User Reviews for Methadone

Dolophine (methadone): This has been the best pain medication I have found to relieve my back and neck pain. It has been the hardest to get prescribed. I do not understand why other then the stigma it has for the maintenance use for herion addicts. Unlike other pain medicines it does not get me high and it last more then a day and I can can get by on less then ten mg a day.

methadone: I am taking methadone for my cronic back pain and it has really helped me to be able to do everyday tasks. without it I would be in the bed all the time.

methadone: I find methadone very effective and comforting as use as a pain reliever. I have been on Morphine, percoset, vicoden etc, infact I grew an opiate addiction. I did not intend to shed my narcotics for a drug that is supposed to "not carry a high/ or euphoric effect" I was wanting to keep that feeling, yet still I was never really pain free. I could not function on a daily basis with the amount of pain I was in. My Dr. recently switched me to methadone, and I am so relieved. It is very effective.

methadone: I broke my neck at cervical levels C-5,6,&7, in 1994;. I had tried everything (RX's)from codiene to fentynal patch to everything else associated with chronic pain and nerve damge. Morrphine made me sick ever so often , but when I started on a methadone pain RX program, I was relieved from many of the severe, chronic and constant pain syptoms. It has been an excellent pain relief prescription for my condition now since 1995. I hope that anyone who has severe, chronic and constant pain symptoms try it.

methadone: I have been in chronic pain from a rare spinal muscular disorder for 11 years. For 6 years I took all kinds of pain relievers and still suffered greatly and almost to the point of losing my mind. Finally I was put on methadone and it has relieved my pain far better than anything else. But im afraid the FDA is going to stop usage of it for pain. My doctor told me that we needed to write our congressman and tell how much we really need it.

methadone: I've had chronic pain as a result of a coiling embolization in my brain.I was tried on so many different pain meds I thought about throwing in the towel...the cure was worse than the pain at times.Thankfully,my doctor suggested methadone.I've used this medication for over 5 yrs now with no complications other than having to increase it yearly to accomidate the tolerance effect.I also like it because it is inexpensive and doesn't leave me feeling high or goofy.

Dolophine (methadone): Methadone is a God send for people who need it for pain.

Dolophine (methadone): Complete pain relief at 10mg four times a day and able to function better than when on other opioids.

Methadone Diskets (methadone): I was tried on numerous medications for my chronic pain. When I took my first dose of methadone, I was "nearly" pain free for half the day and the dose doesn't need to be increased as often as it did on other drugs such as Oxycontin. For break through pain I only need an anti-inflammatory or another mild narcotic such as Percocet, and only rarely. I think this is a great drug for pain!

Methadose (methadone): I had never heard of methadone used as pain medication before! But it works. My Doctor gave it to me because my HMO decided to take the pain medication (Fentanyl patches) out of there formulary. I had been on it for 4 years (150 mcg per 72 hours). Methadone has done well so far.

methadone: I suffer with fibromyalgia. After 10 years of constant debilitating pain and fatigue. Vicodan and fentanyl patches were my last resort, almost enough to overdose on, then a doctor finally suggested I drop everything else and use methadone. I take a very small dose 20mg and it alleviates pain almost completely. I am resigned to my condition but the methadone has given me back my life, I can work, be a mother to my children and my marriage is wonderful again.

Methadose (methadone): I have found the use of this medication actually life saving. Methadose (Methadone) has greatly improved my quality of life. The single factor that I dislike about this medication is all the very negative perception that people have of those who use Methadose. It seems that everyone thinks that I am a recovering junky.

methadone: I've been taking a high dose of Methadone for over 5 years for neuropathy. Without it I wouldn't be able to walk or sleep. I've tried everything and this has been the only thing that allows me to function a normal life. Why have they eliminated the 40mg strength from use in pain treatment? Many drugs are used for purposes other than what they are approved for. As a health care professional I've seen this done on a daily basis. On a personal level I've benefited from this practice when drug used

methadone: I have osteoarthritis in my spine, knees and hips, made worse by all the lifting I have done over the years as a nurse.I was prescribed Dihydrocodeine on a long term basis and unfortunatly fell prey to opioid addiction as well as the chronic pain. Three years ago I was referred to pain clinic and opioid dependency clinic where I was put on Methadone 70mls daily. I have never looked back. I now live a 'normal' pain free life. Methadone should lose it's stigma in society though.

