My fiance is addicted to pain pills. We have talked about getting her some help from a methadone clinic. I have researched methadone, and from what I am seeing, some people use methadone for pain relief, and some people have even gotten addicted to it. How is this helping a person who is trying to get off pain pills, if their taking something that they could also get addicted to?
2007-11-05 14:49:16 · 5 answers · asked by mr.margarita 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
My father was put on methodone in an effort to "wean" him off of oxycontin. He got off the oxcyontin but became horribly addicted to the methodone. The next step was to wean him off of the methodone. The substitute they gave him for pain relief did not work, withdrawl from the methodone made him severly depressed. He committed suicide. Please don't let her take methodone.
2007-11-05 14:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is Methadone Used For Pain
2016-10-18 06:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by trapani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Boyfriend is on Methadone, has been for the last 3 months...before this he was a heroin addict for the last 6 years. Going on Methadone saved our relationship. However...I know people...and I know people have said that trying to get off methadone is worse than trying to get off Heroin itself. However...If your wife absolutley needs methadone to have any chance of ridding her addiction than I suggest go for It!!! After getting stable on the Methadone there is Bupenorphine or Suboxone, both of these satisfy an opiet craving, however arre a lot less severe and a lot more easier to get off. If the pain pills she is addicted to are opiet based, which I assume they are go for the Suboxone, this is a mixture of Naltrexone and Bupenorphine..Her opiet addiction is still being Satisfied however, she can not use due to the intake of Naltrexone.
2007-11-07 08:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by Crish 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it doesnt methadone is just a more controlled drug, but like with heroine users, its still an addiction, they just arent on the heroine.
2007-11-05 14:57:52 · answer #4 · answered by benjamin r 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no expert in this area, but from what I've studied, I understand that methadone is used to "wean" someone off of a heroin addiction. Heroin has intense central nervous system involvement, and methadone is another opoid in the same class, but has "less addictive" properties than heroin. It is still, however, addictive in itself, as most opoids are when taken long-term or in high doses. Weaning from heroin to methadone also has a behavior aspect, in that people won't be in physical withdrawal, but can break the "habit" of shooting up heroin.
SO, from what I understand, methadone isn't used to "wean" people off of pain pills, in fact, it may be more addictive itself than the pain medication your fiance is currently addicted to.
I suggest your fiance sees a physician as soon as possible, preferably the one who is prescribing the medication and knows her pain situation.
Many treatment options are available to break the addiction, but it is a very mentally and physically challenging thing to do!
Behavioral therapy, antidepressant therapy and other types of medications can help, but she needs professional help.
I wish you and your fiance the best.
2007-11-05 15:02:50 · answer #5 · answered by alyRN 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I first started on uppers to loose weight and keep going until I hurt I was injured on the job and introduced to the world of pain medications. Little by little I,too started to take more just to get a buzz. Once you don't get it anymore you find yourself looking for something stronger, until you can't find enough of anything to get that buzz again. This was over about a 10-15 year period of time. Then I broke my back. Yeah,2 places. In rehab, after the surgery I found that the doctor in charge of pain there would up your dose of meds whenever you asked. Just to keep you pain free during your rehab time. When I went home, after 6 weeks I was on 80mgm oxycontin 3x a day with percocette for break through pain. Guess what- yep after 6 months no matter what there wasn't anything as a buzz anymore, not even allot of pain relief. You just need to put 1 foot in front of the other and get to a drug rehab place. I'm telling you this not only because it's true, but if for some God awful reason you should happen to get injured you're going to need the medication to work for you just to be free of the pain you could have for the rest of your life. Ask yourself if its worth it? Then really really make a final decision. If you try to wean yourself off after all this time there's a chance you could have a reaction physically. Once you find that there is help and other people out there like you it gets easier from there. Good luck with the rest of your life. It's up to you how you want to live it.
2016-03-14 00:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