Re: Anyone on Methadone.. to Kim
From: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Nov 26 15:27:07 2004
I don't think my message was sent the first time????
Hi Angie,
I started out on 5mg 3X a day and worked my way up to 10mg 3x a day. It
does take a few days to get into your system, so don't give up. They
stated me out on such a low dosage because I am a very small person, so
give it a few days and see what you think. Methadone is supposed to be
a great med, I never new that it was used for pain I always heard that
methodone was used for recovering drug addicts---to help them get off
drugs? It is a very cheap med and it is not supposed to harm the liver
as much as some of the other meds? (This is just what I have heard).
Write me and let me know what you think and how it's making you feel.
Take CAre,
Kim
At Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Angie wrote:
>
>Kim, I do have one more question... how long did it take for the
>Methadone to work? I had some pretty bad pain today but I just started
>it last night. Also, what dosage were you on? I'm on 10 mg right now
>and am supposed to go up to 15 in 4 days.
>
>Thanks!!
>Angie
>
>At Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Kim wrote:
>>
>>I was on Methadone for ablout 6 months, it worked well for me NO side
>>effects and my doctor had me on it because I had NO health insurance and
>>it is the least expensive pain med. The only thing about Methadone is
>>that it decreased my food intake a lot. I lost over 20 pounds in 6
>>months so I had to stop taken it, this might me good for some woman but
>>I am already a very small person and I can't aford to loss weight. If
>>you have any questions at all please feel free to write.
>>
>>Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!
>>
>>Kim
>>253stan@bellsouth.net
>>
>>At Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Angie wrote:
>>>
>>>I made the switch today from MS Contin to Methadone, my pain mgmt doc
>>>said I don't have to taper off of MS Contin which kinda worried me. He
>>>said I may have slight withdrawals but they shouldn't be too bad. I
>>>took my first Meth tablet (10 mg) about 2 hrs ago and am feeling nauseas
>>>now. I'm not sure if it's from the medication or a migraine I've been
>>>fighting but I took a phenergan so I should be feeling better soon
>>>enough.
>>>
>>>I have the next 4 days off for the holiday so I figured this would be a
>>>good time to make the switch. If I am going to go through withdrawals
>>>or side effects from the new drug, I hope I feel good enough to return
>>>to work on Monday because I don't have much sick time at work!!
>>>
>>>Any advice or experiences would be much appreciated!!
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>--
>>>Angie
>>>
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