimate the foundation of pain relief methadone can give most individuals. try switching or using breakthru only for three to four days to see how well it works... you willl be sorry, but you will know how well it actually works and never question it again. i am only switc F 26 1 years
6/11/2007
 3  spondyL5-S1chronicAdditionaBackPain continued i am only switching because my pain is so bad. also not a good drug for people with abuse issues. if you take too many and run out at the end of the month, withdrawl is terrible. try the patch instead. ive had chronic back pain for over ten years, have been on almost everything. feel free to email. [email protected] F 26 1 years
6/11/2007
 1  chronic pain F 51 5 days
6/6/2007
 1  to treat drug addiction hooked for life. can't get off, hopeless, no insurance have a family can't take a month off work to detox because i have4 to support my family. sorry to give you the ultimate truth but methadone is worse than the drugs i was trying tyo get off of. hopeless, hopeless, hopeless. F 32 3 years
6/6/2007
 5  Rectal nueropathy, neck back neurop sweating, mood changes, somnia Get a good doctor and dont sell or over use ur meds. This drug is harder to kick than oxycontin. I also use Duragesic Patch or Fentanyl/150mcg/Hr the patch is the hardest drug to come off of, 2nd to oxymorphone, 3rd methadone, 4th Dilaudid. M 27 8 years
5/26/2007
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 3  Fibro - Post Chemo Chronic Pain I just started today with Topamax & Provigil. About 3 hours after my first dose of the Methadone, I started vomiting quite a bit. I decided to wait to add the other meds until I get used to this. On a positive note, I feel pretty good, pain is milder. Has anybody experienced vomiting from this med & how long did it last? F 34 1 days
5/26/2007
 5  Massive Injuries/Intractable Pain Constipation aleviated with daily stool softener. After 21 surgeries from Gun Shot Wound (12ga 00mag buck shot to the neck), multiple spinal vertebrate fractures, plates and rods in leg and pelvis, I had taken other pain meds (hydrocodone, oxycodone, dilaudid,etc) for 12 years and they were no longer effective for much more than an hour on double or triple the recommended dose as well as Tylenol toxicity in the blood. I have been taking 80-120mg of Methadone, 10mg tabs,40-60mg 2x per day for 6 years now. It has kept the pain levels to a minimum 3-4 on a scale of 10, and lasts 8-10 hours which was unheard of on all the other meds. Contrary to some comments, narcotic pain relief has never caused me euphoria, but only reduced pain to a lesser level. The story I get from several doctors is that a person that has true severe intractable pain doesn't get a high off the meds. However, people that have little or no pain, that exaggerate their misery, do get high off the meds. Bottom line for me after years of suffering daily, Methadone works M 42 6 years
4/13/2007
 5  backpain/fybro after car accident Mild Compared w/ others medicine's! 40 mg s for two yrs now. The best painkiller for me! After yrs of suffering after car accident 17 yrs ago.(In the Netherlands)) Difficulties w/ walking, sitting in a chair, sociale life and relationships!Also mental very low self esteem. My life became so much better after using methadone. I can do everything better than before. very thankful to inventor of methadone. G.O.M (God's Own Medicine). People don't be afraid for methadone it can change your life dramastic! Don't let pain ruin your life!! I can go to the gym again, enjoy my kid better, concentration is improved, sexdrive better etc.. The pain is still der sometimes but it can handle it! SO HAPPY W/ that good olde medicine! P.s sorry for spelling vaults, english is not my native language M 43 2 years
3/30/2007
 1  Chronic back pain Constipation, don't remember 2 years of my life If you take this drug YOU ARE WRONG. It took 30 days of the black shakes to get over that evil drug. It does cause euphoria and is very Addictive. Deal with your pain, I do it stone cold sober now and wouldn't have any other way M 32 2 years
3/11/2007
 5  heroin addiction Difficult to get off. Just an update on my last year s comment. I m now stuck at 14mg as everytime I move below 10mg I m up for something stronger...H! I realıze getting off Methadone is not that easy, This, I would say, is the only real side effect for me. All the side effects listed by other users derive uniquely by a mismanagement of the DOSE. When you have all those side effect it s because you are taking too much substance, simply lower the dose! For long term users do not lower more than 25% every 2-weeks, let your body get used to it. I still believe Methadone did great to me and do not mind taking it for long. Just a reply to the selfish comment of the Female 34y 16/2/2006: F U. M 39 3 years
3/7/2007
 5  pain med addiction weight gain, constipation, chocolate craving, itchy legs Methadone saved my life! If not for my husband and the clinic I would be dead or in jail by now; I firmly believe it. Although people say that pain pills is kids stuff, I was getting very close to doing things I would have regretted just to get them, I would get that desperate. My counselor is great and I finally have my whole life to look forward to now. I don't care if I have to take this for the next 45 years of my life. F 45 2 years
2/21/2007
 5  Pain management bad dreams, costipation, throwing up and soiling. I flushed the methodone down the toilet! You addicts make the DEA frown own people that need real pain meds! We suffer from your bad habits.. F 34 5 days
2/16/2007
 4  pain and getting off of oxycodone low sex drive. Drowsiness. sweating. It works great for withdrawal. I was getting really dependent on oxycodone after taking it for almost 8 months after 4 surgeries I endured. I was started to increase my use of oxycodone and when I would run out the withdrawals were awful. Methadone took the withdrawal away and still helps manage some of the pain I still have, and I can take it as prescribed without having to take more, its amazing! M 32 1 months
2/16/2007
 2  never you addicts make it hard for people that need pain meds to obtain the meds they need....The DEA frowns on the people in real pain by their government measures. F 34 9 days
2/15/2007
 4  chronic back pain i was shaky at first until i got use to them i was told to take 4 x a day and had to call doctor and tell him he cut me back which helped. AFTER I GOT USE TO THEM I DID GO BACK UP TO 4. I GET ROOT NERVE INJECTIONS AND THIS MEDICATION 10MG. DOES IT HELP YES AND NO THE PAIN IS HANDLED VERY WELL BUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF PAIN IS STILL THERE. I HAVE A BUNCH OF CARING DOCTORS WHO MONITOR ME WELL. F 50 2 months
2/11/2007

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