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Below are Methadone reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Methadone has an overall score of 8. The effectiveness score is 10 and the side effect score is 6. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Methadone review by 53 year old male patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Back pain |
| Dosage & duration: | | 50 mg daily taken everyday for the period of 7 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Methadone certainly took care of the back pain I was experiencing. It was better than the other pain meds I tried (vicodin, oxycontin, percocet). The methadone doesn't make me drowsy nor does it give me "buzz". |
| Side effects: | | The side effects is weight gain. As it was explained to me, the methadone slows down your metabolism, hence the weight gain. |
| Comments: | | I had scoliosis and also landed on my head in a dirt bike riding accident.I had back and neck surgery. I was fused in my last three vertebrae and had a 14" rod implanted on the left side of my back and also one of the vertebrae in my neck was fused. I had physical therapy and was given methadone for the pain. |
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| | Methadone review by 26 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | addiction |
| Dosage & duration: | | 150 mg a day now on 105 mg after 7 years taken 150 mg. once a day for the period of seven years so far... |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The benefits was getting off of drugs. I go to a methadone clinic and i PAY $13 a day and i have for the last seven years. It helped me get off of Oxycotin's, but i would NOT recommend staying on it for long.. Because methadone is more addictive than pain pills. |
| Side effects: | | passing out; falling asleep
drowsiness,
weight gain
when i first started i had alot of nausea, but after a few months it was better. |
| Comments: | | When i first started going to the methadone clinic, i had to go there withdrawing. I had to take a physical and a drug test when i started. You can fail the first test, because they know you would have drugs in your system. I had to pay $154 when i first started and i pay almost $400 a month, which equals out to be $13.50 a day.
I get drug tested every month and i have passed so many that i get "take homes". I only have to go there once a month now and i have to see my counslor for an hour each month and get drug tested. I get called in for random drug testing. I have to bring my bottles in so they will know that they are "straight" so they know i am not selling them. They do that to everyone.
I have been there for seven years now and i am 26 years old. WHen i first started, i had to drive 1 1/2 hours a day for seven days a week for three months and then i got one take home.
after three months of passing drug tests: 1 take home
6 months: 3 take homes
one year: 5 take homes
1 1/2 years: a weeks worth
2 years: 2 weeks worth
2 1/2 years: a months worth.... I had to drive so much where there isn't many clinics in the states and i had to drive that far just to get to mine.
I have been doing good and being strong. I just wish i would have lowered myself down after about 6 months. So now i am addicted to methadone. It is just legal and cheaper for me then pills and i know i get it everyday.
I hope i helped.
Thanks. :) |
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| | Methadone review by 39 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | opiate dependency |
| Dosage & duration: | | 84 mg taken daily for the period of 5 yrs |
| Other conditions: | | PTSD |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Achieved and maintained long term sobriety. No longer was exposed to the dangers of active asddiction. Began leading a healthy and productive lifestyle. Overall health improved. Mental health improved and stabilized. |
| Side effects: | | While taking methadone I gained a significant amount of weight and metabolism slowed markedly. Suffered from chronic constipation wich also led to bloating and stomach discomfort. |
| Comments: | | Daily dosage starting at 30mg and slowly increasing to maitenance dose. Attended several educational groups in addition to regular group counseling, one on one counsiling, regular U/A's and regular bloodwork along with yearly physicalls. |
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