1. Truth vs. Myth About Methadone Treatment
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. In October 2011, I came off it completely after I got down to 1mg, which is the way it's supposed to
be done, and I felt hardly no physical withdrawal symptoms upon doing so.
If you or someone you know is struggling with an addition to heroin, OxyContin, Roxys, Percocet,
Vicodin, Fentanyl, morphine or any other opiate, methadone is one of several treatment options
worth looking into. Medically supervised withdrawal, on the other hand, where the client is
gradually decreased over time under a doctor's supervision, can be relatively free of pain and
discomfort.
I AM LIVING PROOF OF THIS. My doctor, an addictions specialist with 17 years of experience said
to me, "Some people just do better on methadone." I enrolled in a methadone maintenance program
in Pennsylvania, and after two months I stabilized and was off street
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m271924.htm drugs completely. I tried both Suboxone and Subutex, but was unsuccessful. But it
took that many years because I was being cautious, I was in no rush to be off it completely, and I
paused the decrease if I ever felt the slightest discomfort in order to let my body zofran settlements
how much money adjust. After battling a heroin addiction for two of the longest years of my young
life, I decided to take control and get clean. I stabilized at 120mgs and after I had one year clean I
started decreasing blindly (which meant having the nurses cross out my dose) and sloooooowly, and
on my own time table--not anyone else's.
It took me eight years to get off it.
Because methadone has a longer half-life than heroin, withdrawal from it is slower and longer if one
was to stop taking it suddenly