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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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.
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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!
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use the find meetings link to find meetings in your area!
good luck n god bless!
I was recently addicted to opiates and have quit completely. I was using them for about a year and six months into my addiction I stopped having my menstral cycle. I have now been clean for over a month and have not had my menstral cycle start again. Has anyone had this addiciton or heard about it and have had it come back? Or is this a permanent thing that I have done to my body because of my drug addiction?
Congratulations on stopping. Did you go cold turkey?
It was almost 9 months before I had another period and I actually ended up having to go to the oncologist and get infused with iv iron. About 3 weeks later I had a period. Opiates are so hard on your body especially when you take them over a long period of time. When I went off of opiates I went on Suboxone. It has helped, I have relapsed once or twice but now I am back on the right track. Don't trust yourself around them, I can't. Good luck in your recovery. God Bless
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.
I don't know how long term you are thinking, but I have been on suboxone for 9 weeks (not extremely long) and whenever I take it, it seems to "boost" my mood. My depression is not bad, but my mania is occasionaly there.
Did you know this? "A clinical trial conducted at Harvard Medical School in the mid-1990s demonstrated that a majority of unipolar non-psychotic patients with major depression refractory to conventional thymoleptic antidepressants could be successfully treated with buprenorphine. However, psychological distress is currently not an approved indication for the use of any opioid, and legally it falls in a "grey zone" that is technically legal but a doctor could still face charges regardless (but not for off-label scripting in itself, simply being singled out by the DEA, who prosecute doctors often for using controlled substances for approved uses ("too much")."
-Which is too bad b/c no anti-depressant I have ever tried, which is many, worked as well as suboxone for treating it. (Though, I am prescribed suboxone for drug addiction).
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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...Nanotherapeutics Announces NanoBUP Capsule for Treating bOpiate/b b.../b
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A prescription drug, suboxone yields a mild opiate effect, sufficient to counter intense cravings that addicts undergo, the doctor told the panel. and morenbsp;raquo;The Patriot Ledger - Jan 09, 2010
For parents, a child#39;s addiction also brings social stigmaThe misconception is that the parents of addicts neglected their kids. There#39;s little discussion about the dangers of opiate addiction.Oxford Mail - Jan 11, 2010
Horspath addict#39;s family asks for inquiry into deathWilliam Edwards was taking methadone tablets for an opiate addiction and was due to start a course of therapy for Hepatitis C when he died last October. and morenbsp;raquo;The Patriot Ledger - Jan 06, 2010
#39;Chronicle#39; looks at drug toll Wednesday night at 7:30The Chronicle show is the latest television and radio outlet to focus on the opiate addiction problem in the state and in the Greater Brockton suburban areaNorthJersey.com - Jan 07, 2010
The truth is that young men and women in suburban Morris and Passaic counties are suffering at the hands of opiate addiction in ways and numbers that areScranton Times-Tribune - Dec 22, 2009
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