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Is methadone withdrawal deadly?


Taking psuedoephedrine to help with methadone withdrawal?
I have a theory and was wondering if it would work. Methadone withdrawal is mainly caused from the body producing too much norepinephrine because opiate cause your body to not make as much and it has to kick up the production when you get addicted to opiates, which is why withdrawals happens. If someone were to take pseudoephedrine for a long while before stopping methadone cold turkey and then stop taking the pseudoephedrine too, would this help the body to not produce so much norepinephrine? Since sudafed norepinephrine causes an increase in norepinephrine, it would seem that one would go through a withdrawal from it constiting of too little norepinephrine and maybe the two would counteract each other, or at least make the methadone withdrawals a little easier as they are impossible for me at this time. What do you guys and girls think?Hey Tim L....I know for a fact that pseudoephedrine works by stimulating release of norepinephrine from the neuro endocrine system. Also, a significant part of methadone withdrawal is cause from the body producing too much norepinephrine, which is why clonidine is sometimes prescribed to help withdrawals. Read up on your medical info or ask a doctor before assuming you are right. I've done a lot of research, believe me

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Does anyone know what to expect during methadone withdrawal? Are there any websites with clinical information?
My friend is on day 3 of quitting " cold turkey" . He is extremely agitated, sweating, and looks awful. How long will this last? PS He is on my couch Serious answers only please....

Can I take Clonodine and Advil together?? Clonodine is for methadone withdrawal; for rapid heart beat.?
My dr prescribed me Clonodine for the rapid heart beat associated with methadone withdrawal. I would like to take a larger dose of advil for some aches and pains, like 600 800mg but I'm unsure if this okay w the Clonodine. The Rx paperwork for Clonodine said to double my dose of Clonodine if I plan on taking Advil or any NSAID's. But I'm wondering if this is correct and if so, is doubling my dose accurate? Right now my regular dose is 1 2 tablet 0.1 mg in the morning and a full tablet 0.1 mg at night. I also take Requip for RLS and Wellbutrin for depression

Severe "physical" methadone withdrawals, what do i do?
besides calling 911 or calling doctor.

Is itching a symptom of methadone withdrawal?
Using Ultrum to help with withdrawals also

How long do methadone withdrawals last?
I'm down to 8mgs and Ive heard no matter what dose your on, 8 or 1mg you're going to experience the same symptoms.I don't think my Dr. is concerned with my maintenance. I go to a clinic and pay $60 wk for my dose. It's been two days since I've taken it...but I've been taking xanax too help me through sleep. I've heard that it can take from 1 week to a month for the withdrawals to stop...i know it's out of your SYSTEM within 2 3 days but the withdrawals are a different story.I don't think my Dr. is concerned with my maintenance. I go to a clinic and pay $60 wk for my dose. They want people to keep coming back for the money. It's been two days since I've taken it...but I've been taking xanax too help me through sleep. I've heard that it can take from 1 week to a month for the withdrawals to stop...i know it's out of your SYSTEM within 2 3 days but the withdrawals are a different story.

Do vicodins help methadone withdrawal?
I am in my 8th day of methadone withdrawal. will the vicodins start the withdrawal all over again? What can help alleviate the withdrawal?How long do the methadone withdrawal last?I have been taking methadone for 2 years. I am coming off on 10mgs and i have been taking alot of vitamins, xanax, and a couple vicodin every couple days. I need it to take the edge off so I won't relapse.I don't have health insurance to get suboxone the doctor visit is $250 for the first time then the script is $500. Suboxone is also very addictive you can withdrawal from those too.

Is there a good home remedy for methadone withdrawals?
my friend is not doing well, he is trying his best to kick methadone, is there any home remedys for his illness?

What can I do to make methadone withdrawals easier?
I have been on methadone for 6 months, gradually decreasing my dose to get off this stuff.. I was on 5mg about 3 4 days ago, and had to stop because im going on a trip sunday. Im not sick to my stomach but my body feels warm but I am constantly freezing. The restless legs has turned into a restless entire body. Im constantly fatigued and my legs burn just walking up the stairs. Hot showers help a little but is there anything else I can do? Will this get better or worse as the days go on? If it gets any worse, how can I make traveling on a bus tolerable?