Methadone Diskets (methadone): I have been challenged with pain management as a result of acute reflex sympathetic dystrophy for 5 years now. Last year I had a spinal cord stimulator implanted and it is working wonders. Thank You Boston Scientific Neuromodulation. Ive weaned off the need for Fentanyl and Oxycodone and now manage the pain very well with methadone. Its long acting actions are outstanding, and it doesnt leave me feeling high as so many of the other opiates do. Overall an excellent choice by me pain docs!

methadone: I have fibromyalgia and deal with chronic pain. I have tried almost everything for the pain and the few things that would ease it barely worked and only lasted a few hours. When I tried methadone I was amazed and relieved to find something that actually worked and lasted for 6 or 7 hours at a time. Methadone was a miracle for me. Now I can live my life almost pain free.

Dolophine (methadone): I have been on this medicine for 3 years for pain relief for many problems. I take 10mg 3 times a day and I would suggest nothing else. I have been on other narcotics that have done nothing for me and got me all jazzed. This medicine does nothing like that. Methadone keeps you level headed and does not have any side effects.

methadone: I have suffered from back pain for nearly 20 years and had numerous surgeries and just about every procedure out there. I was on 240 mg of Oxycontin with up to 6 Percocet at a time for break through pain. When I was prescribed methadone I was leary but it has changed my life. I was prescribed 10mg 3 times a day. I've never even taken a full dose yet and its been over 2 years. I went right from my old doses to 1 mg a day with roxicodone for breakthrough. Pain management has been great.

methadone: In 94' I fell @ work, so the doctor wrote Lortab, before I knew it I was addicted, anything I could get my hands on. After years of this,my sister told me about methadone. In 10 years I had my pn & addiction under control, graduated medical school, married a great man, and raised a beautiful daughter, it changed my life. But as we all know there are "idiots" out there who are stupid, freak out when they hear methadone. Methadone is a blessing. Now I down to 50mg & decreasing,and feel GRRRReat

methadone: I live in a small town in middle Georgia. Last year my doctor put me on Methadone 10mg twice a day, to take along with Lortab 10/650. After 9 years of pure agony from a car accident I am back to work, just got re-married and actually live a normal life again with a very tolerable pain level. I number one thank God for my doctor who prescribed it and to the person who discovered this miracle drug. I don't care what other people think about what I am taking. They are not the ones that were in agony 24/7. Thanks to METHADONE I now live everyday with optimism and vigor.

methadone: I was on oxycontin 40mg 2x a day but had to increase its strength as time passed. Then the doctor put me on Methadone 10mg 4 x a day. This been effective without any increase in dosage over the last year. I am now trying an additional drug with it called Lyrica 150mg 2 x a day. Now almost pain free, only break through pain occasionally. Before, life was not really anything to look forward too, just pain, pain and more pain. I couldn't even sleep. Not so now with Methadone.

Methadose (methadone): Excellent at times for preventing pain rather than removing pain that's already occurring. Has helped me regain parts of my life again, like walking.

methadone: I have been dealing with nerve pain left over from shingles about 3 years ago. The rash left but the pain did not. I tried several different narcotic medications from a pain clinic but I had to keep going to the ER for breakthrough pain. I got tired of this game and and got hooked on narcotics: dilaudid and fentanyl patches to name a few. Then I was introduced to an aquaintence who was recieving methadone from a treatment center. I left the pain center (I was not happy with my treatment there) and started methadone and my life has changed 100 percent. I like this medication because it takes care of the debilitating nerve pain and doesn't make me feel fuzzy and out of it as the other medications did. I am a mother and I can't be out of it.

Methadone Diskets (methadone): I think that this medication is a wonderful drug. I love it couldn't do the things I do today without it!

methadone: After suffering a back injury and having two surgeries, I have had chronic back pain for the last 10 years. I have used many narcotics to try to relieve the pain including hydrocodone, percocet, vicodin, demerol, morphine, darvocet and oxycontin. None of these worked for my pain and I thought I would just have to live with it. Then I tried methadone. I could not believe the way I feel since changing to it. I have almost no pain anymore and can function relatively normal again with no side effects at all. I have been on the same dose for the last 6 years and don't foresee it changing any time soon. Methadone is the best pain reliever there is as far as I am concerned.