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Question by mandi: Weight loss, appetite loss, swollen feet ankles, and low protien in blood?
I am a 24 year old mother, I have been on 40-50mgs of methadone for about a year now and donate plasma 2 times a week. Over the past three months I have lost my huge appetite and was happy that I lost about 25 pounds….I wasn’t sure why. My feet have swollen up like balloons about 3 times in three months and I was just kicked out of the plasma center for being 5.8 blood protein, the day before yester I was fine at 6.5 but havent had any meat in 2 days. I am soooo worried I could cry right now. Any Ideas on what this could be? I heard that methadone makes it hard to absorb nutrition.    Read more...

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[as long as Medicaid is paying for your methadone treatment, they never try to bring your dose down] — “if you have (Medicaid) and you’re not paying for anything at the clinic, no one is ever saying you should go down (in your methadone dose)” “it’s nice, kind…

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Question by Amber D.: What are the long term affects of Methadone?
My boyfriend and I have been dating for four years now and he has been addicted to Methadone for 5 years. He thinks it is perfectly safe and that there are no long term affects of this drug. I say a drug is a drug no matter what it is or what doctor says it is safe. I think if you need help or are sick then that’s when you should use a drug but you should never abuse a drug.

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Answer by dicky
Methadone is synthetic heroin. It is VERY addictive. Chances are that he will be on it for the rest of his life. Probably taking xanax too.

Answer by [email protected]
Methadone will kill you. It builds up in your system unlike other pain killers. You make one mistake on your dose and you forget to breath.

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