Methadone Uses

Question by riaaisgay: Qutting Oxycodone using methadone?
My girlfriend is an oxycodone addict, she recently started going to a methadone clinic to get off of it. Her only reason was that oxy was too expensive (i.e. I don’t think she is serious about quitting, she just want a constant high). Does anyone know the length of treatment with methadone and how successful it is – i cant see her anymore if she will just be hooked on methadone for the rest of her life.
She admitted treatment can go on forever (“I said, that doesn’t sound successful” she said “well it depends on your definition of success”) – I will ask her this week if she intends to quit for good. She’s a very special girl who hasn’t done any of the bad things associated with junkies (she is lazy, so some things can be chalked up to that) but her usage of methadone makes me fell a bad way, I almost rather she used oxy again.
Well: the first day they start her on a standard dose, which got her very high, they then raised her dose to the equivalent of what she was doing in OC. She said her freind has been on for 1 year and is starting to taper down. She actually does seem genuine in wanting to quit. she beleives this is the best way, she also was shooting up roxi (so I mean, shes really a junkie). I have lost all feelings for her, and respect, I feel bad, but she and I are now broken up, she wasn’t even upset, so it was very easy for me (I cried a lot when I left).

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Answer by Poppy
Oxi is synthetic Morphine, I think that methadone is a BS treatment, because they don’t insist that they ween of of it. I’d find another girlfriend. If she doesn’t want to sober up, you will have a rug of some sorts in your life, defiantly no good for you or kids.

Answer by mark m
you can never stop methadone unless u want to get extremely sick just like u will when u quit pills . lock her ass in a room for two weeks. after the severe pain and misery she will never want to take pills again. believe me, its a very PAINFUL experience trying to kick opiates. best bet is to leave her! seriously!
METHADONE IS JUST A CHEAPER SUBSTITUTE. ESPECIALLY WITH THE “ITS GETTING EXPENSIVE” HABIT. JUST TRADING ONE DRUG FOR THE OTHER. HEROIN IS CHEAPER AND DOES THE SAME THING, IS THAT NEXT? GET OUT BUDDY!!!

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