methadone, of course

i take methadone myself and i think it has really helped me. i have been on it for 4years.

even though i think methadone is a good drug, when used in the proper situations/ways. i don't think id want a clinic in my neighororhood. i know it sounds kind of stupid, but there is sometimes issues that come with having a clinic.

from what i know, in ny. most clinics are in the city, or a hospitals.

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i wouldn't mind a methadone clinic in my "hood". why not?its better than a crackhouse,another bar,the sex offender 1/2 way house and the other forms of local color tucked away in my beautiful borough.

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If you are addicted to opiaties (oxycotin, harion, ext.) There is NO way in ???$* that you can get clean without a methadone clinic. The only way without a methadone clinic is to go to a 90 day re-hab and then move far away from where you were doing drugs BUT MOST drug addicts don't have much money or the reasources to do so, therefore without a methadone clinic my boyfriend and I would still be using or dead bc we both tried going to rehab and we both went for two weeks to get through the withdraws n everything but the thing is that we came home to the same environment and same friends who still were doing it....so pretty much what I'm saying is that it's better to never get addicted to anything BUT "PEOPLE" like the ones that commeted up there about not wanting them in there neighborhooods. Half the people that go to the clinic I went to were white/middle class/ good looking foke who you would never think would be on drugs PLUS methadone clinics don't just give it to you legally and let you run wild...they drug test you every month for (you can  get kicked out for not getting clean), you get conceling (which most of us need bc we've broken soo many relationships while using drugs) and they don't allow you to speak to any1 else in the clinic so you can't get new hook ups or anything like that plus the control you too much to ^$@& up. It sucks but it's better then staying addicted to drugs or going to re-hab and wasting your money just to do the same &??$ again. PEOPLE OPEN your mind to something different and give it a chance and DON'T judge the clinic till you been to one, know some1 who goes to one or addicted to drugs!

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If this topic interests you, you should watch the movie "Methadonia". You can get it on netflix. It highlights 8 people living in new york and going to a methadone clinic....very enlightening...And I agree, If you are keeping people on methadone, suboxone, for months and years, it IS no worse than the regular street dealer, that's just my opinion tho...I would NOT want one of these clinics anywhere near where I live, I have seen the ONE that is around here (well, 60 miles away), that's the closest, and people might as well defecate in the street...It's not a good clinic. I personally believe it should be shut down....It is a hole in the wall (literally) of a clinic, that looks like it's run by a bunch of addicts.....Ray

"significant difference between an drug addict that is on a methadone treatment plan and say a 60 year old lady that is using it for chronic pain"  There is a difference, but yes even the 60 year old lady will become dependant on the methadone and go through living ???$* if she tries to stop after lets say 5-10 years, ha, even 6 months. Think about that statement with logic. 

In NY it is against the law to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs.  It does not matter legally if you have a prescription or if you are driving after taking an OTC medication.  Technically you can get arrested for DWI Drugs after taking a BP medicine or a Benadryl.  The way the law is written it does not make any distinction.   A lot of women get arrested for DWI drugs after the officer asks to see her license and as she nervously fumbles through her. purse the officer sees pill bottles.   They think the officer is asking an innocent question like "are you ok?" and then "what are you taking that for?" and next thing you know out come the handcuffs.   Ask any lawyer  never never ever make any admissions or statements that can incriminate you.  If anyone is in a conversation with a police officer and admits to driving after ingesting any kind of medication chances are they will be placed under arrest.  The officer almost has no choice, if he lets you drive away and someone gets hurt or killed he will be held accountable for that.  Every stop is recorded as is every radio transmission.  Please be very aware of these things.  Blood serum levels and stuff like that are evidence but so is a voluntary admission that I took a vicodon 3 hours ago but tellin the cop "so what I can drive just fine on them. " The law in NY says that you can not drive under the influence of drugs.  Telling a state trooper you can drive just fine while on your medication is as good as a signed confession.  Why do you think that if you get in a car accident while at work almost 100% of employers make you take a blood test?  Because its illegal to drive under the influence but I'll bet you almost 100% of us on this board have driven somewhere while we had pain meds in our system.  Please don't get jammed up unecessarily.  Don't have your pills in plain sight or in your glove box with your paperwork. I'm not trying to be a bummer  but hopefully I can save someone some grief by this simple heads-up.

