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methadone: My husband and I had a severe OC habit.. He has chronic pain and the doctor would literally throw painkillers at him 150 OC's a month. I took them as sad as it sounds to get high. I thought "Wow something that takes away my depression and keeps me going at work, I could work a twelve hour day at the office, go to the gym and have dinner on the table. Then everything spiraled out of control. We almost lost our home to foreclosure as we were spending 500 a day on our habit. We even had to sell one of cars to keep our home. We have been on Methadone for 5 months and it has given us our lives back. I would recomend to anyone with chronic pain as my husbands is now managed successfully for the first time in 10 years.
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methadone: I am in my 3rd year of treatment, and I love it. I honestly think I would be in jail or dead by now. The only downfall to it is the bad reputation it has gotten over the years. It's a wonderful drug for those who are ready and willing.
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methadone: I was a severe Oxycontin addict (50-60 of the 80mg tablets a day) and no, that is NOT exaggerating. I never thought I would be able to live a "normal" life and then my maternal-fetal specialist told me about methadone. Thank God he did. My daughter was born healthy and beautiful, and I have been clean and sober for six years now. I am still on methadone, I take 375mg a day (I know that's alot) and I go to meetings regularly. I have a great life now. It works if you are ready.
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methadone: Methadone saved me from heavy drinking ,pills and realy bad depression. It has taken care of three problems I have been fighting with for years.
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methadone: I was very afraid to try methadone to detox from opiates at first but thank God I went ahead and did. I love waking up, taking a dose, and spending the rest of my day doing positive things. No more cravings for oxy's, spending every penny I had looking all day for yet another pill. I feel like there is hope now. If you are living the life of a pill addict, methadone may be for you to.
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methadone: I have been on it for 10 weeks now. Wish I found out about it before. I have had problem with pain pills for 7 years and lost every thing in my life. I just wanted to die but now with this drug and a lot of will power, I'm getting my life back. Thank you it really saved me.
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methadone: I have struggled with opiate addiction my entire life, methadone is the only thing that's helped. I'm now going to try to slowly titrate down; I feel like I can be successful now that I've been clean from all illicit drugs and haven't experienced any cravings in so many years. I've cut my dose by a third and feel fine so far - will stay where I'm at for a couple of months, then begin titrating down again at a very slow rate. Methadone has been instrumental in my recovery.
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methadone: Methadone has been a real life change for my husband and I. Without it we would both be craving opiates all day. It has changed us to feel free from the old way of everyday living, to healthy people, free from pain and lust over a drug that would eat your life away. I'm glad methadone is out there for people who need it for whatever problems they may have. Drink water and take lots of fiber so you can be regular.
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methadone: I love using methadone. It has helped me to stop hanging around looking to score, so I can say it has helped me get my life back to some degree. Now and again I seem to get the odd hot flush like a menapausal woman but I suppose it is much better than writhing around in a soggy bed for two weeks with the buckets by my side, one for toilet, the other for bile. Methadone really helps. If you are taking less than 40mg, you should cut down 10mg and go onto Subutex, which is even better.
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methadone: METHADONE TREATMENT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE BUT AGAIN YOU HAVE TO WANT TO BE READY TO BE ON THE TREATMENT AND GIVE UP THE DRUGS. IF YOU ARE READY THIS IS THE BEST TREATMENT THAT WILL HELP YOU GET YOUR LIFE BACK TOGETHER. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I HAVE NOT USED DRUGS SINCE I STARTED TAKING METHADONE AND THAT WAS 14 YEARS AGO.
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methadone: I was addicted to Oxycotin for about 2 years at the age of 22. Only about 2 weeks ago, I tried to use methadone in order to quite taking the oxy's. After only 5 days of taking the methodone (as you're supposed to) I was clean with very little discomfort. About 3 days after my last methadone, I felt completely normal. Except I almost forgot what the pain felt like before I started taking oxycontin. But I would much rather deal with the pain than those horrible withdrawals. Methadone saved my life.
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methadone: I have taken pain meds for 4 years for back pain. Up to 250 MG of OC a day. You can come clean with Methadone in one week with only minor withdrawels. Good stuff!!!
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methadone: The programme has helped me stay away from using for 12 yrs and in the next 2 yrs I plan to come off. Should only be for a short period of 2-3 yrs though as to many people get addicted to it then
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methadone: Using opiates for more than 5 years (mainly OxyContin) I used methadone to get off of it. If your mind is on nothing besides living clean and sober and you don't mind some minor discomfort you can be clean and sober in less than a week. Stick to it and attend meetings and your life will transform for the better, without a doubt.
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methadone: After years of opiate pain medication for severe back trauma, I had to stop taking the meds as I felt myself not in total control. Methadone has helped me stop taking the opiate pain meds, thank God! It isn't a "wonder" drug, but it DOES control cravings and sickness.
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Methadose (methadone): After years of opiate pain medication for severe back trauma, I had to stop taking the meds as I felt myself not in total control. Methadone has helped me stop taking the opiate pain meds, thank God! It isn't a "wonder" drug, but it DOES control cravings and sickness.
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methadone: i feel like methadone saved my life. i was addicted to pain meds for years and saw no way out. after finding my way to a methadone clinic near my home, i can happily report i have been free for almost 2 years. only side effects i have really noticed are weight gain.
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methadone: I have recently been medicated by methadone, for heavy use of opiates and I have never felt better, and not one craving. I have been an addict for close to 20 years, and happily been clean now for 38 days with the help of methadone.
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methadone: Since Oct.12,2005 my boyfriend and I started taking methadone to treat our opiate addiction. It has completely changed our lives. We have been totally drug free since we started. I have not had any huge side effects, but my boyfriend had slight hot flashes. We both also gained some weight, but I'm not sure if that is from the methadone or not. I would suggest methadone treatment to anyone that has an opiate addiction and wants help.
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