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hi again Since: Dec 09 1,486 Summit County, CO	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #241 Jan 16, 2010 I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I've known too many people who have passed from a methadone, usually in combination with another drug (alcohol included) Methadone is such a killer drug if your'e not using it daily. It doesn't sound like he took a whole lot, but it doesn't take much though. If he was taking it reguarly, I would think there would be more built up in his system since methadone has sucha long halflife. It' people who ar not taking it reguarly that are the most at risk to cardiac and respiratory arrest .
verysadmom Westland, MI	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #242 Jan 17, 2010 Yeah, I read somewhere that the first dosage should be taken in a controlled invironment to montior how your body will respond to it. I honestly dont believe he KNEW he was taking it. The coronor report said he died from respritory arrest.I was trying to figure out how much he took but I think your right, I dont think it was that much :(
Ex-PPT AOL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #243 Jan 20, 2010 Lola wrote: Hello, I found this site and I dont really know why I'm posting on it, just need some support really. Im 18, my bfriend is 21,his name is freddy. freddy had a OD'd on methadone in may,his ''friend'' gave him some methadone pills and freddy took loads not really knowing what they were,he came round to my house later that night and we went out to drink beer, we drank 2litres of beer I had one pill because he stuffed one in my mouth (he was acting really weird) he had already taken loads with his mates.anyway, we were in his car and he fell into a coma,I thought he was just asleep and I drove the car home and went to sleep next to him in the car, he wouldnt wake up but I was too off my face to know what to do, I held him, checked his heart beat..his heart beat was fine but he just wouldnt wake up, I was vomiting all night and trying to get my head straight to help him..I kept him warm when he was cold, kept him cold when he was warm, his heart beat carried on. The next morning we took him to emergencies because he still wouldnt wake up.My mom went to find his mom while freddy was gettin rushed into an ambulance with me sittin in the front,I was so confused,I didnt really understand how bad it was until they said he might not live. I couldnt believe what was happening.We made it to the hospital and he was taken to intensive care,I was in a daze the whole time in the hospital waiting, his mom and my parents turned up after hours and hours of waiting and I still hadnt seen him yet.The doctors told us that was in coma, his lungs had filled with liquid, part of his heart was paralyzed, his liver failed and his brain was damaged from lack of oxygen.He wasnt in a coma for long, a week and for some time they put him in a induced coma,they told us the amount he had taken was 8-20 pills.the mix with alcohol had doubled the effect of the pills. Lola, I am so very sorry to hear of this. I am sending you healing thoughts and prayers to both you and Freddie.
Ex-PPT AOL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #244 Jan 20, 2010 verysadmom wrote: Yeah, I read somewhere that the first dosage should be taken in a controlled invironment to montior how your body will respond to it. I honestly dont believe he KNEW he was taking it. The coronor report said he died from respritory arrest.I was trying to figure out how much he took but I think your right, I dont think it was that much :( First of all, I am so very sorry for your loss. Both methadone and alcohol are respiratory depressants. One who is opiate naive can die from methadone alone, but it does not sound like your friend was completely naive unless it had been some time between the Vicodin and methadone. The combination of the two became deadly to him. Methadone can kill someone even tho they have been on other opiates tho. Not as likely in such small doses but it has been known to happen. Its so important not to abuse your medication nor drink alcohol while on it either.
April Pensacola, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #245 May 13, 2010 I to am on methadone program and I'm trying to come off. I am so scared of this medication but at the same time I would be dead if I didn't do this program. We need all of the facts in these clinics BEFORE we commit to them. I was told nothing of the side effects or of how hard it would be to come off of it. Please pray for us all that we will someday be free of all addictions.
MR MUSIC Since: Aug 09 12,583 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #246 May 14, 2010 April wrote: I to am on methadone program and I'm trying to come off. I am so scared of this medication but at the same time I would be dead if I didn't do this program. We need all of the facts in these clinics BEFORE we commit to them. I was told nothing of the side effects or of how hard it would be to come off of it. Please pray for us all that we will someday be free of all addictions. April if you mean and you want it,hit the methadone physical and mental thread, you will be welcomed not judged and belive if you feel no love,split. Your gonna feel it,promise..peace in the streets..
Nathan Portland, OR	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #247 Jul 27, 2010 Judged: 1 I've been on methadone for a year now. I agree that there is a problem out there, but it's more than just methadone. But you only hear about the bad side of the it; the abusers, the dealers, the crime. You don't hear about the good side of methadone. I have chronic pain due to a car accident and actually NEED my pain meds.Even my P/T says I've been through more than most of her patients and they are on more meds than I am. Like I said, it's been over a year now. I follow my directions and don't take any more than the the bottle says. I take Percocet as well for the breakthrough pain, but I follow those orders as well. People just need to follow their prescriptions and things wouldn't be so bad. No directions say sell, give to friends, take more than prescribed, or use in a different method.
Ex-PPT United States	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #248 Jul 28, 2010 Very wise words Nathan.