Woody

So I've been wondering...I started taking vicodin and percocet about three years ago. After spending much money and building up a ridiculous tolerance (to where I was spending sometimes a hundred dollars a day!) I was introduced to methdone. I wasn't sure about it at first, but the person that gave it to me, assured me that it would feel a lot like percocet but that it would last a lot longer, and I wouldn't feel like total &??$ if I didn't take more within 12 hours like I did with vicodin. I started taking it a few times a week, switching back and forth between vicodin and methadone. With a few weeks, I lost my vicodin hookup, so I just started taking methadone everyday. It became a daily habit back in November and it's now April and I'm sick of it! I'm sick of my life and happiness revolving around a stupid drug. And almost every bit of money I make goes toward feeding my addiction.

So my question is, how can I go about getting off the methadone?? Do methadone clinics help people like me? I mean, I'm addicted to methadone, so it just doesn't seem like it would make much sense for them to give me the drug I'm addicted to...but I guess if they continually give me lower and lower doses, it might work.. I don't know. If anyone knows a little something about this, please help me out.

Thanks

HI LOSTALONE,

IV MANY YEARS EXPERIANCE WITH THIS.I WAS ON A METHADONE MAINTANANCE FOR FEW YRS AND THE CLINIC I WAS ON DIDNT AGREE THAT I WAS READY TO START A DETOX.I WAS.SO I DID IT MYSELF.AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS SLOW I DID IT PROPER AN THERFORE PAINLESS.WHEN I FINALLY GOT DOWN TO 5MLS I WENT EVEN SLOWER AND AFTER FINISHING I WAS CLEAN FOR NEARLY 3YRS.AND YES A CLINIC WILL OF COURSE DETOX YOU IF YOU CAN GET ON ONE.ID BE GLAD TO HELP YOU AND ADVISE YOU ON DO,S AND DONTS,I MEAN IV MORE EXPERIANCE THAN THESE PEOPLE IN THE CLINICS.SO IF YOU NEED ANY HELP OR SUPPORT JUS LETS NO AND IL GIVE YOU MY EMAIL..BEST OF LUCK SO

Thank you very much PV10. I'm trying to work up the nerve to tell my friends and family so I have support everywhere I go, but until then, it would be great to have someone like you there to help. I'd love to get your email address, or give you mine. But is there a way to share that info with each other without posting it for all these other people to see??

Thanks again!

Hi All!

Allthough I really have no personal experience with methadone, I do believe that it can be a Godsend for some folks! I have read many testamonials about it's characteristics and effects! I won't comment furthur on any facets of it's use, abuse, &/or about it's benefits, or detriments, but I will address the question: " Would you want a methadone clinic in your neighborhood"?  My answer is simply "No"......

Okay, reason(s) for my opinion?  Well, there are many. My neighborhood is about 99% residential. There is one small florist. My neighborhood would not support ANY added structures without the removal of an existing building. Hmm... That makes it easy. There is not room! But, wait, There is more! I have knowlege about the location of two "M" clinics in my area (beyond my neighborhood,though), and both of them have lot's and lot's of situations which frequently occur, such as crime, i.e. tagging, fight's theft, litter (lots!), and as a result, the police are there, conservatively 5% of the times I drive by! (probably more than one out of twenty times!). There have also been multiple home break-in's w/in a couple blocks of both those location's, and in what may only be a coincidence, there have also been three murders near the larger one, and one murder in front of the smaller one. Ask ANYBODY in those areas &, if truthful, they will indeed speak of crime, & the probable connection with the "M" clinic.

Soooo...Thats about it (for me), I am convinced, because of personal investigation & experience, as well as the fact that my existing neighborhood could not accomodate a clinic, that it would NOT be in my best interest, or that of my friends and neighbors, in the area. With ALL this said, Could I change my mind, given certain guidelines,restrictions, and guarantees, on a proposed new clinic?  Well, the answer to thia question is YES! After all, I am open-minded, & never want to get too old to learn!  Whatcha think?   

I live in an area less than 2 miles away from a Methadone maintenance clinic and no one here has seen any crime increase at all.

The Methadone clinics are heavily policed and watched by not only the government but by the public as well so while there may be people who have commited crime/s who are patients of the doctor that runs the clinic I can assure you that crime is not being commited in the neighborhoods close to the clinic -because of the clinic.

There is also a "smoke shack" on the property as well as little shops (much like a mini version of a farmers market) and there have been NO issues with the merchants and the Methadone PT's. People who are utilizing these clinics are not allowed to loiter and there are many security cameras; this does not mean that the people are not commiting crimes but rather if they are then they are not doing it on or near the clinic to which they depend on. In other words they do not shi* where they eat.

