I stopped methadone cuz i was on methadone and xanax 1mg aday..?!


Question: alot of people were dieing from the mix..so it scared me to get off methadone...but my pain management docky said when your body's use to both then your ok.but your at risk all the time..i been studying medicine 10 yrs as a hobby..now im off methadone..was for 26 days 27th day they put me on perks 5mgs 3 aday..does nothing 4 me at all..she said i really think you will be ok taking methadone again...is this why she put me on perks to buid a tolornce again..these are 2 difft narcotics..and i take 2 1/2 mgs with perks now..IM LOOKING FOR FACTS NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO HEARD THAT SOMEONE DIED..methadone is a good klong term pain killer..and all c.n.s. drugs cause some degree of respatory deppreshion i know this very well..alot of times you have to out weigh side affects 4 qualty of life.. 10 POINTS ASAP SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Answers: alot of people were dieing from the mix..so it scared me to get off methadone...but my pain management docky said when your body's use to both then your ok.but your at risk all the time..i been studying medicine 10 yrs as a hobby..now im off methadone..was for 26 days 27th day they put me on perks 5mgs 3 aday..does nothing 4 me at all..she said i really think you will be ok taking methadone again...is this why she put me on perks to buid a tolornce again..these are 2 difft narcotics..and i take 2 1/2 mgs with perks now..IM LOOKING FOR FACTS NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO HEARD THAT SOMEONE DIED..methadone is a good klong term pain killer..and all c.n.s. drugs cause some degree of respatory deppreshion i know this very well..alot of times you have to out weigh side affects 4 qualty of life.. 10 POINTS ASAP SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I very Much Agree with you about the quality of life. and to see the Pros and Cons in each One. What makes me so mad is That you hear of so many other People Dyeing all the time from other Drugs , But they never talk about it on the News Just the Narcotics. But You U were A diabetic or need a heart Medication, Hello Read the side effects on those too. Those are just as bad. Some are worse.Like Birth Control . Major Side effects like Death. And the only way you can Die from A Narcotic is to take to much of it. But If you take as prescribed you are just Fine. It Just bothers Me so much that people are so easy to just Judge you , and if they were in our shoes , huh they would be A mess , and on here asking for help to.
As far as the Doctor taking Meds down , I do think that they are making it so that your Tolerance isn't as high. Which is good because now it will work much better. But I know it sucks now But Will Be Better in the long run.
You ARE In my Prayers
take care and don't care what anyone on here says , i know and so do a lot of other sufferers know what it is like.
God Bless You.And I hope you Get Better and the pain will lessen.

I was on methadone for about 18 months and I would never get back on it again. I was taking 90mg. a day and it took me almost a year to get the poin that I wouldn't get sick.
I have a spine injury and have been on several pain meds for about 7 years. Of all I have ever been on methadone was the worse. As far as mixing them I don't know. Here's what I take everyday 4x day 10/500 hydrocodone, 2x day 20mg. oxycodone, 1 day 30 mg. morphine sulphate, 2x day 350 mg. Soma, and a few other nerve meds along with 1 mg a day of xanex.
Here is a good link to a site that will help you fare more than anything I can write.
http://www.pdrhealth.com/home/home.aspx

Here are a few good pain management links I use often
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic...
http://health.discovery.com/centers/pain...
http://painclinic.org

Good luck

Here is the thing, and this is directly out of my head from the most valuable Methadone source in the world. Benzodiazipienes (Wrg spell) at first builds up methadone levels in the body first. Throwing off what you need and feel BIGTIME! Therefore the nodding out. But After prolonged use however the Benzo's actually start depleting the Methadone out of your system. Xanex with its short half life is deadly, and it's other properties. Again, I advise you not to get on the methadone again. Methadone threshold for pain analgesia is only 8 hours, so........... you must take this drug 8 hours to effectively manage your pain. Now, it also takes anywhere from 60 to 100mg's of methadone to give a person optimum results for pain. In other words they say this is the latitude of the best margin of pain relief in Mg's. However, again; this is always going to need to be increased. What is going to happen to you in time is; the drug is no longer gonna hold out for the entire day and your gonna crash off half a dose after 24 hours and when this happens you will endure the most terrible pain you ever felt in your life. Now the problem is, it takes a long time for this stuff to kick in so for an hour you sit in agony.

I would advise you not to go on the methadone again. And Xanex is a terrible drug, terrible! I discussed you options before and take heed of that wonderful answer from crafty mom or whoever. SO true. Anyone again that says it's in your head, a junkie or cannot get what you need because of abuse. THese people and doctors need to be shot up with morphine 3 times a day for three weeks and thrown to the dogs and feel what it is like. And have real pain too.

We all have to weigh up the pros and cons! I was not looking for long term pain relief, I assumed they would remove the disc, silly me. When I was told 'No Surgery, as you age the disc will dehydrate and hopefully you will regain full nerve functions to your legs, meanwhile you are at high risk of loosing the bowel and bladder function, only then will they risk any surgery' I replied 'OK stop joking, lets get serious here'. Came as a shock when I realized he was not joking.
So he stuck the first Fentanyl Patch on me and I kinda thought: a band aid??? Like this is going to work?? Three days of vomiting followed, hold a record for pucking while talking on the mainland phone and so off to emergency on call Doc whose attitude was 'You really do not want to be on this Patch, throw it away!' I think that is where the old saying 'Doctors differ and Patients die' comes from. However a injection got me over the hump, or shock to my system. It was only when I eventually got the box and read the extra large sheet of information, cons, including respiratory depression, that I really wondered what was going on? Like are they trying to kill me? However my GP knows I am active, he knows I enjoy my life, I enjoy walking my dog, doing Pilate's, taking up Aqua Jogging and always on the go, seldom am I in bed. Even when I ended up in the wheelchair, well I caused traffic jams in Town, would not stay at home, let alone in bed. Therefore respiratory depression, not such a con for someone who enjoys exercise. Likewise without the Fentanyl, I would not be active, but probably in my wheelchair at home watching paint dry, if not taken to my bed. The reason why they are called 'Pain Killers' rather than say 'Pain Relivers' because if you have 'enough' of them, they kill you.
As I stated before, it is all a Balance, anti-inflammtory drugs to reduce inflammation, Valium to relax the muscles, Lyrica to stop the neuropathic pain and Fentanyl to stop the disc pain when I move and it hits the nerve roots. That is a bit like having a exposed tooth, with no filling and eating a bag of sweets, OUCH! I take the lowest percentage needed just to take the edge off and then watch my weight, diet and keep up the exercise. It is all a Balance, however the Doctors can only prescribe the drugs, we the Patients have to calculate the lower dose, to keep the brain functioning, while killing the pain, the balance. Best of Luck.

Dude, i really don't know what to tell you or think anymore. Sometimes i think the pain docs are just out to MAKE A BUCK and they really don't care if u r out of pain or out of this world? I DO know that Xanex IS a very bad drug and probably one of the most addictive as i had a seizure from taking 3 bars (2 mg) a day which was prescribed to me!!!! Well, now i take only 1 at bedtime. As for methadone, i was on it one time but not for long. I have severe scoliosis and so here is what i take now: about 5-6Lortabs, Robaxin bc i can't do Soma (u know, the ole Soma Coma almost got me) and i am prescribed Fentynal 50mcg, Xanex, Ambiem CR 12.5 which i take 1 at nite????? So i'm still here and doing fine. As i sit here i am still in pain and just have to live with it. Try the Fentynal patch, it's time release and much better than Methodone....................good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





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