Does anyone know a lot about methadone withdrawal?
I need to know how long it will be before regular pain meds will work as they are supposed to, Lortab, Percocet, Etc. . I'm having a major surgery done and have to be off the methadone to have the surgery. I stopped taking 120mg's on the 29th of april, I did not take any for five days. By sunday I felt so horrible someone brought me some 5mg methdone pills. So I took 50 60mg a day until today Friday , I'm not going to take anymore I just need to know the longest time someone's opiate receptors were blocked after stopping the methadone. Will my tolerance for pain meds. be very high is my first question? My second question is I read that ultram blocked methadone's affects, does that mean I can feel my pain meds? I know that it puts you into withdrawal, will that move the methadone out faster? I have to have rods and plates put into my wrist and arm, and don't want to suffer in pain. My doctor has already discrinated against me, I'm scared i will be in severe pain, he wont car

Nursing Diagnosis of for newborn methadone withdrawal?


Methadone withdrawal -- scared with no one else to get answers/help from.?
My dr put me on methadone for pain management about 2 years ago. I started out at 5 mg total a day and he eventually got me up to 40 mg total a day . I had major hip surgery hence the methadone. So eventually, about 10 months ago we started to taper my methadone and things weren't a 'walk in the park' but for the most part things were going smoothly and he was easy to communicate with if I had any problems. All of a sudden my dr is gone this past april I had called the clinic for a refill and was told my dr was no longer practicing at the clinic. I was anxious but to work that day on establishing a new internal medicine dr in the same clinic. The office made me an appt for 30 days later may and a day before the appt canceled it. So I tried to reschedule and they decided to schedule me with a different dr this time, which was fine with me. Same thing happened again, the appt was canceled last minute. And... get this... this happened a third time in June. So this whole time my medicine wasn't being tapered... I was at a constant 4 ml. I had to go to the hospital's Patient Advocacy office to finally get an appt that wouldn't be canceled last minute. So now I'm with a dr that has sped up my taper to an incredibly uncomfortable speed. More than twice the speed of the plan w my previous dr whom left his practice. So... my question The day I picked up the my current prescription I told the receptionist that I need to talk to her, my dr, as soon as possible because I was so anxious and fearful about the current taper my dr wanted me at. So now it's 2 weeks later, she called me once and I wasn't at my phone so I'm waiting for another call. I tried for a 2nd time today And at this point I just want to see if I can handle the withdrawal myself. I feel like she invalidates how I tell her I'm feeling. When I tell her about my withdrawal symptoms, I feel like she doesn't believe me. So last Fri 17th Oct I went from 4 ml a day I had been on 4 ml a day for about 17 days. That day I realized that she probably wasn't going to call me back in any timely manner I felt like I was backed up into a corner. So the next day, Saturday the 18th I went to 2 ml a day, Sunday I went to 1 ml a day half AM, half PM and I've been on that dose since Sunday... so 2 and a half days. But tonights 'the big night'... tonight is my last dose and it will be exactly .4 .5 ml. What I m trying desperately to figure out is how bad my withdrawals will be or if they will be bad at all. The last time I went through withdrawals was a long time ago and I was at 10 mg, so I know for a fact that the withdrawals won't be nearly as bad as they were then. But I know this won't be a walk in the park by any means, I just want to be prepared and have some sense of control over what I'm going to be feeling like for the next 2 weeks or however long they last. What's even worse is my mom is leaving in 2 days for a Napa Valley vacation and will be gone for 2 weeks so I'm going to be all by myself and I can honestly say I'm scared shi less.Does anyone out there know what I'm going to be going through, symptoms wise, in the next week or 2 weeks?? Any help, information, suggestions, or piece of mind is greatly appreciated... I have absolutely no one else to talk to about this. Thanks

Methadone withdrawal?
Has any one ever experienced withdrawal from a methadone maintainence program? If you have can you tell me if it was really as bad as I have heard?