methadone saved me Pensacola, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #249 Sep 20, 2010 Judged: 1 1 1 Sorry for your loss ,but tossing everyone into one basket is not the solution,nor is more government regulation. As a pain management patient for a decade and on methadone during this time, I can say I have had no ill effects for it,rather the opposite. It has given me more freedom to do what pain would not allow. A little self responsibility goes a long way. It is the patients responsibility to take as prescribed and not abuse meds. If you fail to follow directions you can die,like crossing the center line on the highway. So due dilligence is needed not more regulations.
skyy Raeford, NC	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #250 Jul 28, 2011 Ashley wrote: <quoted text> Hey Carla did you get that other news article I sent you? There would be no drug dealers without drug addicts... I am a recovering addict, i went from pills to heroin to a methadone clinic, while in one way the methadone saved my life by getting me off the streets, in another way it slowly sucked the life out of me. Not to mention the withdraw almost killed me. Still, we are all responsible for our own actions. When i was using there was nothing, NOTHING, anyone could have said or done to make me do differently i had to want it for myself. Addiction is a disease. It takes lives. Still i don't know that tighter regulations are the answer. I broke my back in two places and i know what it is like to suffer because a doctor thinks you simply want drugs. It is a fine line. I guess my point is instead of protesting methadone and the doctors maybe we should look for better more affordable ways to treat the disease of addiction. If you have a loved one that is an addict, try to understand that you can not make them want to be sober. Support them but don't enable them and as with any chronic disease, hope and pray for the best... as far as this forum against methadone, opiates are used for a reason, some people truly need them, i just think the focus should be more on the disease of addiction.
FreedomtoFascism Pensacola, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #251 Jul 28, 2011 Judged: 1 ZachsMom wrote: From a Utah Paper: Prescription narcotics, or painkillers, are the leading contributor to fatal drug overdoses in Utah. The single most lethal: methadone, which caused no deaths in 1995, but was tied to 113 in 2005. http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4611950 ---------- This is what I am trying to point out. There were ZERO deaths in 1995. I want people to realize there is a definite PROBLEM. I am just using Utah as an example. Now, do the math. 113 X 50 states = 5,650 I believe the number is MUCH, MUCH higher than this in 2006. The coroner in my area says he sees methadone deaths daily. North Carolina is reporting one death every other day. People, say methadone has been around for years...but it was used responsibly...now they are lax on the prescriptions and the clinics are NOT as strict. Sorry for your loss, but I mst say that misdirected anger , or resentment to a drug is not going to help the matter. I have been on methadone for 7 years now and have had no adverse issues. The problem lies in education of the patient and the paitent needs to be their own advocate. Those who are not opiate tolerant will not do well on methadone initially. The halflife of the drug is 17 hours and onset analgesic relief doesn't come for 90 mins, so those who are uneducated will expect the relief to begin as a standard opiate in 20 to 30 mins. This drug doesn't work in that fashion. All medications should be taken responsibly. A campaign against a drug is a waste of time. Drug dealers are, again a misdirected energy. Where there is demand there will be those to supply it and the latin caveat emptor should apply, but then drug abusers aren't interested in anything but being high. Again sorry for your loss. Education is the key not regulation we are regulated enough by every whim of every policrat known to man. Educate educate. Respectfully in truth and liberty, Phillip
No Name Pullman, WA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #254 Dec 19, 2011 My sister died exactly one month ago today from a methadone overdose. She had an alcohol problem, was shit-faced drunk, and stupidly decided to experiment. It was the last time she ever did. The point I'm trying to make is- I am fully aware it was HER fault. No one forced her to put that pill in her mouth. While she unfortunately does have to take responsibility for her actions (and she did), I happen to know exactly who sold it to her, and I feel sorry for those of you who don't have the luxury of such information. The problem we are having is that in spite of the fact that no one forced her to take it, the guy selling it is on Medicaid for prescription Methadone, and to his own admission, he takes it only right before his doctors visits so that it is in his system when they UA him, and then he sells the rest. He gave some to my sister. How is he not also liable? The police departments seem to have no interest and tell us, basically, that no one forced her to take it, so it's not that serious a case, because we are Americans with freedom. But since when do we have the freedom to use our prescriptions for money, inadvertently killing people? The obvious answer is, we don't. I don't know what to do about any of this---
No Name Pullman, WA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #255 Dec 19, 2011 Also, that being said, kudos to those of you using it PROPERLY
No Name Pullman, WA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #256 Dec 19, 2011 verysadmom wrote: My sons dad just died of a combo of Methadone and Vodka. He had taken Vicodin in the past but I KNOW he had never taken Methadone before and his "wife" (was in process of divorce)was the last person to see him. They were alone together for about an hour and a half, she dropped him off at a hotel and he died about 15min after getting in the room,...alone. His tox report said he had 0.33 ml or mcg in his system. Does anybody know how much Methadone that is? I am very unfamilar with this. Thanks to all for any post about this. I really hope you see this. I know this was a while ago. Did anything ever come of you knowing who did this, since that is the implication?
fleet420 Glen Ellyn, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #257 Dec 20, 2011 Judged: 1 1 1 ZachsMom wrote: victims of methadone http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/472... are you also going to take methadone away from the masses that take it for pain, or are you just so deathly opposed to addicts getting it?
tonya1968 Moultrie, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #258 Feb 29, 2012 Judged: 1 There were 5500 methadone related deaths in 2007.Methadone is a synthetic opiate that is used to treat pain and addiction for heroin and other opiates. When methadone is used for pain, doctors write the patient a prescription for various amounts (120 pills seem to be most common) When methadone is used for addiction patient must go to a clinic to receive dose of methadone until they earn take home privileges. Many patients being treated for addiction will remain on medication for life. Methadone is addicting and withdrawals are severe. Methadone represented less than 5% of prescribed opiates but was attributed to 1/3 of all opiate related deaths. A dose that is therapeutic for one person may be lethal to another person. Methadone’s’ unique properties make it unforgiving and sometimes lethal. For more information, please visit www.stopmethadonedeaths.com . Please sign petition and join the forum.
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