I have a relative who takes Methadone for maintenance and have been his only support as well as transportation to and from the clinic; he has moved twice, each time changing to a different clinic and each clinic is run the same way as far as the security and such. The clinics are only open from 6 am to no later that 11 am and they have strict rules regarding arriving at the clinic by no later that 10:55 am. This means that no addict is hanging around after noon. I have seen some pretty scary looking people there but have never been treated badly, they all seem to be very aware of their fortune in having this available to them and the ones who aren't following the rules are discharged from the program. Once a person has been kicked out of the Methadone program they are not likely to find another clinic that will accept them as a PT for at least 30 days and this is a rather huge deterrent since Methadone is such a nasty drug to withdraw from. Some people may be thinking that the patients would then just solve that problem by buying street drugs but honestly I don't believe the people at these clinics have the money to support their habits and I'd bet that many of them stay away from stealing because detoxing from Methadone in jail would not be fun. I am sure there are exceptions and some people will forever continue to live a high risk, drug abusing life style no matter, but studies prove that Methadone clinics do help to reduce crime. blood born pathogens such as hepatitis B C and D and let's not forget HIV and AIDS.

That being said... I was also taking Methadone, although it was for pain and not addiction.

Methadone is a nasty drug! I was living in a stupor, a haze of sorts and gained over 100 pounds in little more than a year, 60 of those pounds were gained in only 5 months. the weight gain may sound trivial but with my bone disease it has served to make the pain so much worse and has limited my activity as well as caused depression.

The doctor I was seeing refused to prescribe anything other Methadone 10 with 15  of the 5 mg Oxycodone. After it became obvious to me that this doctors' interest was not in helping me but rather solely lay in whether or not he was prescribing anything other than Methadone I decided to fire him and found another doctor.

My current doctor did an extensive and thorough panel of blood work (something the other Dr. did not ever do) and he is interested helping me to improve my quality of life. Anyone who does suffer from chronic and debilitating pain will understand the emotional break down I experienced once I found a doctor who was willing to help me instead of categorizing me as a "drug seeker" and being satisfied with watching my health detiorate so long as my U.A.'s came back okay and I didn't complain.

Switching from Methadone to a different drug was awful and I will never allow myself to go there again! First we evaluated the amount of Methadone versus the break through and increased the B.T. tremendously while decreasing the Methadone by half; I felt so much better! Then after 3 months of stability we switched to Morphine E.R. with the same B.T; complete ???$*!!! Even while taking the rather high dose of Morphine I still SUFFERED from Methadone withdrawl for 60 days until my next appointment when he prescribed Xanax to help with sleep and the massive panic attacks. Then after another 60 days of feeling terrible, I again went to my appointment and we switched to Oxycontin 40 with the B.T. and Xanax. After 30 days I was only taking one half of one Xanax at bedtime at aprox. every 3 to 5 nights, now after 4 months I take the Xanax maybe twice a month AND the amount of drugs I am putting into my body has decreased by more than half!

The first Dr. had me taking way too much Methadone which I have been told was an average dose; this tells me that two things were going on: 1. the doctor treating me was/is a poor excuse for a doctor and 2. Methadone is a nasty drug. My advice to pain patients is to JUST SAY NO TO METHADONE!  and for people who suffer from the DIESEASE of addiction... Naltrexone and Suboxone is safer, healthier and the withdrawl is nothing compared to Methadone (per Methadone patients).

So unless you are willing to stay on Methadone for life and go through the awful side effects and/or experience the withdrawl for months while trying to safely switch to a different medication STAY AWAY FROM THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DOCTORS WHO ARE USING THE MEDICATION TO COVER THEIR OWN *!&!@ and on the other hand causing harm to their patients.

FYI: pt's receiving Methadone through a maintenance program do not experience euphoria. The maintenance pt starts the program 'dope sick' and the Methadone is given only in small carefully measured doses, the typical maintenance pt has a very high tolerance and the Methadone is usually started at 30 and increased 5 to 10 every week or sometimes two until the pt is stable. They are also given a troph test which measures the amount of the drug absorption which ensures that they are not only metabolizing the drug safely but that they are not intentionally overdosing. The half life of Methadone is about 22 hours but depending on various factors such as the weight of the pt, their over all health, BMI and length of time on the drug etc. may cause variations. Its slow onset and long duration of effect can help avoid establishing the reward behaviors that can occur with fast-acting, short-duration opioids such as some of the non synthetic opioids and contrary to expectations, toxicity occurs more frequently in patients previously exposed to high dosages of opioids.

