[xTerm]

Well, lets face it. Unless the person is a Dr. Pharmacist, Addiction Specialist/Counselor, PA or NP then then they should refrain from giving medical advice.
And when giving an opinion, they should point out that it is an opinion because lets face it, the average person has very little common sense.
However, a person should be able to give their opinions on a subject without being harassed by someone else.
I too thought it was important to warn about the dangers of methadone, having taken hundreds of pills in the past, i was ignorant about the potency of methadone, especially when combined with Xanax and made a grave mistake, which almost cost me my life.

[jboogey]

i am on methadone, 100 mg, prescribed for a year. i take 2 or 3 2mg xanax a day, klonopin too. the area around my clinic is filled with alot of people on methadone taking xanax and catapress and elavil nodding out on the benches. when you get off heroin, get on methadone, xanax is the only way to get high. i lost 2 close friends to methadone and xanax, their dead. some get lucky some dont.

[Robert_325]

Worrying about what will get you high is the way to go for sure. No reason to try to stay clean. Just get as high as you possibly can. GEESSHHH Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones who knows.

[cski12894]

Originally Posted by eljbabette

Wondering what year you graduated from medical skool?


elly

Look, we need people to not be afraid of giving what they think is an honest answer. If everyone is afraid of getting blasted by someone here by speaking their mind, then a special person that may be reading these posts may be too afraid to speak up and end up dead.

I have taken the combo of benzo's and I am currently in Meth Maint. It made me an idiot, and I couldn't think clealy enough to give anyone good advice, especially to myself.

My clinic cut my dose in half after I legally took valium for a root canal from my dentist. The clinic was pissed and almost threw me out on my ear to detox at home in agony. Also, I was invloved in a car accident, got two speeding tickets, and was so drowsy at the clinic I was busted immediatly, and rightly so. I am lucky to still get my half dose at 60 mg.

So, my story is this...If I kept playing around I would have eventually died one way or another..and in my case a car accident probably would have killed me if an OD didn't.
I am deeply sorry for everyone here who lost a loved one. They cracked down on benzo-methadone mixes at my clinic after a client drowned IN THE SHOWER...NOT A BATH...SHOWER.
I am lucky to be alive and informed my dentist of the interaction and not to prescribe for me anymore.

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by cski12894

Look, we need people to not be afraid of giving what they think is an honest answer. If everyone is afraid of getting blasted by someone here by speaking their mind, then a special person that may be reading these posts may be too afraid to speak up and end up dead.

I have taken the combo of benzo's and I am currently in Meth Maint. It made me an idiot, and I couldn't think clealy enough to give anyone good advice, especially to myself.

My clinic cut my dose in half after I legally took valium for a root canal from my dentist. The clinic was pissed and almost threw me out on my ear to detox at home in agony. Also, I was invloved in a car accident, got two speeding tickets, and was so drowsy at the clinic I was busted immediatly, and rightly so. I am lucky to still get my half dose at 60 mg.

So, my story is this...If I kept playing around I would have eventually died one way or another..and in my case a car accident probably would have killed me if an OD didn't.
I am deeply sorry for everyone here who lost a loved one. They cracked down on benzo-methadone mixes at my clinic after a client drowned IN THE SHOWER...NOT A BATH...SHOWER.
I am lucky to be alive and informed my dentist of the interaction and not to prescribe for me anymore.

Good for you for speaking up. I've done lots of dumb things I survived too out of luck or due to God's grace or whatever. I'm glad you survived your errors in choices as we've all made them.

This drug cocktail doesn't automatically kill everyone who uses it but it's dangerous enough that people need to know the danger potential. Thanks for your contribution. God bless.

[memac366]

My daughter never had a drug history until she started seeing a doctor after her divorce for anxiety. The walk-in clinic that she visited happened to be a licensed pill pusher. That was in September, 2008. He prescribed her 2 mg. Alprazolam 3 times a day. He also prescribed her Loratabs for migraines and Prozac for depression. I have a real problem with doctors that do not think twice about prescribing such medication for a 24 year old that never had a history of any medical conditions except for the fact she was going through a divorce. Also she did have associates through the restaurant that she worked at that would go regularly to the Methadone clinic in the same town to get free drugs even though they were not drug addicts. They would turn around and sell the methadone on the street on anyone willing to pay. What is wrong with this country? April 15, 2009, my daughter died from an overdose of Xanax and Methadone, and another 20 year old girl died from the same thing early that day at the same hospital in the small town of Fairhope, AL. The paramedics that tried to save my daughter picked up her pill bottles and read the name of the doctor and said that didn't surprise them. Apparently there had been numerous other drug overdoses from that same doctor. This doctor is still practicing medicine and probably will continue. My lawyer said we did not have a case even though the doctor was practicing sloppy procedures, we did not have a case because my daughter did not take the prescriptions in accordance with the way they were prescribed.

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by memac366

My daughter never had a drug history until she started seeing a doctor after her divorce for anxiety. The walk-in clinic that she visited happened to be a licensed pill pusher. That was in September, 2008. He prescribed her 2 mg. Alprazolam 3 times a day. He also prescribed her Loratabs for migraines and Prozac for depression. I have a real problem with doctors that do not think twice about prescribing such medication for a 24 year old that never had a history of any medical conditions except for the fact she was going through a divorce. Also she did have associates through the restaurant that she worked at that would go regularly to the Methadone clinic in the same town to get free drugs even though they were not drug addicts. They would turn around and sell the methadone on the street on anyone willing to pay. What is wrong with this country? April 15, 2009, my daughter died from an overdose of Xanax and Methadone, and another 20 year old girl died from the same thing early that day at the same hospital in the small town of Fairhope, AL. The paramedics that tried to save my daughter picked up her pill bottles and read the name of the doctor and said that didn't surprise them. Apparently there had been numerous other drug overdoses from that same doctor. This doctor is still practicing medicine and probably will continue. My lawyer said we did not have a case even though the doctor was practicing sloppy procedures, we did not have a case because my daughter did not take the prescriptions in accordance with the way they were prescribed.

I'm so sorry about your daughter but unfortunately there are lots of college educated legal drug dealers with no morals of any kind. They care only about the money they can make from their patients and prey on anyone who will pay them for their "services". The patients certainly play a role of blame in this too but drs know better and the one's involved don't care about the patients.

It's sad but true that a civil suit would most likely not yield much success against the dr. And nothing criminal has taken place by the dr based on what you've said. While mixing the medications is unsafe for most people it isn't against the law. If a toxicology report from the autopsy showed your daughter was abusing her prescriptions there isn't much an attorney can do regarding the circumstances of your daughter's death.

I personally wish the laws would change where certain medications like this could NOT be prescribed together. Tracking the different drs' activities who don't care how many other drs a patient is seeing at once is a nightmare for the authorities now. More legislation would make it even worse though it's probably needed. It's a sad situation but as long as large amounts of money is at stake things won't likely change for the better. God bless.