Opiate Addiction
Overcoming Prescription Drug Addiction: A Guide to Coping and Understanding (Addicus Nonfiction Books)
Rod Colvin MS (Paperback) Addicus Books 2008-06-01
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Methadone is just as dangerous, just as addictive and is MUCH harder to get off of (withdrawal is much worse). I've experienced this first hand. For non IV addicts who remain on methadone for years, why not just let them have their opiate of choice? Is this just politics?
beacue its harm minimalisations swopping an illegal deadly drug with the possibilty of jail, HIV.Hep c for legal use of a slow acting drug that doesnt give u a high.. but there are other options apart from methadone....other narcotics ure prob talking about can be used for getting a buzz from which kinda defeats the purpose.. need to take a long acting flat tough/peak curve type drug
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In particular pain killer addiction (opiate). I was doing them for about 2 years on and off. I was making (still am) good money and was able to pay the bills . I want to quit, I have told everyone in my immediate family about my addiction, especially my wife she found out the hard way.
I AM going to beat this, I WILL BEAT THIS ADDICTION.
I dont want to see anyone suffer anymore about this.
I am beginning to put more self confidence and respect for myself. I love myself.
i LOVE MY WIFE. I will NEVER go back to this addiction because i know what is more important in my life
I dont want people to respond with bashing or putting me down. I'm making this public because i am not ashaimed of this and i KNOW i can beat it!
please give me advice.
I've finally seen the light and let the lord into my heart. He has forgiven all my sins, i am now a christian. The lord has lifted all my burdens and filled my heart with love and joy. Thanks to all who responded, the lord has taken care of my problems, and helped me start a new life as one of his children. God Bless you all!
free help?
narcotics anonymous is non profit and effective! in any meeting you will find people like you that are beating the addiction, living free and growing spiritually!
go to; na.org
use the find meetings link to find meetings in your area!
good luck n god bless!
I have been using drugs since I was about 18 years old. I started taking a 10/325 Vicodin here and there when I was about 16 when I could get a hold of them. I always had control over the drugs I took, whether it be Vicodin or Percocet. However, at the current point in time, I have been abusing morphine. I have been taking about 180mg of extended release morphine a day, and now that I don't have any I feel shaky, sweaty, and I get goosebumps on my skin, and I get depressed about what I have done to myself, trying to think about how I did this... My question is do I absolutely need the supervision and help of a physician to get through the withdrawal ahead of me, or do I need to just kick it out? I haven't taken any morphine in two days. I've been taking Xanax (about 3 or 4 mg in one day) on Friday and Saturday, and yesterday night a friend gave me 2 10/325 Hydrocodone APAP pills, and 2 10/325 Oxycodone APAP pills. I took them both at the same time at night time, and I felt OK and fell asleep. However now I don't feel so good. I'm getting chills, sweating, feel sick, feel like I have a head cold, etc... My brother just got out of jail (22 years old) for heroin addiction (shooting it up), thank god the only time I've ever tried heroin is last summer, and I only snorted it. I've dabbled in NUMEROUS amounts of other drugs (not proud of it), but this is the worst I've felt from all of them. Should I take the morphine withdrawal seriously?
Please, somebody help me... I need some advice.
The main reason why I ask is because I'm still pursuing my education, I'm about to have a baby (I think it's my baby), I'm not paying bills (spending money on morphine and other pills), and just feel ashamed that I am even in this position... But 180mg of MS Contin, swallowed at once... Should I be prepared for a major battle? I have been doing the 180mg a day for about a month now.
Your story sounds so similar to mine that it's scary. I will be 21 next Wednesday (March 4th). I have also been using drugs since I was 16. Opiates are my drug of choice although I have tried pretty much everything except meth due to my stupid theory; "I'll try anything and everything atleast once." Not a very good theory to live by I have realized. I went from sniffing hydros/vicodin, morphine, oxy-cotton, ect. to shooting up heroin, morphine, oxy-cotton, kadian, ect. I always thought I had control of my addiction and that I control my drug use; that my drug use/addiction didn't control me. Well, I was wrong. I always told myself I would never stick a needle in my arm and that if I did I knew I had a problem and would seek help. I voluntarily admitted myself to an Outpatient Chemical Dependency Program just recently. I am not completely clean and sober by any means, but I am getting there. Opiate addiction is very serious and it is one of the hardest addictions to overcome and has some of the worst withdrawl symptoms. Opiate withdrawl usually only last a couple days to a week, but it is the cravings and "need" to use that is the hardest to cope with once the withdrawl symptoms have diminished. You have to have the will to want quit using, and the will-power to do it. You also have to be completely mentally, emotionally, and physically ready to quit using otherwise you will most-likely relapse, over and over. My advice to you is to do what you feel is right. Not everybody has to go to rehab, attend outpatient treatment or even meetings to become sober. Although, many, many people find it easier, and very helpful, and the outcome is usally good. My doctor did not want to put me on Methadone or Suboxone for withdrawl/cravings, ect. because he doesn't agree with using one drug to become sober from another drug consider both Methadone and Suboxone are highly addictive. But, if you do feel like you just cannot take the withdrawl symptoms you are experiencing you can go to your local emergency room, and they will monitor you, and help you through it and they can also give you advice on what to do or where to go for further assistance.