My experience and opinions (not necessarily those of the next guy/gal)

Before anyone flames this post over spelling mistakes or improper punctuation please know that I really do not care if I am as gramatically correct as you wish me 2 B. I hoped this site was about medication rather than an english/writing lesson but it seems that one member in particular is quiet content with picking apart posts and making assumptions on a persons intention per their use of 'slang' and spelling mistakes (which could be due to such a thing as dislexyia); the same slang in which I have heard doctors and pharmacists use, such as "percs" or "oxy's" ( and I wonder if this person who is so critical of others has ever read their medical reports and noticed the mis spellings of their highly educated Dr?).

I speak totally from experience. Methadone should be used only as a last resort for pain management. It is a nightmarish drug. It usually takes hold and never lets go creating much more horrible problems especially in use with a methadone clinic. With the advent of Suboxone I don't see the need for a methadone clinic. The social sigma along with the complete overall negative treatment. As to taking Xanax to sleep, don’t try it wont work. I have known many who have tried and only succeeded in a much more horrible nightmare.
I thank God for the counselor and Doctor who bought me to Suboxone. Over two years clean. And even when I suffered a horrid injury I was able to control the fear of addiction.
Returning to Xanx don’t rehab under control conditions. I wont say I did it on my own out of fear it would cause deaths.

All that I can comment on is NYC. Methadone bring out the worse of the worse. Suboxone for addiction and methadone as last resort for pain. As for Xanx they should not even exist.

Today was my first time to go to pain management and to take methadone. My doctor chose to put me on it because of how inexpensive it is. I am prescribed 5mg every 8 hours. Its been about two hours since I dosed and I have the biggest pounding headache. I dont know if its helping with the pain because all I can feel is the front of my head throbbing. Oh, and by the way, I have never done heroin or abused drugs. I also picked up my Rx at walgreens and its not a methadone clinic I go to.

up to 120-170 hrs. Upon repeated administration, even longer....

There is another drug used mainly in opioid maintenance therapy programs, and in european coutries like the Netherlands, France and Germany e.t.c.

It is called LAAM for short , it's full name is Levo - Alpha - Acetyl - Methadol.   It is ver similar in molecular stucture and mode of action as methadone, only it binds to body proteins and lipids for a mich longer time and it is possible to dose once every 3 days,  and that is it's major benefit.  It is not used in Ireland at the moment but they are looking at introducing it for certain people, like people who live far away from a clinic they wont have to travel every day.  I don't think they use it in the U.S. but if anyone knows if they do or have done could they let me know, I would appreciate it.  Thanks , all the best . M.

It was the Fourth of July 1995 and my husband, the recreational drug user was spending the afternoon with a "friend" who had just passed his six month "treatment" at the local Methadone clinic.  This particular clinic allows addicts to take their methadone home once they have completed pre-set goals of their treatment program.  Not sure why.....An hour before midnight, my husband suffers a Grand Mal seizure, is transported to the hospital, his tongue half bitten into.  After an hour, they restart his heart, unfortunately he was brain dead.  Written on the Paramedic report a statement from this "friend" that they had called 911 after my husband could not be awakened.  Medic asks how long he's been in the floor......45 minutes they would answer.  The Medic notes it with a ?.  Medic asks if he's done any drugs......no, just a couple a beers and smoked some pot they would answer.  The report reads my husband's in the floor, cool and clammy to the touch, no heartbeat or pulse, blue and bleeding from the mouth.  I guess they were waiting for the movie to finish in that 45 minutes before they called for help.  Two weeks later the autopsy report shows my husband died of an overdose of Methadone......combined with the beer, the pot and some valium.

I am aware this "friend" is in Methdone treatment, he swears all of his meds are administered on site.  Turns out as I started out with, this clinic allows their good addicts to take it home.  Figure it out.

Now I am sure there are many addicts who are in a successful Methadone program and I am happy that they are seeking treatment. They should however take all meds on site......as there some addicts who will always be addicts....and junkies....and dealers.   Some of them will always want to share their drugs......Methadone is a very dangerous drug and should only be taken under strict medical supervision.  It is not a drug for someone to play with.  By the way, I have never faulted this "friend" for giving/selling him the Methadone.  Truth said, my husband would have chased a high from any direction.  He didn't know how dangerous Methadone was.......he did though trust his "friend" and that was his cardinal mistake.

