[jjslp122]

My husband had a small, but real addiction to Lortab. He was taking 15-20 10mgs a day. He had 2 dr. prescribing it (He has a chronic pain condition) and his grandmother could get a RX. He still ran low at the end of the month. The last time, he felt that we needed to get past this. We went to a methadone clinic. They almost didn't take him because he is not "that addicted". Well, he started on the Methadone 2 weeks ago today and is at 40mg. His plan was not to go any higher and start tapering off. They said they would help him at the clinic. For the past few days he has been sweating a great deal. Today his heart was racing and he thought he was going to die. He asked to go up because he was having bad symptoms. The dr. is out of town for the holiday and won't be back until Monday. He has 2 doses in his lock box for Thursday and Friday. He took another 20 mg and he felt better. HE then went to his GP to see if anything else was going on. His GP got really mad at him for going to the methadone clinic and said he wouldn't help him at all. What do you do when there is no one to help you do anythign?Plus he will not make it until Monday now that he is taking more. I am sure he will get kicked out. Can he take more Lortab to kick the withdrawl . Will that make it worse? AHH
Jennifer

[rogerb]

Sounds like everyone is in some kind of denial. He should have never went to the methadone clinic for lortab withdrawal. If he thinks the lortab withdrawals are bad wait until the methodone withdrawals kick in.Methadone is stronger than any lortab. he is just feeding his addiction. whats next buying smack of the street. When he has lost everything. Including you and is homeless.jobless,hopeless. maybe he will get some real help.

[rogerb]

Sounds harsh but been there.seen it,done it.

[Cats Meow]

Going the methadone route was a bad choice, if he truly wants to quit his habit, he should take this opportunity now and just bite the bullet and quit, he'll have withdrawals, he will think he's going to die, but he won't, it'll be very hard, he has to be tough and survive the sickness, he may as well since he has to wait until Monday to get his take-homes. If he can make it until Monday, most of the battle is over, why resume taking methadone, people do not get off of it, it's the most addictive drug in the world. If he can't control his addiction Sub-Oxone is a much better choice.
Taking 20 10mgs of hydrocodone a day isn't a small addiction, it's a good sized one, but by no means impossible to quit the cold turkey way. He needs your encouragement now to quit all pills, taking small doses of Lortab will sooth his cravings, but why prolong his recovery any longer? Try and convince him he can make it through withdrawal, people do everyday, many of us here have, myself included. Please talk him out of methadone.

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[exenabler]

Go to an NA meeting if you must, but do anything yu have to to get the name of a good rhab, and get BOTH of you there. If it truly is a husband you're talking about, he is definitely conning you, and probably himself, that's why his doctor turned his back, and most will. He has conned his way to a stronger drug under the guise of quitting. Classic. The road to hell has accelerated to a no return point. Pray.

[tamara02]

hi, there are things you can do to make withdrawals less painful;drink lots of water,take imodium for diarea,if you can a few somas,or zanax to help w/ sleep and muscle pains,ibuprophen for bone pains,and take 1-3 nice hot baths a day force yourself you will feel so much better after that nice bath,also take walks,good luck you can do it !!!!!Will keep you in my prayers,,tamm

[mpvt]

Get him off the methadone,you don't go on methadone for a small hydrocodone addiction.He should be trying buprenorphene(subutex,suboxone).Try and switch him over or your going to have a husband that will be nodding out all day long,way to strong for him to be taking....Dave

[thereshope]

Taking one drug to get off another doesn't make much sense. Just because it's prescribed doesn't mean the symptoms or addiction is any different. A drug is a drug is a drug. An addiction is an addiction is an addiction. He needs to talk with other people that suffer from the same problems and get off the drugs altogether. The withdrawals suck and it takes a little while for them to subside. The cravings are serious but he can get through them if he really wants to. If he doesn't things will get worse I promise. I suggest finding groups that will help him see that he doesn't have to live this way. People tend to want to find a pill to cure their problems but in reality that doesn't work for the long haul. Think about it. It's like prescribing wine for an alcoholic that primarily drank liquor.