I was using heroin for about a week,today I took 20 mgs.of methadone will this sustain me throughout today,and?

Question by Donna Holloway: I was using heroin for about a week,today I took 20 mgs.of methadone will this sustain me throughout today,and?
and I have only 20 mgs. left hopefully to save for tommorow,cause from past experience my worst two days of withdrawal are usually the first 2.

Best answer:

Answer by raina
ONE WORD: SUBOXONE/SUBUTEX

Methadone is not a good solution these days, it creates it’s own problems. Try Suboxone or Subutex. You must get it prescribed by a Psychiatrist. Also the co. that makes it gives doctors applications for two-three patients to be on it for free (it’s $ 285/ mo., cash price) You have to ask for it though. I know people with a much worse habit than you and they are functioning great with Suboxone maintanence. It essentially stops the kick!!! It gets rid of opiates in the body (Subutex) and then Suboxone does not allow you to feel high even if you did opiates again!

http://www.suboxone.com/patients/resources/find_a_doctor.aspx

SUBOXONE is the first opioid medication approved under DATA 2000 for the treatment of opioid dependence in an office-based setting. SUBOXONE also can be dispensed for take-home use, just as any other medicine for other medical conditions.

The primary active ingredient in SUBOXONE is buprenorphine.

Because buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist, its opioid effects are limited compared with those produced by full opioid agonists, such as oxycodone or heroin. SUBOXONE also contains naloxone, an opioid antagonist.

The naloxone in SUBOXONE is there to discourage people from dissolving the tablet and injecting it. When SUBOXONE is placed under the tongue, as directed, very little naloxone reaches the bloodstream, so what the patient feels are the effects of the buprenorphine. However, if naloxone is injected, it can cause a person dependent on a full opioid agonist to quickly go into withdrawal.

SUBOXONE at the appropriate dose may be used to:
Reduce illicit opioid use
Help patients stay in treatment
by

Suppressing symptoms of opioid withdrawal
Decreasing cravings for opioids

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