So no, I don't want a Methadone clinic in my neighborhood.......god forbid, there may be a fire and my house could burn before anyone, going to or coming from their Methadone stupor would call for help. 

No, as I said, I never blamed this friend for the Methadone, I could not prove this is where the Methadone he took came from here.  I totally understand it was my husband's choice to do drugs; his addiction had no discretion.

I applaud your quick actions to save your friends - we all make bad decisions and we all hope someone is watching out for us.  The point of my story remains that Methadone is a dangerous drug - not to be talked about frivilously.  People can get into real trouble taking an extra dose and/or adding other drugs and/or alcohol.  Methadone if not taken properly and under the strict care of a physician, can kill......somewhat different than other types of overdose, the respiratory problems, seizures may not present until hours after taking it.  That is all I was trying to say...............

As for me and why I am here, I am a CP patient myself and I never sought any type of pain management until after he passed.  It was foolish for me to expect that whatever medications I had and no matter where I kept them, he would find them, take them and do what he did best - get high.   So before he died, I took nothing, somehow better to take nothing than to chance being like him.

That in and of itself has made my treatment present it's own problems as there is a part of me that wonders what separates me from him.  I don't know if anyone else feels this way.  In any case, I have moved on and as best as I can, forgiven him.  For our daughter, it has not been that easy.  She will always see him as abandoning her - which is what he did.  I have tried to put it in perspective and explain addiction, but it remains that his initial choice to do drugs and continue doing them was a "choice".

My PM doctor prescribed Methadone for me last month - too many years and side effects of Morphine.  I admit, for pain management Methadone is cheap and effective.  For me though, it came with too much baggage, was too much a reminder of the past.  I am now on Opana ER and MSIR for b/t.  For me this combination seems to be working.

I found this website through a friend who understands my problems in taking narcotics.  It has been good to know there are others who struggle with the issue of knowing it is "okay" to take narcotics.  Like someome else said on another thread, because of the "my husbands" of the world, PM treatment is more difficult to obtain.  And I see it here, those who get meds from others or buy it on the streets - again my point, there is sometimes a price for that.

There is much I can learn here.

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I have tried Fentanyl; unfortunately I am too much of a sun rat for them to be practical.  And I know - the sun is so bad for you; still the sun and the beach are like natural highs for me; there is something about the constance of the waves that reminds me that no matter things seem, there is no end.

I think we all have a lot to learn from each other.  Maybe that is what it means to be in chronic pain, having to remember what it was like to know the meaning of commradary.  Just to be able to reach out and feel somone who knows what we are going through.  You know most of us, when we were young enjoyed the "high" life......and now we are reminded that there is no real high in drugs.  Only before they got us through  the weekend and now they get us through the weeks.

I thank you all for letting me hang my hat here.  I have sat in silence for too long.

will soon be 25; she graduated from Auburn University about a year ago and lives out of state.  She is a good kid.  I had a really tough time putting her through college; it is simply ridiculous how much college costs.  It is though behind us; I am so proud and happy that the best parts of her dad, in her, still live.  Perhaps one day she will know that is not a bad thing.  I will keep telling her that he was not a bad man, simply one that made bad decisions.

Okay since we are being honest - never been through withdrawal and don't plan on doing it.  Withdrawal is not something most CP's will face for as long as we are doing what we are supposed to do, we are always going to be on narcotics.  Just a fact.....Because of the things I've lived through, I don't have a lot of tolerance for people in withdrawal.  I am trying to work on that and sadly, this site has given me plenty of posts to read on the subject.  I appreciate those of you that remain in check as sometimes my first thought is to click to another subject.   I think tolerance must be one of those virtues that comes with time, yet is tested by experience.  I hope to continue to learn from all of you.

The other thing I hate is TV shows that glorify drug use.  And I understand House is completely functional on his Vicodin......but that everyone knows it and jokes about it......I mean please, where the heck is the reality in this?  I don't think I could go to work, ask my boss to write me a script, break it up and [censored] it in front of another co-worker and still have a job.   And Nurse Jackie............which hospital has no controls over scheduled drugs......especially the last show about the nurse with terminal cancer came back to die and everyone came for the goodbye with their vial of morphine and toasted her in the ER.  Do you really think anywhere in the real world, there is not a strict count of morphine vials and eiht or nine of them could disappear without mention.  I mean where does this happen.   There is no fun in drug use and while these two medical TV heros for the most part, appear on task, clear of mind and totally functional it all has this "recreational" feel.  There are hints of pain and House does limp, but neither is portrayed as a chronic pain patient.......god forbid.  It may be just me but this plays to society and sends the message that drug use is okay....it's not - people die.....ask me.  I mean re-write it, make them CP's.....not users.

