Methadone Uses

Question by : Would a doctor prescribe someone Methadone to get over an Oxycontin addiction?
My boyfriend just got out of rehab from Oxycontin and other pain killer abuse. and i have a feeling heroin as well. I have been hearing things that he has relapsed, and i almost believe it. He says he will be going to the doctors everyday for the next three years to get Methadone everyday to stop the cravings. Is this the right thing? is he lying?

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Answer by Laredo
It is trading one powerfully addictive drug for another; the only difference is the Methadone is a synthetic form of the narcotics. Methadone is prescribed for late stage cancer patients an other chronic pains. It continues to feed the addiction and the doctor should start weaning your boyfriend off the narcotics he is already on.

I agree that he has probably picked up where he left off when he went into rehab. You need to lose that guy because you have absolutely no future if you stay with him.

Methadone doesn’t stop the cravings, it feeds them legally.

Answer by Jake
(note: i don;t take the time to edit for mistakes)

Doctors are unfortunately by kaw not allowed to prescribe any opiate to treate addiction. Why this i find to be evil, many doctors including myself still prescribe opiates for this reason. Usually though a doctor will simply ween you down by reducing your dose over a period of time. This i sknown as dose tapering.

Most doctors will not prescibe Methadone as it has relatively poor profile for pain management, and more appropriate for opiate maintenance. It is a mixed agonist/atangonist making it ideal for this purpose.

Now you can be prescribed suboxone from a licensed doctor specifically for opiate addiction. Methaodne on the other hand is most often seen at methadone clinics which you can find everywhere.

Tell your boyfriend to seek out a doctor who prescribes suboxone/subutex. If you go to suboxone.com it will show you the doctors in your area you can seek out. It is a wonder drug for many addicts.

With suboxone the doctor gets to right you a script and you don;pt have to go to a clinic every day like you do with methadone. But the advantage of the clinic is you can’t not take your daily dose more than a couple days without getting kicked off the program. With subuxone you can stop taking it without the Dr’s knowledge.

Suboxone is my preference as, at the right dose, it will decrease one;s desire for opiates, and completely blocks all other opiates. Methadone will get rid of opiate desire, but it still has more of an opiate high. ( I know from personal expierence). Also methadone dose not block other opiates as well as Subs.

Anyways I hope this can help you.

-Dr Jake. (didn’t check for errors)

P.S. Also the previous poster is completely ignorant on this subject, and acts as a typical uninformed friend of your most likely would. If you loves this man, you might be the one to save his life by seeking treatment. That is a bond that will bind you both for life, and he will forever be grateful for what you have done for him. Once on these drugs, you truly do not get high off them, except for the first couple days. And usually they aren’t even strong enough to make one feel completely well. The previous poster clearly does not understand addiction, or the horrible torture that is opiate withdrawal. Help your boyfriend, I sense you might be the only one who cares.

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