Methadone vs Suboxone
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| Methadone is used to treat moderate to severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Methadone belongs to a class of drugs known as narcotic (opiate) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. | This medication contains 2 medicines: buprenorphine and naloxone. It is used to treat narcotic (opioid) dependence/addiction. Buprenorphine belongs to a class of drugs called mixed narcotic agonist-antagonists. Buprenorphine helps prevent withdrawal symptoms caused by stopping other opiate-type narcotics. Naloxone is a narcotic antagonist that blocks the effect of narcotics and can cause severe narcotic withdrawal when injected. It has little effect when taken by mouth or dissolved under the tongue. It is combined with buprenorphine to prevent abuse and misuse (injection) of this medication. This combination medication is used as part of a complete treatment program for drug abuse (such as compliance monitoring, counseling, behavioral contract, lifestyle changes). | |||
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| Add Methadone review After using most other pain meds. The Methadone gave me my life back, it not only took away most of my back pain but it did not make me feel druged or high like all the others.The one complaint I have is that it drops my Testosterone level to near non existing,so I must take Testosterone suppliments to keep from being lethargic,depressed,and many other side effects of lack of Testosterone.If y ... Used for chronic pain, also have fibromylgia and seems to help it. Still some pain but not near as bad. Don't help headaches though. This medication helps me to be able to live a normal life. This has been a life saver for me. Although I was addicted to Heroin for 13 years and am 20 years clean I swore I would never use Methadone to get off Heroin. I ended up on this 20 years later for chronic pain, Fibromyalgia and Hep C. I know it is highly addictive but at this point in my life its quality over quantity and I can at least function like a normal person again. Before this I was la ... | Add Suboxone review HELLO, I HAVE BEEN ON SUBOXONE FOR SIX YEARS NOW. IT IS ADDICTIVE, U WILL GO THRU A LITTLE RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME IF U RUN OUT AND NOT SLEEP. ITS COSTING ME $10 A DAY FOR THE MEDS AND DR VISIT IS $150. I JUST NOW FOUND OUT ABOUT NALTEXONE THAT I CAN ORDER ONLINE WITHOUT A SCRIPT FOR $ 108 A MONTH. THINK IM GOING TO GO WITH NALTREXONE. BY THE WAY SUBOXONE DOES BLOCK ANY AND ALL OPIATE SUBSTANCES BUT NOT BENZOS. IF U ABUSE XANAX OR ANY OTHER BENZO U WILL GO THRU DETOX, U WILL FEEL LIKE SHIT NO MATTER HOW MUCH SUBOXONE U TAKE!! This medication has been a double-edged sword. It helped tremendously with any withdrawal symptoms and chance of relapse. However, I am dependent on suboxone now. I was told it is 100% safe during pregnancy. This is not true. My child was born dependent on the medication and went through methadone treatment his first month of life. If I had known it posed a risk to my baby, I wouldn't have gotten pregnant until weaning off suboxone completely. A good thing-- my child is 100% healthy and happy today 2yrs later. I do wonder about the effect of this medication on teeth. I have never found any research about suboxone and tooth decay. Since being on Suboxone I have experienced an acute episode of renal failure, been diagnosed with a rare bone disease abd gave severe anemia. However, it has taken away my cravings for opiods. I just feel like I am addicted to the Suboxone now! So I just got my suboxone script. The doctor gave 4mg/1mg dose twice a day. I'm gone start taking it tomorrow. I have to see him once a week and I will be getting a urine test too. The only thing I'm worried about is people saying they have lost their teeth from suboxon is that really true? I asked my doctor about that and he said no. He also said if that happened the FDA would never approve it. | |||
