methadone clinic

i just want to say wrote:

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so naive.

i just want to say wrote:

[QUOTE who="?"]I've got a question? Is methadone a life time drug? Or do they ween you off it?"

You can be weened off of methadone, but I would suggest suboxone instead.

crying4help wrote:

<quoted text>My daughter is choosing to go the methadone way? I'm beginning to wonder if it for the rite reason? She's telling me there is a year waiting list for the suboxone way? But she sure the he'll can find it on the street any time she wants it? I know nothing about methadone, I'm going to do my research today, by talking to a few people I agree with you on going with the suboxone, I'm so ready to give up on her? I'm a single mother that does not drink, nor do any kind of drugs, but these drugs are kicking my ass!! I have other children to worry about that live a clean life, but these drugs have changed me in so many ways an I don't even know what a "box" or what the difference between meth or methadone are? An I do have another question?I found a smashed half mountain dew can with what looks like some kinda black ash or something like that, she saying it was pot, I know better then that, I may be stupid when it comes to drugs but I know it was not pot!

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<quoted text>It could have been pot, that isn't far fetched. I've watched people smoke pit out of pop cans. I've watched people smoke pot out of apples! However, it could of been something else. I guess you'll never know on that. I definitely know it isn't a YEAR for suboxone. A few months tops, not a year. And in Columbus there's no waiting list at all. A lot of people go that route. A "box" is street slang for suboxone, so "meth" could e street slang for methadone, but as I'm sure you know could also just be meth, it depends on the context it's being used. I've been told methadone is worse than suboxone. A lot of deaths are associated with methadone, and when a drug addict is telling you suboxone is a better/safer route to go they're probably right. I don't know, I've never done either for I've never had a reason to need to.

You should never give up on or turn your back on your daughter, no matter what she has put you through. You have to remember she is still your daughter, and she is still somewhere in there, even if you can't recognize her anymore. A lot of people preach tough love but I don't believe that works in these situations. If anything I think it makes it worse. You can still be there for her and help her so long as it is in a positive way. Just don't enable her. There's a difference between throwing your hands up and saying "I give up" and refusing to enable but still being there. When you turn your back on someone it just makes them feel worse, and the addict in them wants to get more high. Believe me, you won't be making them think "man... They deserted me... I think I'll get clean now" it's the complete opposite.

Look into suboxone, it isn't a year wait I don't care what she says, she's trying to pull the wool over your eyes on that one. I don't know how methadone treatment works fully, but I do know with suboxone they have you meet with a therapist....which is honestly never a bad thing, even for non-drug addicts, and a good thing for family members dealing with drug addicts, so you should look into it as well. Check into Nar-anon groups too.

http://www.nar-anon.org/Nar-Anon/Nar-Anon_Hom...

Good luck to you, it's hard but it is not impossible. Don't give up, no matter what!:)

tweetybird wrote:

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ms manners, babe you are wrong and I believe you are lying about being an RN. If you were you would know that it does in fact take a special DEA number to prescribe suboxone. Not just any doc can prescribe it and for the diary year they can only have 30 patients on suboxone. After the first year they can have no more than 100 suboxone patients. Also the docs must make sure the patient sees a certified addictions counselor at least once a month. Ms manners, please get your facts straight before trying to know it all

Tired of A-Holes wrote:

<quoted text> Benzos are like xanax (not correct spelling) You mix a lil too much you go to sleep and won't wake up. I have known many and I am not bragging, but complaining. A very sad way to go because they all knew the dangers. And as for HUM, HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO A CLINIC or he would know you cannot get HIGH. Talk too one of the counselors at the clinic and them or the Dr. there will put you on the right path. Believe me, I have been clean for a total of almost 14 yrs. And if it was not for these clinics I would be dead or in prison. But as it stands I have a very good job, a family, my own home and about anything else we need. I have a good support group and have been clean all of these yrs. If it sounds like Iam bragging now it's because I am. I am proud of myself!!! Ok nay sayers lets hear it!