I agree chronic pain is really lonely and depressing; most of us are filling a big void by hearing someone say the same things we have been saying.  There are so many times I wish I could go for a run....even a long walk.  Perhaps sleep like normal people do.  Oh well, it could be worse.  I'm going to have some coffee, grab my cat and watch CSI Miami.

I was prescribed methadone 10 mg. a few years back from my PM at the time.  At first, he gave me 5 mg. Ethex oxycodone and I needed something for bt pain.  The methadone really helped at night, when pain seemed worse and I didn't have any complaints with taking it then because it helped me sleep.  Now I have been with a new doctor over 2 years and he switched me over to 15 mg oxycodone.  (If he doesn't have the 15 mg available, he will give me the 30 which need to be cut in halves) 

Are you happy with the Methadone?  In order to switch to Suboxone you would need to be taking ~30mg of Methadone or less.  How much Methadone are you currently taking?  If you have a really serious issue with Opiate over-use, in my opinion the Methadone, at a sufficient dose, will be able to handle a more serious addiction problem.  I have been taking Methadone ( for pain after a rollover car accident ) for over a year, and there is so much more of a benefit with it over other opiates.  I have taken Suboxone also and as a side note, it has a ceiling dose of 32mg after which there is no increase in its analgesic effect.

I would stay with the Methadone.

Suboxone is also very $$$$$!

Good luck, and thanks for serving for our country.  You are a hero and don't forget it.

I am not a doctor always seek the help of a licensed professional.

There has been quite a bit of positive support-oriented posts on this site. It is very refreshing to see this from CP sufferers. Too many times these sites become Forums of the Dumb, over run by rapscallions on the hunt for a connection or, over-zealous drug experts ranting to no end about the various ways to abuse all manner of meds. I am very excited that I stumbled onto this site and have read some of the posts. I find the users on this board very helpful and uplifting.

Thanks & Aloha,

Migy

Most people who are addicts have some type of depression such as bi polar disorder, anxiety, depression and such.  My psychiatrist prescribed me xanax for my anxiety and it's the only thing that works.  I dont' take it every day but it could stay in you system for up to 6 weeks depending on what type of problems i'm having.  My clinic gives us take homes and I lost 3 of the closest members of my family and had some anxiety so i tested dirty for benzo's so low and behold they took my take home medicine from me.  Now one of my closest cousins passed away and i'm fighting my anxiety and I think that is so unfair.  My prescription is take as needed not every day and I don't take them every day.  But, the amount of time they stay in your system pretty much screws me.  I dont want to drive 66 miles a day 7 days a week.  ( This is Cleveland by the way) So, I spoke to someone in a head shop and I bought a 7 day detox and he said continue to take what you want to show up on the test( the methadone) because they make sure you dont' %?#$$ around with that and discontinue taking what you don't want to show up( the benzo's ) i just took my urine yesterterday and i will find out in a few days but i cant keep buying these 70 dollar kits just to get take homes.  I only get tested once a month but you never know when any suggestions other than xanax?  the only problem is that it works!!! 

Thanks,

Shelly

Methadone use has been proven to reduce criminality in former illicit opiate users.  I would be thankful to have one in my neighborhood to help those who need it. 

P.S. to those who use the abbreviation "meth" for methadone, plz consider abstaining from that, and instead just writing methadone.  Because most ppl use meth to mean methamphetamine.  So as not to confuse others. We especially do not want the public mixing methadone with methamphetamine. thx.

     I have never had any problems until we got a new owner at our clinic, if I had been prescribed the xanax. Now he's starting to take everyone on benzos take homes away. This has !#*?%? so many people off, like you said many of us have destroyed our nervous system so alot of the people at the clinic take benzos. I only live a mile away and we have at least five within driving range so I have told them I am going to a diffrent clinic like a lot of the other people because I have lost a lot of my days. I went from a once a month to three times a week. I have been going to the clinic off and on for a a few years and I dont have my license right now or I would have already gone. Hes promised not to take anymore days away but if you find something that works from the headshop I would like to know, so I can get my days back. I have been clean for a long while now with the combination of these drugs an this dr is on some kind of powertrip. I will have my car back this month so I will drive as far as it takes if I can get back to 1x a month