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yournamehere · 03-20-2009, 05:06 PM

I have a lot of experience with methadone.

My wife is a chronic pain patient because of a botched cervical surgery many years ago. She had been on many opiates over the years to control the pain, and I can say that flat5 is partially correct in asserting that when a person is in pain, they do not get the "high" from a narcotic that the recreational abuser would.

That being said, I can't say enough bad things about methadone. When one of my wife's pain specialists switched her from percocet to methadone, there was a marked difference. When she took percocet and/or oxycontin, she always was in control and always appeared normal; when the doctor switched her to methadone, she "acted" as if she were high - slurred speech, loss of coordination, etc. It also had the unfortunate side effect of making her gain weight dramatically (about 70 lbs in one year). Although I'm no doctor, I believe it's because methadone fucks up your body so bad it loses the function to correctly metabolize food. Or correctly do anything, for that matter. I could write from here to next Tuesday and still not be done listing all the reasons people should stay the fuck away from methadone - it's a terrible drug, and more addictive than heroin and tobacco combined. Most Rehab facilities won't even allow a methadone addict in their doors. Luckily, my wife ended up quitting all opiates on her own - cold turkey. But it was an awful process - she was in withdrawal from the methadone for over a year (and lost the 70 lbs in the first few months). It's not a process I would wish on my worst enemy.

Nobody - I repeat, nobody - should be driving a car while on methadone.

03-20-2009, 05:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	I have a lot of experience with methadone. My wife is a chronic pain patient because of a botched cervical surgery many years ago. She had been on many opiates over the years to control the pain, and I can say that flat5 is partially correct in asserting that when a person is in pain, they do not get the "high" from a narcotic that the recreational abuser would. That being said, I can't say enough bad things about methadone. When one of my wife's pain specialists switched her from percocet to methadone, there was a marked difference. When she took percocet and/or oxycontin, she always was in control and always appeared normal; when the doctor switched her to methadone, she "acted" as if she were high - slurred speech, loss of coordination, etc. It also had the unfortunate side effect of making her gain weight dramatically (about 70 lbs in one year). Although I'm no doctor, I believe it's because methadone fucks up your body so bad it loses the function to correctly metabolize food. Or correctly do anything, for that matter. I could write from here to next Tuesday and still not be done listing all the reasons people should stay the fuck away from methadone - it's a terrible drug, and more addictive than heroin and tobacco combined. Most Rehab facilities won't even allow a methadone addict in their doors. Luckily, my wife ended up quitting all opiates on her own - cold turkey. But it was an awful process - she was in withdrawal from the methadone for over a year (and lost the 70 lbs in the first few months). It's not a process I would wish on my worst enemy. Nobody - I repeat, nobody - should be driving a car while on methadone. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.