I'm not sure if this is any help to you, but I read your question and became extremely interested and determined to give you as much information that I could.
Hi, i have just started on a methadone programme for Opiate drug addiction. I know very little about methadone, i want to know what dose people take and for what? also how long it is used for? i've heard a lot of people say they've been on it for years and i find that quite disheartening, it just seems like i am swapping one drug addiction for another! I also want to know of it's success rate for leaving patients clean of all drugs long term? If anyone has ANY helpful information about Methadone treatment i would really appreciate it. I don't know anyone personally who has been through a methadone program so it would be great to hear anything from people who have had firsthand experience with Methadone. I feel about out of my depth here and need some advise! Thanks in advance.
The time methadone is used to detoxify an addict from an opiate addiction depends on two things, the particular opiate that one is addicted to, and the severity of the addiction meaning how often they use, and how much they use. Also methadone treatments are not the only method to treat, and detoxify from opiate addiction. See here:
http://www.careflorida.com/opiate-detox.html
I hope this was of help to you.
This just confuses me. Wouldn't the patient be then addicted to methadone?
Methadone is utilized for the treatment of drug addiction because it has been proven to be effective and safe. If it happens to be prescribed properly, it is neither sedating nor intoxicating. Its effects do not hinder normal activities. It prevents symptoms of withdrawal for 24 to 36 hours. When it's taken, it also relieves the individual's craving for the drug. If combined with therapy and counseling, methadone has the power to bring people back to their sober, productive lives.
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Anyone who has ever suffered an illness or serious injury has the potential to become addicted to opiate painkillers. There are also people out there who experiment with street drugs like heroin and have the potential to become addicted. Opiate drugs flood the brain with "feel-good" chemicals and if you keep taking them every day and develop tolerance to them, then eventually you will need to take opiate drugs just to feel normal and avoid being sick. Not taking the medication and feeling the onset of these uncomfortable feelings is known as withdrawal.
So what typically happens when the opiate addict encounters these feelings of withdrawal is that they will run back to their drug of choice and start using again. This makes it very difficult to break out of the cycle of addictive using and get back to any sort of normal life. This is further complicated if people have chronic pain issues that they are trying to deal with while avoiding the use of opiates. In...The History of bDrug/b Abuse bAddiction/b in America and the Origins of b.../b
The details of the history of drug addiction in America can be assumed to have been part of the original colonies since narcotic (opiate) medications were common in London and were exported to our original settlers. Whether or not the health of any of our ancestors were compromised by opiate addiction isn’t totally revealed in our history, but given the ease with which one can become addicted to opiates through only casual use, and the ready availability of opiate concoctions (such as laudanum), one can assume that addiction arrived in America with the first comers. We can document drug use back to the 1700’s when over-the-counter, patent medications were introduced for sale to the public. According to James A. Inciardi in his book Handbook of Drug Control In the United States, opium was the most common ingredient in these medicines, marketed to soothe the pain from ailments such as diarrhea, colds, fever, tooth aches, cholera, rheumatism, pelvic disorders and even athlete’s foot and baldness....
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Nurse.com - Jan 11, 2010
Many patients hide their addictions, says Young, a licensed alcohol and drug consultant. For example, they may have a drug addiction, but they work andPR Web (press release) - Dec 31, 2009
quot;Before he began using drugs like xanax, marijuana, and opiates like oxycodine and abusing alcohol, my son Bill loved family life, school and the great and morenbsp;raquo;Leagle, Inc. - Jan 11, 2010
In particular, in 2005, the child#39;s sibling, SM, tested positive for opiates at the time of her birth. She was adjudicated a dependent child.