Please don't give me any sarcastic or give me problems because of what I do. I don't need anyone preaching to me or telling me I shouldn’t use drugs. I am addicted to heroin and have been for 7 months. I am trying to quit but there aren’t any recourses for detox where I live and I don't want to take methadone for any long amounts of time. My plain is to take it for a few days to get over the worst part of withdrawals, I was thinking 3-4 days. I just want to know how many days of taking methadone it would take before I would become addicted to it. I know some people are going to want to say that it doesn’t work that way. I know people who have kicked this way so I know it gets you through the worst part of the kick. The problem is I can't get a straight answer about how long I should take it for. If I could get a reason or reference to how you came up with your answer that would be great. Thanx.
2006-11-25 19:48:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Please whatever you do, during and afterward, get counseling, and dont forget to apologize to the people you have hurt during your drug abuse.
Maybe you could go to a nother town and get help?
Or check your self into a program? Maybe it would be better to get away from your hometown while you detox.
good luck to you, glad you want to get off the stuff
2006-11-25 20:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by **twin** 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may find a scholarly article in relation to doses here at
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/119/1/23
another article regarding methadone efficacy can be found here
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3733/is_199704/ai_n8759526
a study on optimal methadone dosage information can be found here
http://www.aafp.org/afp/990901ap/tips/19.html
Obviously not really sure on this stuff but these are all the references are academic articles that may give some kind of idea of a strategy. There is likely to not be a straight answer as each person is likely to have different responses to a withdrawal program.
2006-11-25 20:18:00 · answer #2 · answered by cehelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take my word for it, leave the methadone out of it. every day u take it it will add days to your withdrawal.its only a long term solution because of the way it builds up in your system. suboxone is a lot better as far as being able to actually get off it. believe me i did what your doing 5 years ago, im still taking methadone. dont learn the hard way!
2006-11-28 12:04:11 · answer #3 · answered by symbionic1975 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, cold turkey .... injected via intravenous drip, complete with salmonella, botulism etc .... a sure fired guaranteed cure!
2016-05-23 03:33:56 · answer #4 · answered by Alberta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