Sex problems concerning Methadone and other pain medicine?

Pamela B
#1. September 19th, 2009, at 11:28 PM.

Speak with you doctor about this it not a good idea to mix meds without consulting a doctor or pharmacist.

george g
#2. September 21st, 2009, at 1:21 AM.

32 and no problems with my wienie. But cocaine, and its out of commission. I haven’t screwed with that for about a year or two now.

lgabbard01
#3. September 24th, 2009, at 12:24 AM.

sounds as if origanilly got what they call a prescription addiction in which you took farther, very serious and should think on asking your doctor to change medication as well as telling he or she you have an addiction they may ween you offf or offer guides to rehabilatation

John S
#4. September 25th, 2009, at 4:57 AM.

Jason, are you taking any other medications such as an SSRI for depression or an ADD or ADHD for attention defecit? The methadone is reacting with your vasodialators and constrictors wich allow blood pressure to flow into your vasal ducts inside your penis.

Viagra or Levitra should work on a temporary basis, but you should really get yourself clean before taking on any sexual relations. Hang in there and be careful with the methadone because you can become physically addicted to that as well. Hopefully you are under medical care and they will be tapering you off the methadone soon.

Stay away from all forms of Opioids or Opiates, they will ruin your life, your families, cause you to lose employment and possibly even kill you.

Best of Luck!

Addie V
#5. September 28th, 2009, at 4:56 AM.

You may need another Medication for your brain dysfunction.
You are physically,mentally,and spiritually bankrupt.
You need to be thinking with sobriety.You are thinking while you are all screwed up.Get off of the hard drugs.
This is your first concern,not sex! Methadone is not your
problem neither is Viagra.God Bless you!!!!!!!
Best Wishes.

rachelesse
#6. September 29th, 2009, at 5:13 PM.

“Sexual dysfunction among methadone maintenance patients may be due to coexisting psychiatric problems rather than caused by opiates. Methadone patients presenting with sexual dysfunction should receive psychiatric evaluation.” ~

If methadone is all that you are taking, then you should be ok with Viagra, Levitra or Cialis, as methadone is not known to interact adversely with any of those. Be careful with Cialis, though, because if you’re on any alpha-blockers (used for lowering your blood pressure), there is a significant interaction of potentiating the hypotensive effect (major drop in blood pressure).

Since you’re on methadone, I assume that you are on your way to recovery, and hopefully under the care of a medical professional. If so, I’d definitely encourage you to discuss this with your doctor.

Sexual dysfunction is something pretty common to opiate abusers, so if you go to a forum more specific to people who are in varying stages of recovery, you’ll probably find a lot of people who can give you advice based on personal experience. I can not emphasize enough, though, for you to talk to a professional when possible, and if not possible, Google “drug interactions” for anything you’re taking, whether it is recreational or not.

Kirill K
#7. October 2nd, 2009, at 2:54 AM.

Interaction is not bad but contact with Dr before you decide to take Viagra or another ED med.
“Patients using Viagra should be advised of the potential for prolonged erections during acute intake of opiates, and to contact their physician if problems occur. The interaction may not occur during chronic use of opiates”.
Good luck!