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Reviews for methadone systemic to treat Pain
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methadone: I have been on everything in the last 4 years for feet problems. I was up to being able to chew up 2 x 80mg of oxy at 1 time with little pain relief so I got the doctor to switch me to methadone and it works well. Still have some break through pain but can deal with it.
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methadone: This is a great drug. I was self medicating with oxys, etc for a few years spending all the money I had. I decided it was time to stop all that and focus on my life. I got a doctor who perscribed methadone and it has changed my life.
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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!
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methadone: I have suffered with chronic pelvic pain for five years. I had been on a variety of pain medicines with only minimal effect on my pain. My doctor at the pain clinic prescribed me methadone 5mg, three times a day with tylenol 4 for breakthrough pain. It greatly improved my condition and quality of life. Don't let the name scare you. Methadone provided me great relief from 24/7 pain.
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methadone: I have had 2 back surgeries in the last 8 months. Neither surgery relieved the pain that runs up and down my right leg. I was sent to a pain clinic and put on methadone. It has been a miracle. I have tried other medicines with little success. Methadone has worked best.
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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.
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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.
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methadone: Methadone tablets helped me live a normal life, free from the pain that severe arthritis in my left hip and back was causing me. However, my doctor was busted by the DEA for over-prescribing and as a result I had to turn myself over to a clinic. I hate going to the clinic, after 6 months I finally have 1 "take home" weekly granted. It's located 11 miles from my home and having to drive there almost everyday really gets on my nerves. This clinic does not treat people for pain, only addiction.
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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.
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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.
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methadone: this little white pill gave me some of my normal life back after knee surgery had affected nerves in my foot. pain was 24/7 and was not going away. pain man. put me on methadone for the pain and i am now leading as near normal life as one can.
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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